Post code: S-981..
Telephone code: 0980
Kiruna, the most northerly town in Sweden, lies in the same latitude as central Greenland. It is the chief town of the largest commune in the country (area 20,000sq.km/7700sq.mi), which borders on both Norway and Finland. The midnight sun is visible here from
mid May to mid July. Originally a Lapp settlement, the town began to develop when mining of the local iron ore started about 1900. Kiruna received its municipal charter in 1948, by which time the population had risen to 11,000.
The town of Kiruna will slowly be moved northwest to the foot of the Luossavaara mountain. The decision was reached in 2004 due to shifting of the Earth's surface and will occur over a decade.
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