Riksgränsen

Riksgraensen ( German " frontier ") is a town in the Swedish province of Norrbotten County and the historic province of Lapland. In 1995 the town had fallen to 55 permanently living there inhabitants; to 2000 this number decreased but below 50, so Riksgraensen lost the status of a småort.

The village, located in the municipality of Kiruna is located, as from the name it is clear at the Swedish- Norwegian border and is now known primarily as a ski resort. 1902 for the foundation stone was laid, as the iron ore railway from Luleå was completed over Kiruna to Narvik for iron ore transportation. Compounds in the passenger consist to Narvik and in the Swedish soil and to Stockholm.

Climate

Due to its location in the Scandinavian mountains, the Riksgraensen exposes both the maritime influence of the North Atlantic Current and continental air masses from the east, and a height of over 500 meters above sea level, the city experiences a climate that is mainly due to the very cool summer temperatures and the extremely long, snowy winter distinguished. A permanent snow cover may already be trained in early October and disappears frequently in June completely. With an average annual rainfall of 1005.6 mm Riksgraensen is one of the wettest places in Sweden. Snow cover can be over two meters, while extreme temperatures of below -30 ° C, as they are not rare in eastern Lapland happen in Riksgraensen because of its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean not very common in snowy winters. Since only reached one month has an average temperature of over 10 ° C, the climate is Riksgränsens still be described as subarctic or kaltgemäßigt ( Effective climate classification: Dfc ).

Gallery

The railway station (1906 )

The railway station (2012 )