Gällivare

Gällivare [ jɛlivɑ ː rə ] ( Northern Sami: Jiellevárri or Váhčir, Lule Sami: Jiellevárre or Váhtjer, meänkieli: Jellivaara, Finnish: Jällivaara ) is a place ( tätort ) in the northern Swedish province of Norrbotten County and the historic province of Lapland. The main town of the municipality Gällivare is situated 70 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle.

Climate

Gällivare is located in the subarctic climate zone. The average temperature is from October to April is below 0 ° C. A permanent snow cover forms usually between mid-October and mid-November and the last snow disappears often only in May. In the Köppen climate classification and Geiger to Gällivare can assign the type Dfc because three months have an average temperature of about 10 ° C and the average temperature of the coldest month below -3 ° C..

History

Located three kilometers north and south on a hill neighboring Malmberget was originally the capital of the colony. Due to the massive iron ore mining, however, had parts of the village to be resettled and the newly formed settlement today is the larger Gällivare.

Together with the neighboring villages Malmberget and Koskullskulle to find numerous mines and processing plants for iron ore.

From the mountain Dundret ( 823 m) to see the midnight sun from June 2 to July 12.

Gällivare has a campground.

Traffic and Transport

Significance of Gällivare as transportation hub of the iron ore railway to Gällivare - Kiruna Luleå -Narvik, as the end point of the Inland Railway. The train station built in the log -house style has once received an award as the most beautiful Swedish railway station.

Also lead the European Route 45 ( Inlandsvägen ) and the European route 10 with corresponding bus through the city.

Gällivare Gällivare has with the airport via a transport connections from the air.

So the place is the starting point for visits to the Swedish National Parks Muddus, Sarek, Padjelanta and Stora Sjöfallet.

Economy

The German SolarWorld AG has here the subsidiary Gällivare Photovoltaic, which was partially sold to the Swedish investment company Borevind AB 2007. The Hanover-based sales company alfasolar here has the subsidiary Arctic Solar. At Arctic Solar and GPV solar modules are produced.

Sports

The 823 m high Dundret is in the winter months, a popular ski resort with three ski slopes of varying difficulty and three ski - lifts and two plates.

Since 2011 an international meeting of the balloon driver found in Gällivare in February each year the Arctic Balloon Adventure instead.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Lina Andersson, cross-country skier
• Thomas Fogdö, skier
• Sofia Jannok, singer
• Sofia Mattsson, wrestler
• Geldona Morina, soccer player
• Nils Nilsson Skum, Sami artists
• Marianne Greenwood, photographer and author

Gallery

Station

Looking for Dundret

Center in winter