More information: Exploring Lappland
Koltaluokta is probably most famous for being the harbor that accesses the northernmost border tripoint in the world, Treriksröset. This is a former Sámi settlement or Sameviste, that has been turned into a tourist rest area. Koltaluokta is in the far north of Sweden, in the historical province of Lappland. It lies on the shores of…
The northernmost point in Sweden is also a part of the northernmost border tripoint in the world. Known in Swedish as Treriksröset, it is the border tripoint between Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Its Norwegian name is Treriksrøysa and its Finnish name is Kolmen Valtakunnan Rajapyykki. In English, this is the Three-Country Cairn. This is a…
Karesuando is a small settlement in the far north of Swedish Lappland. It is with around 280 inhabitants the northernmost locality in Sweden. A locality is defined in the Nordic countries as an urban settlement with at least 200 inhabitants. This is also home to one of the border crossings with Finland. Right across the…
Harsprångsfallet is a former waterfall just south of Porjus in Jokkmokk Municipality. The waterfall is today blocked most of the year by the hydroelectric power plant Harsprånget, owned by electric company Vattenfall AB. The waterfall once had a height of 75 meters. Today you will instead see the 50-meter-tall embankment dam and a large mostly…
Trappstegsforsen is one of the most well-known waterfalls along the tourist road Vildmarksvägen, the Swedish Wilderness Road, in northern Sweden. They are a part of the river Kultsjöån and lie in Vilhelmina Municipality in Västerbotten County, within the historical province of Lappland. The intensity of the rapids increases significantly during the spring and early summer…
Litsjöforsen is a waterfall and a rapid along the river Kultsjöån in the municipality of Vilhelmina in Västerbotten County. This is an area in the southernmost parts of the province of Lappland in northern Sweden. It lies along the well-known tourist road Vildmarksvägen, the Swedish Wilderness Road. During spring and early summer when the snow…
Dimforsen is a waterfall, or rather a rapid, along the river Kultsjöån in the southernmost parts of the province of Lappland in northern Sweden. Today this area is a part of Vilhelmina Municipality in Västerbotten County and lies along the tourist road known as Vildmarksvägen, the Swedish Wilderness Road. During spring and early summer when…
Torneträsk is a small settlement in the far north of Sweden, in the province of Lappland. It is also a railway station and a lake. And it’s actually not just any lake, it’s the sixth-largest one in Sweden. This is one of the access points to the wilderness of Northern Sweden, with the railway station,…
Kaisepakte is a mountain and railway station in the historical province of Lappland in the far north of Sweden. This area lies within Kiruna Municipality with Road E10 and the railway passing between Lake Torneträsk and the mountain of Kaisepakte. Here you will find a rest area as well as a possibility to enjoy a…
Bessešjohka is a river as well as a rest area along Road E10 in the far north of Sweden. This is the province of Lappland in what is today Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County. The rest area is right next to where the river flows into Lake Torneträsk, the sixth-largest lake in Sweden. The river…
Paktajaure is a lake in the province of Lappland in the far north of Sweden, close to the border with Norway. The area is a part of Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County. The lake has its outflow in the river Paktajåkka, which in turn ends up in the sixth largest lake in Sweden, Lake Torneträsk….
Katterjåkk (also spelled Katterjokk) is a tourist destination in the far north of Sweden, close to the border with Norway. It is known as a “turiststation” in Swedish, a place offering accommodation in the Swedish wilderness. It is run by Friluftfrämjandet, a non-profit organization organizing outdoor activities. The railway between Kiruna and Narvik goes through…