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Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden

Kiruna Municipality Kiruna kommun (Swedish) Girona gielda (Northern Sami) Kierunan kunta (Meänkieli) Kiirunan kunta (Finnish)
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 67°51′N 020°13′E / 67.850°N 20.217°E / 67.850; 20.217
Country	Sweden
County	Norrbotten County
Seat	Kiruna
Area
• Total	20,551.42 km (7,934.95 sq mi)
• Land	19,140.33 km (7,390.12 sq mi)
• Water	1,411.09 km (544.82 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
• Total	22,433
• Density	1.1/km (2.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Lapland
Municipal code	2584
Website	www.kiruna.se

Kiruna Municipality (Swedish: Kiruna kommun; Northern Sami: Giron gielda; Meänkieli: Kierunan kunta; Finnish: Kiirunan kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in Kiruna. It is the northernmost municipality in Sweden, and at 20,715 square kilometres (7,998 sq mi) is Sweden's geographically largest covering roughly 4.604% of its total area. Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami have the official status of being minority languages in the municipality.

History

During the 20th century, the mining settlement Kiruna was built in the parish of Jukkasjärvi, at that time a rural municipality in very remote territory. A so-called municipalsamhälle (which was a kind of borough established within a rural municipality to take care of some matters of urban character) was instituted in 1908. The settlement grew (it even had a tramway system) and it was decided to make it a city.

On 1 January 1948, the whole parish of Jukkasjärvi was transformed into the City of Kiruna. As the vast wilderness around the town itself was included, Kiruna was at that time regarded as the largest city municipality in the world. Only a few more cities were instituted in Sweden, the last one in 1951. Instead the differences between the three types of municipalities were diminished and finally abolished altogether. In 1971, Kiruna, as all others, became a unitary municipality and at the same time merged with Karesuando.

Geography

Kebnekaise is Sweden's and Sápmi's highest mountain at 2,104 metres above mean sea level. There are more than 6,000 lakes in Kiruna municipality, Lake Torneträsk being the largest. Seven rivers run through the municipality, named Kalix River, Torne River, Lainio River, Rautas River and Vittangi River, as well as Könkämä River and Muonio River which mark the border to Finland. The untouched geography has also been noted with the establishment of Abisko National Park, by the Norwegian border, established as early as 1909.

Localities

There are seven localities (or urban areas) in Kiruna Municipality:

#	Locality	Population
1	Kiruna	18,154
2	Vittangi	789
3	Jukkasjärvi	519
4	Svappavaara	394
5	Kuttainen	364
6	Karesuando	313
7	Övre Soppero	220

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kiruna Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 22,528 residents, including 16,910 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 56.7% voted for the left coalition and 41.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Kiruna has high general incomes for an isolated municipality in northern Sweden, mainly as a result of the vast mining industry.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Bolaget-Triangeln

1,642

1,315

60.5

38.5

29,391

Högalid-Sandstensberget

2,263

1,768

56.3

42.3

30,820

Jukkasjärvi

1,531

1,065

44.6

53.2

32,124

Kiruna C

1,439

803

61.9

35.9

27,337

Kiruna NO

1,132

891

55.9

39.9

21,361

Kiruna SO

1,456

1,138

62.1

37.3

25,809

Lombolo M

1,622

1,111

58.9

40.7

33,208

Lombolo V

1,587

1,142

53.2

44.4

24,516

Lombolo Ö

2,481

1,712

55.3

43.5

30,451

Luossavaara-Abisko

1,741

1,397

64.9

34.1

30,269

Tuolluvaara-Kurravaara

2,302

1,653

53.4

45.3

33,387

Östermalm

1,261

1,118

56.4

42.1

27,730

Övre Norrmalm

2,071

1,797

58.3

40.2

30,998

Source: SVT

Elections

Riksdag

These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag for Kiruna Municipality since the 1972 municipal reform. Norrbotten Party also contested the 1994 election but due to the party's small size at a nationwide level SCB did not publish the party's results at a municipal level. The same applies to the Sweden Democrats between 1988 and 1998. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible voters casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of actual valid ballots cast.

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND	NP/SP
1973	83.5	15,875	19.9	52.2	0.0	12.8	6.6	1.3	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
1976	85.1	17,083	15.8	56.8	0.0	12.2	7.0	1.1	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979	86.2	17,283	14.6	58.7	0.0	7.3	6.3	1.3	8.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	87.9	17,626	15.5	62.7	0.9	5.4	2.6	1.3	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	84.9	16,597	16.2	60.9	0.7	4.8	6.9	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1988	79.1	15,308	16.2	60.7	2.9	3.7	6.3	1.7	7.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1991	80.1	15,373	14.1	58.2	1.9	2.9	5.8	3.5	9.9	0.0	2.8	0.0
1994	84.5	16,299	19.2	58.6	3.6	2.0	3.6	2.0	9.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
1998	78.4	14,566	27.2	49.2	2.8	1.2	2.2	5.1	10.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	77.5	13,709	14.8	40.9	5.2	1.9	4.1	3.8	4.4	0.0	0.0	23.5
2006	78.8	13,762	15.0	51.8	3.7	3.3	3.2	3.9	9.5	2.4	0.0	3.9
2010	82.3	14,535	14.0	51.7	5.2	2.6	3.2	3.2	13.2	5.7	0.0	0.0
2014	84.3	14,964	11.6	47.4	5.2	3.0	2.3	3.4	10.3	13.2	0.0	0.0
2018	85.8	14,796	13.5	38.2	2.8	5.4	2.5	4.9	10.7	19.7	0.0	0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
1973	83.5	15,875	72.1	26.0	0.0	1.9	98.1
1976	85.1	17,083	72.6	25.7	0.0	1.9	98.1
1979	86.2	17,283	73.3	22.4	0.0	4.3	95.7
1982	87.9	17,626	78.2	18.0	0.0	3.8	96.2
1985	84.9	16,597	77.1	20.7	0.0	2.2	97.8
1988	79.1	15,308	79.8	17.3	0.0	2.9	97.1
1991	80.1	15,373	73.0	22.1	0.0	4.9	95.1
1994	84.5	16,299	81.4	16.8	0.0	1.8	98.2
1998	78.4	14,566	79.2	19.2	0.0	1.6	98.4
2002	77.5	13,709	60.9	14.2	0.0	24.9	75.1
2006	78.8	13,762	70.5	19.9	0.0	8.4	91.4
2010	82.3	14,535	70.9	22.2	5.7	1.2	98.8
2014	84.3	14,964	64.2	19.0	13.2	3.6	96.4
2018	85.8	14,796	54.5	23.5	19.7	2.3	97.7

Former sister city

Kiruna Municipality had one sister city:

Arkhangelsk, Russia (1999–2022)

Notable native

Börje Salming, Swedish ice hockey player

References

"Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
"Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
^ "Valresultat 2022 för Kiruna i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
"Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 163)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 32)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 46)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 43)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Valresultat Riksdag Kiruna kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Valresultat Riksdag Kiruna kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Valresultat Riksdag Kiruna kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Valresultat Riksdag Kiruna kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
"Valresultat Riksdag Kiruna kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
"Kiruna säger upp vänortsavtal med Arkhangelsk". kiruna.se (in Swedish). 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2023-08-25.

External links

Kiruna Municipality Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine – Official site

Places adjacent to Kiruna Municipality

Storfjord,

Bardu

Kiruna

v t e Municipalities and seats of Norrbotten County
Municipalities	Älvsbyn Arjeplog Arvidsjaur Boden Gällivare Haparanda Jokkmokk Kalix Kiruna Luleå Överkalix Övertorneå Pajala Piteå
Municipal seats	Älvsbyn Arjeplog Arvidsjaur Boden Gällivare Haparanda Jokkmokk Kalix Kiruna Luleå Överkalix Övertorneå Pajala Piteå
Counties of Sweden Sweden

v t e Localities in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Localities	Jukkasjärvi Karesuando Kiruna (seat) Kuttainen Övre Soppero Svappavaara Vittangi
Minor localities	Abisko Jänkänalusta Kauppinen Naimakka Nikkaluokta Pirttivuopio Rautas Riksgränsen

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