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    Kiruna (Swedish: [ˈkǐːrʉna]; Northern Sami: Giron [ˈkiron]; Finnish: Kiiruna [ˈkiːrunɑ]; Meänkieli: Kieruna) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated...
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    The Kiruna mine is the largest and most modern underground iron ore mine in the world.[unreliable source?] The mine is located in Kiruna in Norrbotten...
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    Kiruna Airport is the northernmost airport in Sweden. It lies around 10 km (6.2 mi) from the old town centre of Kiruna and around 4 km from the new town...
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  • Kirunapartiet (lit. 'Kiruna Party') was a local political party in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden. It was founded in 1994 as a splinter group of the local...
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    Kiruna Municipality (Swedish: Kiruna kommun; Northern Sami: Giron gielda; Meänkieli: Kierunan kunta; Finnish: Kiirunan kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten...
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    Kiruna Stamell (born 13 March 1981) is an Australian-British actress. After appearing in various series and films including Moulin Rouge! (2001), All the...
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  • Kiruna IF is an ice hockey club based in Kiruna, Sweden. As of the 2014–15 season[update], they will play in Hockeyettan (formerly named Division 1),...
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    Kiruna Church (Swedish: Kiruna kyrka) is a church building in Kiruna, Sweden, and is one of Sweden's largest wooden buildings. The church was built between...
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  • Kiruna porphyry (Swedish: Kirunaporfyr) is a group of igneous rocks found near Kiruna in northernmost Sweden. The Kiruna Porphyry formed 1,880 to 1,900...
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  • Kiruna Wagon AB is a Swedish company specialised in the custom design and manufacture of ore wagons. Kiruna Wagon was established in 2004 and is owned...
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  • competes in the fifth level. Kiruna FF/BoIS was formed on 21 December 1970, when Kiruna AIF, IFK Kiruna, Kebne IK and Kiruna BK merged into one club. Since...
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    Kiruna Central Station (Swedish: Kiruna centralstation) is a railway station located on the Iron Ore Line in Kiruna, Sweden. The station is served by...
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  • The Kiruna dialect (Swedish: kirunamål, kirunesiska) is a dialect of Swedish spoken in the northern city of Kiruna and the surrounding municipality. The...
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    The capital of Norrbotten is Luleå Other significant towns include Boden, Kiruna and Piteå. The majority of the population lives in the namesake province...
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    first Kiruna-designed satellite experiment was launched in 1968. The institute has about one hundred employees and has its head office in Kiruna. Other...
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  • Kiruna Station is an ESTRACK radio antenna station for communication with spacecraft operated by the Swedish Space Corporation. It is located 38 km east...
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  • and regional parties, the Kiruna Party and the Norrbotten Healthcare Party. In the 2002 Swedish general elections the Kiruna and NHP parties agreed to...
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    municipalities that make up the area are Haparanda, Övertorneå, Pajala and Kiruna in Sweden, and Tornio, Ylitornio, Pello, Kolari, Muonio and Enontekiö in...
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    EISCAT (redirect from EISCAT Kiruna Radar)
    The radar antennas are located in Tromsø, Norway; Sodankylä, Finland and Kiruna, Sweden, north of the Scandinavian Arctic Circle. The core in the tri-static...
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    all for several weeks during winter. For example, in the northern town of Kiruna, the flag is flown from 09:00 until 11:50. Flag flying day Public holidays...
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    i Kiruna AB (literally "Radio Service in Kiruna") was Sweden's TV licensing body. It was a private corporation, formed in 1988 and based in Kiruna, and...
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    to understand the potential of the iron ore mines in Kiruna, Sweden. Obtaining iron ore from Kiruna had one significant problem in that there was no suitable...
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    garrisoned in northern Lapland Kiruna in 1940 and was renamed in 1943 as Jägarbataljon K (Ranger Battalion K), K for Kiruna, which became Sweden's first...
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    Kärkevaggepadajaure, (Northern Sami: Geargejávri) is a lake in the Kärkevagge valley in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden. It is the clearest and purest lake in Sweden and has...
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    1966 November 19 Kiruna Kiruna C Centaure 1 ESRO C21 / 1 Aurora / chemical release mission Europe ESRO 123 1966 November 29 Kiruna Kiruna C Centaure 1 ESRO...
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    Swedish Transport Administration). The line also contains two branches, from Kiruna to Svappavaara and from Gällivare to Koskullskulle. The term is often colloquially...
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    Vorkuta (58,133) in Russia, Bodø (52,357) and Harstad (24,703) in Norway; and Kiruna, Sweden (22,841). Rovaniemi (62,667) in Finland is the largest settlement...
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    Gorica-Gorizia Oulu Trenčín Liepāja Évora České Budějovice Bourges Skopje Lublin Kiruna Portals: European Union Europe American Capital of Culture – In the Americas...
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  • Rahima, Catherine's new maid who rises to a powerful position in the court Kiruna Stamell as Mathilde (season 1), Catherine's dwarf maid Nicholas Burns as...
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    in Sweden as well. The Sami language has an official minority status in Kiruna Municipality, Gällivare Municipality, Jokkmokk Municipality and Arjeplog...
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