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Abisko is a village in northern Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, near the Abisko National Park
Abisko National Park

Abisko National Park is a List of national parks of Sweden in Sweden.Geographically, Abisko is situated in the Swedish province of Swedish Lapland near the Norway border , and belongs to Kiruna Municipality, Sweden's northernmost and largest municipality....
 located 4 km west of the village. It has 85 inhabitants (2005).

y passenger electric trains run by SJ AB
SJ AB

SJ AB is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport division of Statens J?rnv?gar , when the former Government agencies in Sweden was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies....
 connect Stockholm
Stockholm

is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....
 with the Norwegian city of Narvik
Narvik

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. Narvik is located on the shores of the Ofotfjord ....
, stopping at both the Abisko village (the name of that railway station is Abisko Östra [east]) and the Abisko Turiststation. Additional regional trains provide links within the Kiruna-Narvik stretch.






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Abisko is a village in northern Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, near the Abisko National Park
Abisko National Park

Abisko National Park is a List of national parks of Sweden in Sweden.Geographically, Abisko is situated in the Swedish province of Swedish Lapland near the Norway border , and belongs to Kiruna Municipality, Sweden's northernmost and largest municipality....
 located 4 km west of the village. It has 85 inhabitants (2005).

Transportation

Daily passenger electric trains run by SJ AB
SJ AB

SJ AB is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport division of Statens J?rnv?gar , when the former Government agencies in Sweden was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies....
 connect Stockholm
Stockholm

is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....
 with the Norwegian city of Narvik
Narvik

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. Narvik is located on the shores of the Ofotfjord ....
, stopping at both the Abisko village (the name of that railway station is Abisko Östra [east]) and the Abisko Turiststation. Additional regional trains provide links within the Kiruna-Narvik stretch. Abisko is also reachable by car via the highway E10 which links Kiruna and Narvik since early 1980s. Other local forms of local transportation include hiking and dog-sledding in winter. A chair-lift provides access to the summit of nearby Mt. Nuolja.