Svappavaara is a locality situated in
Kiruna MunicipalityKiruna Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in Kiruna....
,
Norrbotten CountyNorrbotten County is a Swedish county or län in the extreme north of Sweden. It borders to Västerbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway, and Lapland Province in Finland....
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SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
with 394 inhabitants in 2005. It is a mining village and the mine (iron ore) was closed in 1983, but enrichment of iron ore from the mine at
KirunaKiruna is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in Lappland province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is the seat of Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County.- Geography :Kiruna is located in the north of Sweden, 145 kilometers north of the Arctic circle...
is still going on. The mine is owned by
LKABLKAB is a Swedish mining company. The company is mining iron ore in mines at Kiruna and at Malmberget in northern Sweden. The company was established in 1890, and it is 100% state-owned since the 1950:s...
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Svappavaara is a locality situated in
Kiruna MunicipalityKiruna Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in Kiruna....
,
Norrbotten CountyNorrbotten County is a Swedish county or län in the extreme north of Sweden. It borders to Västerbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway, and Lapland Province in Finland....
,
SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
with 394 inhabitants in 2005. It is a mining village and the mine (iron ore) was closed in 1983, but enrichment of iron ore from the mine at
KirunaKiruna is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in Lappland province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is the seat of Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County.- Geography :Kiruna is located in the north of Sweden, 145 kilometers north of the Arctic circle...
is still going on. The mine is owned by
LKABLKAB is a Swedish mining company. The company is mining iron ore in mines at Kiruna and at Malmberget in northern Sweden. The company was established in 1890, and it is 100% state-owned since the 1950:s...
.
The designers of
Fermont, QuebecFermont is a French-speaking town in northeastern Quebec, Canada. It has a population of 2,471 , and lies near the Quebec-Labrador border about from Labrador City on Route 389, which connects to the Trans-Labrador Highway...
in northern Canada were inspired by Svappavaara and similar Swedish towns with regard to the windbreak building.