Jokkmokk

Jokkmokk is a town in Swedish Lappland, in the middle of Norrbotten County. Jokkmokk Municipality (Swedish: Jokkmokks kommun), is one of Sweden's largest, containing a land area of 18,000 km² (larger than many small countries) but no more than 5,000 inhabitants. The village Kvikkjokk by the Laponia national park system is treated in its own article.

Understand
Jokkmokk has been a seat of Sami culture, with an annual market fair, which has been held since 1605.

Get in
The nearest airports are Luleå and Gällivare.

The Inlandsbanan trains (limited season) stop in Varjisträsk, Kåbdalis, Geografiska Polcirkeln, Jokkmokk centre, Vajkijaur (the station is a few kilometres from the village) and Porjus. There are also night trains from Stockholm to Murjek 60 km from the centre. There are bus connections from Luleå and from Murjek to Jokkmokk. See resrobot.se.

When going by car from south Sweden, the road E45, or E4 plus road 374 or 97 are suitable. The E4 connection is faster than E45, but they have similar length.

See

 * Midnight sun



Do

 * Laponia, a large wilderness area with several national parks, is partly in Jokkmokk:
 * (national park, 493 km²) — mostly in Gällivare, but reachable via Porjus
 * (national park, 1,984 km²)
 * (national park, 1,970 km²) — the oldest national park in Europe, with six of the thirteen highest fells in Sweden
 * (national park, 1,278 km²) — founded at one of Europe's most impressing waterfalls, which however soon afterwards was dammed for hydroelectric power
 * (nature reserve, 350 km²) — in Gällivare, but reachable via Porjus
 * A trailhead to the Kungsleden, Padjelantaleden and Nordkalottleden trails through Laponia is in, 120 km from Jokkmokk centre, reachable via Murjek.

Go next

 * Kvikkjokk – close to Padjelanta National Park, trailhead for the Padjelantaleden, Kungsleden and Nordkalottleden long distance hiking trails
 * Laponia – a national park system
 * Norrbotten Megasystem