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Kiruna celebrates 125 years! Take part in all the exciting events happening during the anniversary year!

In 2025, Kiruna will celebrate its 125th anniversary, and we welcome everyone to join us in celebrating this historic milestone! The anniversary year offers a number of exciting events, inaugurations and festivities. Among other things, we will witness the historic move of Kiruna’s church, Esrange will launch satellites, the Kiruna Festival will fill the city with music and joy, and several sporting events will be organized.

 

13 February

Art Exhibition

Kin exhibitions: The Living Room-An Installation by Katarina Spik Skum

13 Feb - 31 Dec
Kin museum / Kiruna
Reindeer-hide beanbags, cotton drapes decorated with traditional Sámi patterns, wooden tables that have retained the organic forms of branches, and rákkas—mosquito tents made of thin materials. This is a typical Sámi alternative to interior design, created by the artist and duojár (Sámi craftsperson) Katarina Spik Skum. Applying both great skill and material sensibility, Spik Skum […]
7 August

Art Exhibition

Duodji as an alternative to home décor–Katarina Spik Skum exhibits at Samegården

7 Aug - 31 Dec
Samegården / Kiruna
Katarina Spik Skum is showing her work at the Sámi museum at Samegården. With roots in the Lule Sámi tradition, inspired by life in the tipi with her mother’s family during her childhood summers, Spik Skum has made textiles, pillows, banners and more. At the same time, she lets modern materials and shapes seep in. […]
16 August

Art Exhibition

Prince Eugen’s famous altarpiece

16 Aug - 19 Oct
Kiruna C

Free of charge

Although Prince Eugen’s famous 1912 altarpiece will remain inside the church when it is moved on 19-20 August, it can be viewed in the form of a sketch at the Kin Museum of Contemporary Art. A full-scale sketch of the sunlit forest grove that the artist painted is shown alongside other works by the painter […]
11 September

Art Exhibition

With Grass Under the Feet—Kajsa Zetterquist in Focus

11 Sep - 4 Jan
Kin museum / Kiruna
With Grass Under the Feet—Kajsa Zetterquist in Focus presents a dozen works by the eighty-nine-year-old painter who has lived in the roadless land of Saltfjellet in northern Norway since 1967. The exhibition presents one work per decade since the 1950s when Zetterquist began her studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, after […]
24 September

Happening

Northern Lights Photography Competition

24 Sep - 15 Oct
Kiruna
Please submit your entries for the Northern Lights photography competition which will be held in connection with the Space Weather activity at the Kiruna library on Saturday 25th October 2025. Submitted photographs should have been taken in Norrbotten. A selection of the entries will be displayed in the library on 25th October. Three winners will […]
4 October

Art Exhibition

Art exhibition – Kiruna scholarship 2025

4 Oct - 28 Oct
Kiruna
Kiruna Municipality has awarded the Kiruna Scholarship 2025 to artist Rebecka Tollens. A warm welcome to her own exhibition ”Oh, oh if it were day’ in Kiruna Art Gallery/Aurora Culture and Congress Opening: Saturday, October 4 at 5:30 PM The exhibition runs until October 28, 2025. Where: Kiruna Konsthall; Aurora Culture and Congress Opening hours […]
9 October

Art Exhibition

A Hole in the Real: Dora García, Pablo Picasso, and the Legacy of Mining

9 Oct - 19 Apr
Kin museum / Kiruna
Sixty years ago, a remarkable art outreach project took place in Kiruna: more than one hundred works by one of the most celebrated artists of the twentieth century were exhibited at Kiruna City Hall under the title Picasso in Kiruna. The artist was eighty-four-year-old Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), and the works were on loan from Moderna […]
13 October

Children and Family

Sustainability week with Camp Ripan

13 Oct - 19 Oct
Camp Ripan / Kiruna C
At Camp Ripan, we want to inspire companies, schoolchildren and the local population to a more sustainable lifestyle. Discover our new hydroponic greenhouse in the restaurant, try “home-grown” vegetables, take part in lectures for companies, fun activities for children – and round off with our big Green Sunday. During the week, we focus on food […]
16 October

Crafts

Sip & Paint

16 Oct - 16 Oct
More of you wanted Sip & Paint – so we listened! We’re now offering two new dates this fall! Awaken your inner artist during a relaxed evening filled with creativity and bubbles in a cozy atmosphere. Sip and Paint with Camilla is perfect for both beginners and seasoned brush-wielders – everyone is welcome! We provide […]
16 October

Crafts

Sip & Paint

16 Oct - 16 Oct
Camp Ripan / Kiruna C
Awaken your inner artist during a relaxed evening full of creativity and bubbles. Sip and Paint with Camilla is perfect for both beginners and experienced artists – everyone is welcome! We provide all materials – brushes, paint, canvas, everything you need. Just choose whether you’d like to sip on a glass of bubbly or a […]
26 October

Sports

Kiruna IF – Hudiksvalls HC

26 Oct - 26 Oct
Kiruna
Hockey at Lombia. The local Hockeyettan team Kiruna IF takes on Hudiksvalls HC . Puck drop at kl.16.00. Come and support Sweden´s northernmost team. When: Sunday 26 October Time: 16.00-19.00
28 October

Crafts

Art workshop during the Autumn Break: Masquerade and Sculpture

28 Oct - 31 Oct
Kin museum / Kiruna
Welcome to an art workshop where farce, masquerade, and sculpture are used to portray the things that drive us crazy – and laugh at them together. During the camp, participants will create masks, costumes, and sculptures as caricatures of the situations and characters that frustrate us in everyday life: a delayed train, parents who don’t […]
7 November

Festival

Kultura Kiruna

7 Nov - 23 Nov
Kiruna C
Kultura Kiruna is one of the highlights of the year in this unique northern town. As darkness falls in November, the Northern Lights and a unique Arctic everyday life provide an exciting backdrop to the festival.  Kultura Kiruna combines the best of local and national culture. In a festival for all ages, sport, music, food […]
8 November

Food

Whiskey tasting in Andrummet

8 Nov - 8 Nov
Camp Ripan / Kiruna C
Discover the whisky marvel from the High Coast! On November 8th, we are visited by Peter Söderlind, Brand Manager at High Coast Distillery. He will guide us through five types of whisky, each carrying an exciting story. Expect facts and tales delivered in an entertaining manner about the distillery that has achieved great success both […]
8 November Family friendly

Sports

Engman Cup – Wrestling competition for youths

8 Nov - 8 Nov
Sporthallen / Kiruna C

Free of charge

Welcome to cheer on the county’s wrestlers in Kiruna Sport Club’s annual home competition! The competition is also visited every year by wrestlers from our Norwegian and Finnish neighbors. Swedish fika and hamburgers are for sale. Free admission! When: Saturday 8 November Time: 11.00-16.00
8 November

Happening

Kiruna Book Fair

8 Nov - 8 Nov
Kiruna stadsbibliotek
A warm welcome to the 2025 Book Fair at Kiruna stadsbibliotek. Meet authors and publishers. Mingle, talk books and buy books. Listen to exciting mini-seminars. Free admission. When: onsdag 8/11-25 Time: 11.00-15.00 Program: This year’s programme and exhibitors will be released in mid-October. Welcome!
10 November

Children and Family

AIR BODY SAD

10 Nov - 10 Nov
In the dance work AIR BODY SAD, British-American choreographer Malik Nashad Sharpe and Norrdans invite the audience into a world of dark fantasy and horror, where every movement is a struggle between despair and hope. Through rhythmic and intense choreography, the work explores the boundaries of the body and what happens when it moves at […]
12 November

Festival

Arctic Light Film Festival

12 Nov - 16 Nov
The festival screens a selection of regional, national and international documentaries and feature films. Evening: 12-13 November Day and evening: 15-16 November
14 November

Happening

After Work with guest appearance by @mixedbybella

14 Nov - 14 Nov
Camp Ripan / Kiruna C
Start Friday night on 14 November at Camp Ripan where we invite you to an exciting evening with @mixedbybella and her wild drinks at the bar! She will take over our bar and you will have the chance to try both autumn and winter magic drinks. During the evening, troubadour Anders Karkea will entertain with […]
21 January Family friendly

Festival

Kiruna Snow Festival

21 Jan - 24 Jan
Kiruna C
When the January sun returns to Kiruna after a long, dark and not infrequently cold winter, it is always together with Sweden’s absolute coziest winter event – Kiruna Snow Festival. In the middle of Kiruna’s city center, culture and winter come to life through this incredibly cozy festival. During the Snow Festival, you as a […]
5 February Family friendly

Market

Jokkmokk market

5 Feb - 7 Feb
Jokkmokk
The 420th Jokkmokk market will take place on February 6-8, 2025. There will be hundreds of vendors in place, and hundreds of events taking place all over Jokkmokk during the market days and nights – and the interest for the upcoming market is really big! Keep an eye out for the market programme at Jokkmokk […]

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