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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. […]
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 […]
22 October

Happening

Free guided tours at Kin

22 Oct - 31 Jan
Kin museum / Kiruna
Join us for a free guided tour at Kin! Art by both world-renowned stars and local talents can be experienced at the Kin Museum of Contemporary Art, where contemporary art inspired by the Arctic environment is exhibited fifty-two weeks a year. At the same time, art from other parts of the world is also presented. […]
8 November

Art Exhibition

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

8 Nov - 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 […]
29 November

Christmas and New Year

Christmas market in Kiruna C

29 Nov - 21 Dec
Kiruna C
Christmas market on Saturday and Sunday with sales of crafts, home-made goods, etc. in all malls. When: 29 November–30 NovemberWhere: shopping malls in Kiruna C Book Christmas market table
3 December

Music

Christmas spirit in the Town Hall with the Army Band

3 Dec - 3 Dec
Kiruna
The Army Music Corps Band is hosting a free Christmas concert in the Kristallen Hall at City Hall. Expect a mix of classical tones, jazz, folk music and perhaps some South American rhythms that will make you want to dance! Did you know that the Army Music Corps is the largest of the Swedish Armed […]
5 December

Christmas and New Year

The Three Rivers of Christmas

5 Dec - 13 Dec
Kiruna
An Exclusive Christmas Buffet Experience in Andrummet This year, we invite you to an atmospheric, sustainable and exclusive Christmas table experience in Andrummet, where Kiruna’s three great cultural rivers – the Sami, Tornedalen and Swedish settlers, are intertwined in a culinary journey. This is the evening for those looking for something out of the ordinary, […]
5 December Family friendly

Jul och nyår

Christmas dinner at Hotell Fjället

5 Dec - 5 Dec
Björkliden
Leave the Christmas rush at home and treat yourself to some peace and quiet in the mountains. Welcome to Björkliden to enjoy a classic Christmas buffet with a taste of tradition, care and northern Swedish Christmas spirit. Here we serve all the dishes that belong to Christmas. Whether you come with family, friends or colleagues, […]
6 December Family friendly

Jul och nyår

Christmas market in Kiruna C

6 Dec - 7 Dec
Kiruna C
Christmas market on Saturday and Sunday with sales of handicrafts, home-baked goods, etc. in all shopping centres. When: 6 December to 7 DecemberWhere: Shopping malls in Kiruna C
6 December Family friendly

Jul och nyår

Christmas dinner at Hotell Fjället

6 Dec - 6 Dec
Björkliden
Leave the Christmas rush at home and treat yourself to some peace and quiet in the mountains. Welcome to Björkliden to enjoy a classic Christmas buffet with a taste of tradition, care and northern Swedish Christmas spirit. Here we serve all the dishes that belong to Christmas. Whether you come with family, friends or colleagues, […]
6 December Family friendly

Art Exhibition

Art exhibition

6 Dec - 14 Jan
Kiruna

Free of charge

Welcome! Art exhibition featuring sculptors Lena Kriström and Nina Hedman. Opening reception on 6 December at 2 p.m. When: 6 December–14 January Time: Tuesday–Friday 13:00–16:00, Saturday 12:00–15:00 Where: Stadshustorget 10
8 December Family friendly

Music

Tones on a winter evening

8 Dec - 8 Dec
Jukkasjärvi

Free of charge

Concert in Jukkasjärvi Church. Micke Holm, vocals, Sigurd Löf, saxophone & piano, Mattias Sandlund, cello. Free admission. Opportunity to make a donation to the parish’s music activities. Organiser: Jukkasjärvi Parish (Church of Sweden) in collaboration with Sensus Study Association. When: Monday, 8 December Time: 7:00–8:00 p.m. Where: Marknadsvägen 1, 981 91 Jukkasjärvi
13 December Family friendly

Jul och nyår

Christmas market in Kiruna C

13 Dec - 14 Dec
Kiruna C
Christmas market on Saturday and Sunday with sales of handicrafts, home-baked goods, etc. in all shopping centres. When: Saturday 13 December and Sunday 14 DecemberWhere: Shopping malls in Kiruna C
13 December Family friendly

Jul och nyår

Christmas dinner at Hotell Fjället

13 Dec - 13 Dec
Björkliden
Leave the Christmas rush at home and treat yourself to some peace and quiet in the mountains. Welcome to Björkliden to enjoy a classic Christmas buffet with a taste of tradition, care and northern Swedish Christmas spirit. Here we serve all the dishes that belong to Christmas. Whether you come with family, friends or colleagues, […]
19 December

Christmas and New Year

Christmas At the Hatch

19 Dec - 19 Dec
Kiruna
On December 19th, we will be serving “Christmas at the Hatch” from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. A steady stream of Christmas delicacies will pass through our hatch during this time. Look forward to various types of herring and salmon, Christmas ham, reindeer and elk sausages, our homemade meatballs, “prince” sausages, spare ribs, Jansson’s Temptation, […]
20 December Family friendly

Jul och nyår

Christmas market in Kiruna C

20 Dec - 21 Dec
Kiruna C
Christmas market on Saturday and Sunday with sales of handicrafts, home-baked goods, etc. in all shopping centres. When: Saturday, 20 December – Sunday, 21 DecemberWhere: Shopping centres in Kiruna C
24 December

Christmas and New Year

Christmas at the icehotel

24 Dec - 24 Dec
Jukkasjärvi
Christmas dinner with a new twist Swap the classic Christmas dinner for something unique. ICEHOTEL Restaurant serves a Christmas version of our popular ice-cream menu and Hembygdsgården serves the usual à la carte menu. We recommend that you book a table for your Christmas Eve dinner, whether you want to eat at ICEHOTEL Restaurant or […]
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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