Svappavaara

Svappavaara (Meänkieli: Vaskivuori; ) is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 392 inhabitants in 2023. (1) It is a mining village. Mining was started around 1650. Large scale iron mining started in 1965. The mine was closed in 1983, but enrichment of iron ore from the mine at Kiruna is still going on. The mine is owned by LKAB, and was reopened in 2023, for mineral research purposes.

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Settlement.official_name: Svappavaara
Settlement.image_skyline: Svappavaara 1965a.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: One of the original buildings at Svappavaara, designed by Ralph Erskine, which forms a long wind break.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Norrbotten#Sweden
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Kiruna Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Norrbotten County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lapland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 0.92
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 417
Settlement.population_density_km2: 456
Settlement.timezone: CET

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Official name: Svappavaara
Population: 392
Area: 99
Official website: www.svappavaara.com
Image: Svappavaara 1965.jpg

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The designers of Fermont, Quebec in northern Canada were inspired by Svappavaara and similar Swedish towns with regard to the windbreak building. In 2010, a portion of Ralph Erskine's windbreak building, was demolished.