Jukkasjärvi

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jukkasjärvi

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image_caption = Jukkasjärvi ice hotel interior
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Sweden
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subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 = Kiruna Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Norrbotten County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 = Lappland
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 1.46
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 519
population_density_km2 = 356
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=67 |latm=51 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=20 |longm=37 |longs= |longEW=E
website =

Jukkasjärvi is a locality in Lapland in northern Sweden, situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County. It has 519 inhabitants (2005), situated at 321 meters elevation.

The name is of Northern Sami origin, where "Čohkkirasjávri" means "lake of assembly", as the area by the lake by which the village was founded was a Sami marketplace. The village got its first Finnish-speaking resident settlers in the 17th century, who changed the name into the more Finnish-sounding Jukkasjärvi, thereby removing its meaning, although "järvi" ("jávri" in Sami) still means "lake" in Finnish. This was also the name used by Swedish officials.

The village is a popular tourist accommodation during the winter months and is best known for its ice hotel. The wooden church is the oldest building in the village (built around 1607/1608) and is well known for its wooden carved altar piece triptych.

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