Karesuando is a twin village located on both sides of the
border between Finland and Sweden with a population
of just over 1,000. Situated approx 300km north of the
Arctic Circle and located amid majestic, undisturbed
and imposing scenery, Karesuando is home to Sweden’s
most northerly church. The village is set on the edge of
a vast wilderness where beauty, nature and wildlife
abound. But it is also at the heart of the homeland of the
reindeer-herding Sámi people, who traditionally provide
the warm hospitality of True Lapland.
Situated on the same latitude as central Greenland
and northernmost Canada, Karesuando’s climate is
nevertheless not as severe, thanks to the Gulf Stream
and even in the depths of winter the dry, silent cold feels
more comfortable than the intense winds of the south.