Kvikkjokk
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Kvikkjokk is a small village situated in Jokkmokk Municipality
, Norrbotten County
, Sweden
. It is located 120 km northwest of Jokkmokk
. Several hiking trails start in Kvikkjokk. Kungsleden
passes through it.
Jokkmokk Municipality
Jokkmokk Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Jokkmokk.The name Jokkmokk is Sami for the words "river" and "bend", since the town is situated close to a bend in the nearby river....
, Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County is the northernmost county or län of Sweden. It borders Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast.The name...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It is located 120 km northwest of Jokkmokk
Jokkmokk
Jokkmokk is a locality and the seat of Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 2,976 inhabitants in 2005. The Sámi name of the place means "River's Curve", due to the meandering river that runs through it...
. Several hiking trails start in Kvikkjokk. Kungsleden
Kungsleden
Kungsleden is a hiking trail in northern Sweden, approximately long, between Abisko in the north and Hemavan in the south. It passes through one of Europe's largest remaining wilderness areas.-The trail:...
passes through it.