The Nasa silver mine located on Nasa Mountain

Nasa Mountain

Nasa Mountain, , is a mountain, 1 211 m high, situated in the north of Sweden, near Arjeplog in western Lappland, on the border to Norway. It is best known for the Nasa silver mine....

 on the border between 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....

 and Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, was used for mining silver from 1635 to year 1810. Although it was a commercial fiasco, and never delivered much silver, it was historically important as it contributed to the development of infrastructure

Infrastructure

Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...

 in this part of Lappland

Lappland

Lappland can refer to:*Lapland, geographic region in Northern Fennoscandia* Lappland, Sweden* Lapland, FinlandUnlike the English word "Lapland", the Swedish word is not used to indicate the area specifically inhabited by the Sami people. An old Swedish word for the Sami area under Swedish control...

, most notably the Nasa trail and the city of Arjeplog

Arjeplog

Arjeplog is a locality and the seat of Arjeplog Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,947 inhabitants in 2005.It is a popular winter test site for the European car industry....

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