The annual winter market in Jokkmokk, 50 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, was officially held for the first time in 1605 on the order of Duke Charles (later King Charles IX of Sweden), as an ...

Watch reindeers race at the 400-year-old Jokkmokk handicraft market, go husky dog-sledding through spruce forest, snowmobiling on frozen rivers and take a moose-spotting safari on a trip to ...

Fewer than 3,000 people live in Jokkmokk, north of the Arctic Circle. But in just a fortnight, more than 40,000 visitors are expected to descend on the town for the annual winter market. The Local ...

Immerse yourself in one of the world’s oldest nomadic cultures at the Sámi Jokkmokk Market festival in Swedish Lapland, with folk dancing, reindeer racing and dogsledding all on offer.

J O K K M O K K, Sweden, Jan. 14 -- In the monochrome gloom of the Arcticwinter, the intense blues and reds of Sami ceremonial garb glowlike the promise that summer will return someday. When Samis ...

If your journey begins in Stockholm, you're only five short hours away from Jokkmokk which resides just north of the polar circle. The town was made famous by its rich Sami culture and more ...

Thursday is Sami National Day, celebrated by the indigenous people of Sweden's north. It's also when the annual Jokkmokk Winter Market kicks off, just above the Arctic Circle. The three-day ...

Once a year, the people of Jokkmokk, Sweden gather to celebrate their heritage. Reindeer beware. Related Article WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 3,000, Jokkmokk, Sweden, is not, for most of the ...

Let’s take the example of Jokkmokk. This major centre for reindeer husbandry in Sweden, in Norrbotten (which covers 100,000 square kilometres, or a quarter of the country), is home to some 4,000 Sámi ...

Sami man Josef Pittja, holds a placard appealing for help from the Swedish king, demonstrates outside the Swedish Sami Parliament opening session in Jokkmokk, northern Sweden, on Wednesday Aug. 28 ...