Gällivare Municipality

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**Gällivare Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Gällivare
	67° 07´ N 20° 45´ E
	County	Norrbotten County
	Province	Swedish Lapland
	Area Rank	15,825 km² 3rd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	19,204 124th of 290
	Population density	1.2/km²

Gällivare Municipality (Finnish: Jällivaara, Northern Sami: Jiellevárri / Váhčir, Meänkieli: Jellivaara) is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Gällivare with 8,400 inhabitants. Gällivare is situated at the northern end of the Inlandsbanan railway line, just about 100km north of the arctic circle. Gällivare is a multilingual municipality, a sizeable portion of the population is made up of Finnish and Sami speakers. Nearly 40 cases of the rare genetic disorder, CIPA have been reported in Gällivare.

Adjacent to the town Gällivare is Malmberget, population 5,500, known as a site for iron ore extraction from deep mines by LKAB. The third largest municipal town is Koskullskulle with 1,000 inhabitants.

Outside Gällivare, the ski-resort Dundret is located. The ski-resort is equipped with six lifts and ten groomed slopes along with a conference center and hotel named "Björnfällan". The ski season stretches from the end of October all the way into early may.

Gällivare also hosts an airport, (Gällivare Airport), the closest one to national parks Sarek and Padjelanta making it popular for hikers.

The largest sports association in Gällivare is Gällivare Sportklubb (GSK). GSK's colors are red and white.

Gällivare is also the central place for The Firstborn Laestadianism.