Koskullskulle

	Koskullskulle
	Koskullskulle
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Norrbotten County
Historical Province (landskap):	Lapland
Municipality :	Gällivare
Coordinates :	67 ° 11 ′ N , 20 ° 44 ′ E Coordinates: 67 ° 11 ′ N , 20 ° 44 ′ E
SCB code :	8694
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	818 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	1.17 km²
Population density :	699 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Norrbotten County

Koskullskulle is a place ( Tatort ) in the northern Swedish province of Norrbotten County and the historic province of Lapland , north of the Arctic Circle . The place is named after the former Landshövding von Norrbotten County Georg Adolf Koskull (1780-1829).

Miners memorial in Koskullskulle

The place in the municipality of Gällivare is about six kilometers northeast of Gällivare . It is connected to Gällivare by the state roads ( Länsväg ) BD 830, BD 831 and BD 860 . A branch line of the ore railway leads to Koskullskulle, but it is only used for freight traffic and almost exclusively by the LKAB mining company . The approximately 140-kilometer-long Linaälven , a tributary of Ängesån, flows through the village .

The population development of Koskullskulle is declining. After 1601 residents were counted in the village in 1960, the number of residents fell over 1196 (after a slight recovery in 1995) and 874 (2010) to 818 (2015).

Known residents

Jan Boklöv (* 1966), ski jumper
Göran Forsmark (born 1955), actor

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)

[scb_aktuell-1] Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)