Pajala
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State : | Sweden | |||
Province (län): | Norrbotten County | |||
Historical Province (landskap): | Norrbotten | |||
Municipality : | Pajala | |||
Coordinates : | 67 ° 13 ' N , 23 ° 22' E | |||
SCB code : | 8780 | |||
Status: | Crime scene | |||
Residents : | 2032 (December 31, 2015) | |||
Area : | 3.12 km² | |||
Population density : | 651 inhabitants / km² | |||
List of perpetrators in Norrbotten County |
Pajala is a place ( Tatort ) in the northern Swedish province of Norrbotten County and the historic province of Norrbotten .
The main town of the municipality of the same name is located on the Swedish- Finnish border about 100 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle on Torne älv .
Sights include the sundial , the church and the home of the provost and botanist Lars Levi Læstadius , who is buried in Pajala. The Pajala Market is held in June every year.
The novel Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael Niemi , which was filmed in 2004 under the same title , provides insights into life in Pajala in the 1960s and 1970s .
Famous pepole
- Lars Levi Læstadius (1800–1861), clergyman
- Gösta Montell (1899–1975), ethnographer
- Mikael Niemi (* 1959), writer
- Johan Tornberg (* 1973), ice hockey player
Web links
Commons : Pajala - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (Swedish, Meänkieli, Finnish, English)