KARESUANDO SWEDEN

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CIA-RDP83-00423R000301590014-8
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RIPPUB
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C
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6
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November 9, 2016
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December 21, 1998
Sequence Number: 
14
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Publication Date: 
April 13, 1951
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : CIA-RDP8 SEC PLACE s KARESUANDO COUNT Population: About, 1,O Q 90014-a_ SWEDEN Provinces Lappland Date of Observation: 13 Apr. 51 General Description: Farming village, educational center, focus of religion life of surrounding Lapps. Transport junction for road traffic between north Sweden and Finland. Becoming significant as junction for through traffic over land through North Norway via Kautokeino. Lapp trading center. Geographic Description: Low rolling country around valley of Muonio River at foot of plateau which rises to highlands west of Norwegian border. Note Muonio River is boundary between r'inland and 6weden until its junction with the Torne River which it follows to the sea at Tornio. Occupations: Agricultural Fishing Industrial Hay and dairy farming Summer fishing for Minor local Some Reindeer in Hinterland local use on river especially on plateau and lakes. Natural Vegetation: Birch woods with some pine which extends part way to Syvajarvi on the north. Land Forms and. Geolog5r: Low rolling terrain, old lake bottoms, river terraces. Town on a peninsula between lake and river. IVilning : Ti CIA LIBRARY Population. (racial, cultural, linguistic): Was originally Lapp now Swedish and Lapp with-considerable Finnish intermixture. All three languages are used locally. 00301590014-8 Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : CI /04i S E IIRIfy T~ !?N Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : 01g4~RDP83-00423R000301590014-8 PLACE (conttd)s K A RESUA_NDO sErueWY INFORMAT10 /?;.....t d th e an Wea er Temperatures: _4?C Precipitation: About one foot of snow on last day, on top of general snow cover. Clouds: Ten-tenths, wind south #5. Other: Strop bl d bl l g zzar owing which may be exceptional at this season. Low pressure area from northwest. -? Local hydroelectric Source: Local hydroelectric Voltages Cycle: Telephone Telegraph TRANSPORTATION: (From: Karesuando Tot Vittan i and Ka,tokeino and Haparand? Railways None Stations Ballasts Power s Gauge : Bridges: Highways: Route No's :;;'343 to Vittangi, #400 to Haparanda. No road north. Note - A new road follows Finnish side of Muonio River from southern r'inland Surface Type: Gravel to Nor. Highway 7V50 at 3 Two-car Seasonal Uses All year., except route to Norway. Underpass : Modern bridge on highway in Karesuando. Complete local Approved For Release 199 M191QJ# '&jWf'83-004238000301590014-8 Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : M RDP83-004 3R000301590014-8 `0 NfiOffEN CIAI PLACE (contsd): KARESUAND0 SECURITY .ORM-4TI9N Ferries: Location: Near church in Karesuando across Muonio River to Katavuopio in Finland. Tonnage s Capacity' 6 cars and foot passengers Scheduiess Closed for Winter, ice with 8 ton limit used. Steamerss Routing: Tonnages' Capacity' Schedules: Bus Routes: All season - Kiruna by way of Vittangi and Svappavaara, Haparanda via Pajala. Norway via Skibotn 6ununer only. Norway via Kautokeino Suni ne rs snowmobile winter only. Other Transportations Road distances Vittangi 110 kms. Kiruna 185 kms., Pajala 190 kms., and Haparanda 380 kms. Title No local plans Scale Date German Army Typographic 1:300,000 1914 Swedish Turist-Kartan Road Map Sheet i24 (O F E Approved For Release 1999/09/101fa .00-423ROO0301590014-8 11 Approved For Release 1999/09/10~B,Clfi DP83-00423R000301590014-8 PLACE (coat' d) : KARESUANDO Guide and Other Books: None except sections o#Cug XJNftTI g. S.T.F. Hotel Guide Title Author Date pubiisheell M(6i.st's PERSONAL DATA: Date of travel to this place: A 2, 'rl Arrived: 10:30 pm. Starting Point: Galan;to Departed'% 6:30am Ayr. 14, '51 Distance traveled (in kms): Ve''aicles Used; indeer sl edgee Where stayed: CONTACTS: 25X1X6 Grapes Hotel Comment" Good Name Address Position T.ph. Comment NFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 1999/09/10: CIA RDP -000301590014-8 Approved For Release 1999/09/10 J4\-FFDP83-00423R000301590014-8 PLACE (cont'd), KARESUANDO Photographs, Purchased locally: CONFlGAHAI Takens Color and black and white. General views of village, school, etc. Sketches Mader Location Description Type None apart from m nor local needs. P11w-. SECURITY 1NF0 Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : CIA-RDP83-0042 000301590014-8 Approved For Release 1999/09/10p A-f' DP83-0 3R00030 90014-8 SEAPORTS s SECURIrINFRRMATION General Comments Cargo Handlings s Wharves Name Lighterss Location Location. Depth Tonnage Comments Repair Facilities Machine Shops t Foundries Dry docks: Salvage gears Supplies Available Water Coal Provisions Oil-Fuel Engineering Diesel Fuel Deck Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : &- M" 3R000301590014-8