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Bönjotta

Norrbotten · SuèdeUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Bönjotta ("Böni's Cabin") in Norrbotten County, Boden/Luleå sector (subarctic Bothnia, Sweden), at true altitude ~100 m (0 m listing is erroneous), subarctic taiga. Continuous Sweden Norrbotten cluster (batches 240-382). STF (Svenska Turistföreningen) cabin — founded 1885, 240 huts across northern Sweden (Bönjotta a Sami/Swedish heritage name + Norrbotten 100,000 km², 1/4 of Sweden's largest county + Luleå 47,000 inhabitants, SSAB/Vattenfall steel and energy hub + Kiruna, iron mine founded 1900, world's northernmost latitude town/relocation 2004-2035 due to deep mining) + heritage of the Sami people (Finno-Ugric people, 100,000 across Sweden, 30,000 speakers of Sami across 9 dialects + reindeer, Rangifer tarandus, nomadic herding, siida communities + Alta 1979-1981 hydro dispute + Sami Parliament of Sweden 1993 + Læstadius 1800-1861 revival movement + heritage of Ingmar Bergman 1918-2007, iconic Swedish filmmaker, Persona/The Seventh Seal, Gotland + Astrid Lindgren 1907-2002, creator of the iconic Pippi Longstocking).

Off-season beds
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The setting

Norrbotten Boden/Luleå subarctic Bothnia Sweden altitude 0 m erroneous ~100 m actual subarctic taiga, continuous cluster batches 240-382, STF founded 1885, 240 huts N Sweden Bönjotta Sami/Swedish + Norrbotten 100,000 km² 1/4 of Sweden + Luleå 47,000 SSAB Vattenfall + Kiruna 1900 iron relocation 2004-2035 deep mining, Sami people Finno-Ugric 100,000 Sweden 30,000 Sami speakers 9 dialects + Rangifer tarandus siida + Alta 1979-1981 hydro + Sami Parliament of Sweden 1993 + Læstadius 1800-1861 + Bergman 1918-2007 Persona/Seventh Seal Gotland + Astrid Lindgren 1907-2002 Pippi Longstocking.