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Place in Lapland, SwedenJukkasjärvi (Swedish) Čohkkiras (Northern Sami)Jukkasjärvi (Finnish)July 2002 view over JukkasjärviJukkasjärviShow map of NorrbottenJukkasjärviShow map of SwedenCoordinates: 67°51′N 20°37′E / 67.850°N 20.617°E / 67.850; 20.617CountrySwedenProvinceLaplandCountyNorrbotten CountyMunicipalityKiruna MunicipalityArea • Total1.44 km2 (0.56 sq mi)Population (31 December 2010) • Total548 • Density379/km2 (980/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST) Jukkasjärvi (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɵ̂kːasˌjærvɪ]; Sami: Čohkkiras) is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 548 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated at 321 meters elevation. The Jukkasjärvi Church in March 2020. The name is of Northern Sami origin, where Čohkkirasjávricode: sme promoted to code: se means lake of assembly, as the area by the lake by which the village was founded was a Sami marketplace. The village got its first Finnish-speaking resident settlers in the 17th century, who changed the name into the more Finnish-sounding Jukkasjärvi, thereby removing its meaning, although järvi (jávri in Sami) still means lake in Finnish. This was also the name used by Swedish officials. The village is a popular tourist accommodation during the winter months, from December until April, and is best known for its annual ice hotel, a hotel literally made from ice. The wooden church is the oldest building in the village (built around 1607/1608) and is well known for its wooden carved altar piece triptych by Bror Hjorth. It is the only surviving example of a block-pillar church in Sweden.