Abisko (Swedish: [ˈɑ̌ːbɪskʊ];[2] Northern Sami: Ábeskovvu) is a village in Sápmi (Lapland), in northern Sweden, roughly 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, and near Abisko National Park, located 4 km west of the village.
The Abisko Turiststation, run by the Svenska Turistföreningen (STF), houses many visitors to the park and provides lodging, food, and other amenities, and is one of many similar facilities located periodically along the Kungsleden trail.
Summers are cool and rainy with chilly nights and snow covers are often modest except for during milder winters where maritime air brings more precipitation.
Winters are long and cold but somewhat moderated by mild Gulf Stream air coming from the west.
Abisko is a very cloudy village by Swedish standards but is also one of the driest places in the country due to it being in a rain shadow from the Scandinavian Mountains.