Riksgränsen

Riksgränsen, (Norwegian: Riksgrensen), The National Border in Swedish, is a ski-resort in Kiruna Municipality, Lappland, Sweden, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle.

The same manufacturers frequently use the location for winter launches, bringing journalists from across the world to drive the new cars on snow-covered roads and on courses specially prepared on frozen lakes.

Although the subarctic climate (Koppen: Dfc) of the region is very cold, it has considerably milder winters than normally expected for an inland northerly area, due to its proximity to the warm North Atlantic Current.

The deep snow cover and the time it takes for thawing prolongs the skiing season to the midnight sun window.

The snow depth charts have sometimes ended during late May when the pack has been shrinking, which skews the June readings that likely are a bit higher.