Kvikkjokk Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
village in Jokkmokk Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden
About Kvikkjokk
The Swedish name comes from the old Sámi name of the river Gamájåhkå: Kuoihkajohko ("rapids river"). The Sámi name is from the Swedish "hyttan", a building for metal works. In 1659 it became known that there was silver in the mountains50 kilometres (30mi)away. The site by the river was chosen for melting the silver, with the first batch melt in 1662. The first mine was opened in Kedkevare, later called Silbbatjåhkkå in Sámi (silbba=silver), another five years later in Alkavare (Sámi:Álggávárre). A mining town resulted. The mining did not become profitable, and when the mines were laid down 1702 only the priest and the sexton remained, with missionaries to the Sámi using Kvikkjokk as base. In 1760 a church was built. Swedish settlers arrived in the 19th century, living from hunting and fish
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