Jokkmokk market

The 420th Jokkmokk market will take place on February 6-8, 2025. There will be hundreds of vendors in place, and hundreds of events taking place all over Jokkmokk during the market days and nights – and the interest for the upcoming market is really big!

Keep an eye out for the market programme at Jokkmokk market.
You can book a guided tour from Kiruna to Jokkmokk with Scandinavian Sámi Photoadventures.

History
Jokkmokk’s Market has a long history and is considered to have a four hundred-year unbroken tradition. Permanent marketplaces near the Sámi’s winter settlements were established by the Swedish crown at the beginning of the 17th century in all the Sámi Lappish territories on both sides of the Gulf of Bothnia. The purpose was to strengthen the state’s control of the population in the north as well as to collect taxes, hold legal court and spread the Word of God. Planning a market in the Lappish territories during the coldest time of the year had several advantages. The Sámi were gathered in their winter settlements in the forest area with winter grazing for their reindeer and the frozen waterways constituted magnificent roads for the merchants, state officials and men of the church.