Welcome to Kiruna Test Area

Here you will find an established infrastructure and a city that offers a complete range of services and a wide variety of exciting activities, year round. For testing in space and flight, the Esrange Space Center and Arena Arctica offer you their long experience in state-of-the-art technology and service. On land, our tailor-made skidpans are expertly maintained and complemented by a shallow artificial lake near the airport, expanding testing operations by starting earlier than anywhere else.

Kiruna has the additional underground variable of offering unique testing environments in one of the world’s largest underground mines, LKAB. Our high-tech business atmosphere is fueled by the expansion of the research facilities and industries thriving in Kiruna.

Right alongside, our region’s unique activities and event opportunities are attracting record-high interest. When you combine your testing operations with what Kiruna can offer as far as world-class activities, accommodations and services, you can't find a better place to be.