The biggest village in the municipality of Övertorneå is Juoksengi. Juoksengi is very beautiful situated at the crossing of the Torne river and the Arctic circle.
Juoksengi is one of the oldest villages in the Torne Valley.
As early as in the 15th century there was 15 homesteads in the village. Today there are about 500 persons living in the village. 		House from 17th century in Juoksengi.

Soldier "Färdigs" home from the 17th century.
Northern village sign, a sign for the true place of the arctic circle.
The name Juoksengi is arised from a persons name Juoksa, a lappish name. There is another theory about the name and it is related to the bow the Torne river makes at Juoksengi. The word bow is in lappish "Juoksa". But it´s most likely a persons name that created the village name.

Example of different spellings of the village name in the past: Jwxenge, Joxenge in the 15th century and Juåxange, Juoxengi in the 17th century.

 The village chapel- Juoksengi

Chapel in Juoksengi.
5x5.gif (45 bytes)
Arctic circle Unity/ Polcirkelns Vänner
Box 88, 957 23 JUOKSENGI
e- mail to arctic circle