Jäkkvik
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Jäckvik or Jäkkvik is a mountain town in Arjeplog municipality
Arjeplog Municipality
Arjeplog Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Arjeplog....

 on Riksväg 95 (Silvervägen). Near to Jaäckvik is Pieljekaise National Park. The town also has a ski run.

The Swedish priest, Lars Levi Læstadius
Lars Levi Læstadius
Lars Levi Læstadius was a Swedish Lutheran pastor of partly Sami ancestry. From the mid 1840s and onward he became the leader of the Laestadian movement...

, was born in the town.
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