Sjisjka, (Swedish) also spelt Sjiska or Šišká (North Sami), is a locality in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden. It has a railway station on the Iron Ore Line 20 km south of Kiruna, between Kalixforsbron and Kaitum. The hamlet has eight buildings.

Nature reserve

Taking the train to Sjisjka is the only way to enter the Kaitum Fjällurskog Nature Reserve apart from hiking or skiing. A footpath leads west from Sjisjka to Tjåurek and from there one can go on to

Nikkaluokta Nikkaluokta () is a Swedish Sami village in Norrbotten County. The village belongs to Gällivare Municipality, bordering Kiruna Municipality, the closest urban area some 60 kilometers away. In its vicinity lie the areas of two Sami communities, ...

, Laukkuluspa, Holmajärvi, Liettik or to Kaitum, which is slightly south of Sjisjka at the railway. There is no road to the railway station or the village. The nearest roads are in Kaitum and Kalixforsbron, each about 10 km away. About 11 km west of Sjisjka railway stop is the Sjisjka-ape mire (also spelt Šiškká-ahpi).Sjisjka-ape
A hill with the same name as the railway stop is situated between the mire and the railway station.

History

Sjisjka was the place where Sami artist Nils Nilsson Skum lived. Among the reasons that the Swedish State Railways built a railway stop there was the fact that the artist lived there. The lack of a road created a need for train access. Another reason was that it was the only place where the railway's initials, ''SJ'', occur twice in the place's name.Vindkraftverk på Sjisjka

Rail traffic

In recent years, the operator

Norrtåg Norrtåg (English: Northern Trains) is a publicly owned company which is owned by Norrbotten County, Västerbotten County, Västernorrland County and Jämtland County in Sweden. The company owns passenger trains and organises passenger train ope ...

has taken over the service between Luleå/Boden and Kiruna from SJ. Only two trains a day stops at the station, one in the morning going south towards Boden and one in the evening going north towards Kiruna.

Wind park

In 2004, the energy company ''Vindkompaniet i Kiruna'' (wind company in Kiruna) filed a request to build 30

wind turbine A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...

s on the Sjisjka hill near the railway stop. The company ''Vindkompaniet i Kiruna'' wants to build windmills on a hill immediately west of Sjisjka. Originally, the plan was to build a road track from Kaitum to Sjisjka, parallel to the railway line, but this plan faced considerable criticism. In the new plan, the windmills are to be transported to Lappberg, and the length of the road is much smaller. This plan was approved by ''Miljödomstolen'' in 2007; the final decision to build it was taken in December 2007. They were built during 2012, and were opened for usage in October 2012Fjällvindpark invigd
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