Tärendö (, fit, Täräntö ) is a small

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Norrbotten County Norrbotten County ( sv, Norrbottens län; se, Norrbottena leatna, fi, Norrbottenin lääni) is the northernmost county or '' län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares border ...

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with 208 inhabitants in 2000. It is located at the Kalix River and the bifurcation

Tärendö River The Tärendö River (Swedish: ''Tärendö älv'', Meänkieli: ''Täränönväylä'') is a small distributary river to the Kalix River in Norrbotten, Sweden. It is the second largest bifurcation in the world (second only to the Casiquiare canal, So ...

. The village was probably founded around year 1620. The largest employer today is the saw mill. The nearest airports are

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, 28 km away and Gällivare Airport, 101 km away. A well known person from Tärendö is the Olympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing

Charlotte Kalla Marina Charlotte Kalla (born 22 July 1987 in Tärendö) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing at international level since the 2003–04 season. Kalla is a three-time Olympian, winning her first Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Wi ...

. There is also a line of

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furniture named after the village.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarendo Populated places in Pajala Municipality Norrbotten