Juoksengi () is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

situated in

Övertorneå Municipality Övertorneå Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in Övertorneå. Until the Finnish War (1808–1809) Övertorneå and the Finnish Ylitornio were a single parish. Fol ...

, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 350 inhabitants in 2010. It is located on the

Torne River The Torne, also known as the Tornio ( fi, Tornionjoki, sv, Torne älv, , se, Duortneseatnu, fit, Tornionväylä), is a river in northern Sweden and Finland. For approximately half of its length, it defines the border between these two countr ...

, at the border with

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, which runs through the middle of the river. On the Finnish side of the river the village Juoksenki is located. They were considered one village until the national border was drawn in 1809. The Arctic Circle runs through Juoksengi.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Juoksengi: *

Polcirkeln/Svanstein FF Polcirkeln/Svanstein FF is a Swedish football club located in Juoksengi. Background Polcirkeln/Svanstein FF (abbreviated Pol/Svanstein FF) was formed in 1993 following the merger of Svansteins SK and IF Polcirkeln. Up to 2001 the club was known ...

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Populated places in Övertorneå Municipality Norrbotten Populated places in Arctic Sweden {{Norrbotten-geo-stub