Karesuando
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Karesuando (Finnish Kaaresuvanto, Sami Karesuanto, Gárasavvon or Karasavvon) is Sweden's northernmost church village, located at the Muonio River. The population 2005 was 313 people.
The village got its first buildings in 1670, when Måns Mårtensson Karesuando, called "Hyvä Maunu Martinpoika" in Finnish and "Good Maunu, Son of Martin" in English, bought land from the same Henrik Nilsson Nikkas. The village is part of the municipality of Kiruna. The vicar and botanist Lars Levi Laestadius worked in Karesuando where he founded laestadianism named after him.
Karesuando is the northernmost point on the European route E45.
On the Finnish side of the river, the Finnish village of Kaaresuvanto is located. It has around 400 inhabitants. According to Finnsh tradition they are one and the same village, but they are usually considered different, since there is a national border in between
