July 15 14.06, Mountain Rescue, Kiruna

Published: July 15 2025 at 14:06

Hiker died in accident in Kiruna on Saturday.

At 22.30 on Saturday, July 12, information arrived that a man who had been hiking had fallen from a height, near a cliff wall, in the area of Kårsavagge.

The police's on-duty commander decided on a mountain rescue according to the LSO, the Act on Protection against Accidents. A police helicopter and mountain rescuers went to the scene and picked up the man, who was deceased.

The man, who was in his 60s, was a resident of Germany.

The police have contacted authorities in the deceased's home country in order for relatives possibly to be informed.

The police are handling the case as an accident, a death without suspicion of a crime.

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