The villages of Kemi Lappmark

These are the villages Olof Tresk’s map names in Kemi Lappmark in 1642. This is not a border map. A line between villages comes later, if a source supports it.

Kittilä

On the map, Kittilä is the village and market place. Fishing waters, wild reindeer, other game, and beaver rivers were modest. (Tresk 1642)

Longer page on the Kittilä siida

Peltojärvi

The people who had lived in the village and held their market there paid tax, the map says, at Markkina in Torne Lappmark. Hunting and fishing still went on here. (Tresk 1642)

Inari

The village lay north of the fell ridge by Lake Inari. The map says it was to move about one Swedish mile, roughly ten kilometres, because firewood and reindeer lichen were running out. The fishing waters were excellent, the wild-reindeer grounds good, and the beaver rivers moderate. Tax was paid to Sweden, Norway, and Russia. The map calls it one of the largest villages in Swedish Lapland. The people wanted to move the village onto a point the text calls a good place for a church. (Tresk 1642)

Sompio

Sompio paid tax to Sweden and Russia. The beaver rivers and wild reindeer were good, and the fishing waters were few. Fish was mostly bought from the Inari people. (Tresk 1642)

Sodankylä

Sodankylä paid tax to Sweden and Russia. The fishing waters and wild-reindeer grounds were good. The map says the beaver stock was the best of all the Swedish siidas, Sompio included. (Tresk 1642)

Keminkylä

Keminkylä paid tax to Sweden and Russia. The wild-reindeer grounds and fishing waters were good, and beaver were few. (Tresk 1642)

Kuolajärvi

Kuolajärvi paid tax to Sweden and Russia. The hunting grounds and fishing waters were good, and beaver were few. (Tresk 1642)

Kitkajärvi

Kitkajärvi was, the map says, a small and poor village. Tax was paid to Sweden and Russia. People lived mostly by fishing. Wild reindeer were few, and there were no beaver. (Tresk 1642)

Maanselkä

Maanselkä was, the map says, a small and poor village. People lived mostly by fishing. Wild reindeer were few, and there were no beaver. (Tresk 1642)