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tä santamäki sonka syväsenvaara tapionkylä tennilä teollisuuskylä tiainen tuhnaja vaarala vanttausjärvi vanttauskoski vennivaara viiri vikajärvi välijoki ylikylä yli nampa demographics edit population edit historical population year pop p a 1930 5 442 1940 6 685 2 08 1972 45 767 6 20 1980 48 056 0 61 1990 54 014 1 18 2000 57 253 0 58 2010 60 090 0 48 2020 63 528 0 56 2025 66 102 0 80 source tilastollinen päätoimisto 27 statistics finland 1972 2020 28 the city of rovaniemi has 66 191 inhabitants making it the 17th most populous city in finland the rovaniemi region has a population of 69 721 population size 1990 2025 29 year population 1990 54 014 1995 57 045 2000 57 253 2005 57 835 2010 60 090 2015 61 838 2020 63 528 2025 66 191 languages edit population by mother tongue 2025 29 finnish 93 2 ukrainian 0 80 russian 0 80 english 0 50 chinese 0 40 sami 0 30 arabic 0 30 other 3 70 rovaniemi is a monolingual finnish speaking municipality the majority of the population 61 713 persons 93 2 spoke finnish as their first language in addition the number of swedish speakers was 144 persons 0 2 of the population foreign languages were spoken by 6 2 of the population the number of sámi speakers was 221 persons 0 3 of the population 29 as english and swedish are compulsory school subjects functional bilingualism or trilingualism acquired through language studies is not uncommon at least 40 different languages are spoken in rovaniemi the most common foreign languages are ukrainian 0 8 russian 0 8 english 0 5 and chinese 0 4 29 immigration edit population by country of birth 2025 29 country of birth population finland 61 330 92 6 sweden 802 1 2 ukraine 333 0 5 china 242 0 4 philippines 217 0 3 russia 200 0 3 thailand 143 0 2 iraq 135 0 2 somalia 92 0 1 other 1 798 2 7 as of 2024 update there were 3 778 persons with a migrant background living in rovaniemi or 6 of the population note 1 the number of residents who were born abroad was 4 367 or 7 of the population the number of persons with foreign citizenship living in rovaniemi was 2 886 most foreign born citizens came from sweden ukraine china and russia 31 the relative share of immigrants in rovaniemi s population is below to the national average however the city s new residents are increasingly of foreign origin this will increase the proportion of foreign residents in the coming years religion edit in 2023 the evangelical lutheran church was the largest religious group with 69 1 of the population of rovaniemi other religious groups accounted for 1 6 of the population 29 3 of the population had no religious affiliation 32 of the revival movements within the church conservative laestadianism is particularly active in the locality with three peace associations in the locality the rovaniemi peace association 33 the rautionsaari peace association 34 and the viirinkylä peace association 35 other local communities include the rovaniemi pentecostal church a member of the finnish pentecostal church 36 and the rovaniemi adventist church part of the finnish adventist church 37 economy edit rovaniemi in 1999 since rovaniemi is the capital of the region of lapland many government institutions have their offices there about 10 000 of the inhabitants are students rovaniemi is home to not only the university of lapland but also the lapland university of applied sciences formerly known as the rovaniemi polytechnic which comprises institutes of information and traditional technology business health and social care culinary studies forestry rural studies and sports local newspapers include the lapin kansa uusi rovaniemi and lappilainen further information energiapolar tourism edit summer in rovaniemi which includes the midnight sun because of the unspoiled nature of the area and numerous recreational opportunities tourism is an important industry in rovaniemi the city has a number of hotels and restaurants located both in the centre and on the outskirts of the town hosting over 481 000 visitors in 2013 38 tourism can be seen and heard in the city s streetscape at the arctic circle and at rovaniemi airport one of finland s busiest airports in terms of passenger numbers 39 however as a mild phenomenon popularity of the city has also brought overtourism from which the locals suffer 1 10 40 41 42 43 jätkänkynttilä swedish torch bridge rovaniemi is also considered by finns to be the official home town of santa claus 1 10 44 45 46 the city registered the slogan as trademark in 2009 in 2025 an invalidation request was filed at the european union intellectual property office euipo arguing the trademark is descriptive and potentially deceptive 47 it is home to the santa claus village at the arctic circle and santapark arctic world which is located 8 km 5 mi north of the centre directly across the river from the town is the ounasvaara ski centre 48 there have been recreational activities in the ounasvaara area since 1927 49 when the first winter sports were also organized 50 the top of the ounasvaara hill bears the site of some of the earliest known human settlements in the area a phenomenon also attracting numerous tourists is the aurora borealis or northern lights 51 in finnish lapland the number of auroral displays can be as high as 200 a year whereas in southern finland the number is usually fewer than 20 attractions edit santa claus village rovaniemi s most prominent landmarks include the jätkänkynttilä bridge with its eternal flame over the kemijoki river the arktikum science museum which rises out of the bank of the ounasjoki river the rovaniemi city hall the lappia hall which serves as a theatre concert hall and congress centre and the library the last three mentioned buildings are designed by alvar aalto the arktikum science museum is a comprehensive museum of finland s and the world s arctic regions sports edit rovaniemi s keskuskenttä home ground of rops the city is home to the football clubs rovaniemen palloseura or rops part of ykkönen the finnish third division and fc santa claus part of the sixth division to the ice hockey team rovaniemen kiekko or roki whose home arena is lappi areena and which competes in mestis the second highest league in finland and to the volleyball team called team lakkapää formerly rovaniemen santasport and perungan pojat which plays in the finland volleyball league and won the national championship in 2003 2007 2008 and 2011 the rovaniemi nordmen an american football team was formed in 2013 and has played at various levels throughout the finnish american football association 52 rovaniemi has hosted several international ski competition including the fis nordic world ski championships 1984 several fis nordic combined world cup and fis ski jumping continental cup events the 2005 fis nordic junior world ski championships the 1970 winter universiade and the 2008 winter transplant games in 2021 rovaniemi hosted the world rally championship for 2021 arctic rally finland the first wrc event held inside the arctic circle transport edit rovaniemi airport shopping center revontuli vr group the finnish state railway system operates direct daytime and overnight passenger trains from rovaniemi station to oulu tampere helsinki and turku diesel powered passenger trains operated northeast of rovaniemi to kemijärvi until march 2014 when electrification to that town was completed rovaniemi airport is located about 10 kilometres 6 mi north of the rovaniemi city centre and it is the second busiest airport in finland after helsinki vantaa airport 53 while at the beginning of the millennium over 300 international flights landed in rovaniemi annually in the 2020s the number is almost five times that 10 the busiest time for the airport is in the christmas season when many people go on santa flights 54 notable inhabitants edit see also category people from rovaniemi snowboarder and 2005 winter x games gold medalist antti autti rovaniemi native in april 2005 received his own piece of land in the city for being named to the 2006 finnish olympic team antti iivari born 1992 ice hockey player writer timo k mukka died in rovaniemi in 1974 nätti jussi pretty john legendary lumberjack and forester harri olli ski jumper tanja poutiainen alpine skier tauno luiro ski jumper world record holder tomi putaansuu better known as mr lordi lead singer of the hard rock band and 2006 eurovision song contest winner lordi jari tervo author miia tervo film director antti tuisku singer santa claus village in rovaniemi said to be the residence of father christmas 44 45 46 progressive rock band absoluuttinen nollapiste the black metal band beherit came from rovaniemi twin towns sister cities edit see also list of twin towns and sister cities in finland rovaniemi is twinned with 55 ajka hungary alanya turkey cadillac united states grindavík iceland harbin china kassel germany kiruna sweden narvik norway neustrelitz germany olsztyn poland sankt johann in tirol austria veszprém hungary in march 2022 rovaniemi suspended the agreement with murmansk russia due to the russian invasion of ukraine 56 in popular culture edit hand prints and signatures of lordi s line up at the time can be seen at the lordi s square the 1951 musical comedy film at the rovaniemi fair rovaniemen markkinoilla which has been described as a reformer of finnish film entertainment is set in rovaniemi as its name suggests in connection with the film s gold mining plot 57 rovaniemi appears as one location of gavin lyall s 1963 book the most dangerous game a spy thriller set in lapland and the northern ussr a 1996 christmas episode of tots tv called lapland out took place in rovaniemi the 1998 spanish romantic film lovers of the arctic circle los amantes del círculo polar by director julio medem partly takes place in rovaniemi rovaniemi appears in the video game tom clancy s endwar as a possible battlefield in the game rovaniemi houses military facilities critical to a missile shield for a european federation 58 tv star bam margera and his friends travelled to rovaniemi in their film bam margera presents where the is santa fi in order to find santa claus who is assumed to live in rovaniemi 59 a version of the music video for lordi s song hard rock hallelujah was filmed near rovaniemi for the opening of the 2007 eurovision song contest 60 after winning the contest a square called the lordi s square lordin aukio in the city center of rovaniemi has been named after the band 61 the video for the nightwish single the islander was filmed in rovaniemi by stobe harju rovaniemi is a central scene in the 2010 documentary film reindeerspotting as it deals with drug abusers in the city 62 mcdonald s location at rovaniemi formerly the northernmost mcdonald s in the world from 1997 to 2013 and from 2022 to 2024 rovaniemi used to have the northernmost location of any mcdonald s in the world from 1997 63 64 until the opening of a mcdonald s in murmansk in 2013 23 years after it first opened in that country 65 however the title of the northernmost in the world returned to rovaniemi in 2022 when in response to russia s invasion of ukraine all russian mcdonald s restaurants were closed and rebranded to vkusno i tochka 66 in january 2024 rovaniemi once again lost the title of having the northernmost mcdonald s in the world as a new restaurant opened in tromsø norway 67 rovaniemi was featured in the first episode of the reluctant traveler hallmark media s 2024 television film the finnish line features scenes shot in santa claus village 68 69 see also edit misi a village in rovaniemi pilke house university of the arctic notes edit statistics finland classifies a person as having a foreign background if both parents or the only known parent were born abroad 30 references edit 1 2 3 4 5 gettleman jeffrey 15 april 2025 santa lives in rovaniemi finland some of his neighbors are not thrilled the new york times retrieved 16 april 2025 korhonen pauliina 1 september 2026 jos olet kuullut nämä suomen kaupunkien lempinimet olet todella hyvin kartalla ilta sanomat in finnish retrieved 2 september 2026 söderling ismo 19 august 2023 rovaniemi ansaitsee kunnon kutsumanimen lapin kansa in finnish retrieved 2 september 2026 area of finnish municipalities 1 1 2018 pdf national land survey of finland retrieved 30 january 2018 population growth slowed down in 2025 population structure statistics finland 2026 04 01 issn 2243 3627 retrieved 2026 04 06 population growth slowed down in 2025 population structure statistics finland 2026 04 01 issn 1797 5395 retrieved 2026 04 01 population according to age 1 year and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year 2003 2020 statfin statistics finland retrieved 2 may 2021 rovaniemi lexico uk english dictionary oxford university press archived from the original on 2020 11 29 lapin kansa rovaniemen ja helsingin johtajat saivat ministeriltä tehtävän miettiä miten matkailu nousee korona ajan mentyä ohi rahaa on luvassa eu n elpymispaketista in finnish 1 2 3 4 kuivas eeva 19 april 2025 näin rovaniemelle tehtiin joulun disneyland this is how rovaniemi was made into a christmas disneyland yle in finnish retrieved 20 april 2025 brown forrest 2 december 2024 15 of the best places to go for christmas cnn travel retrieved 10 december 2024 sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat 1949 1995 i 12 jakso 240 rovaniemen maalaiskunta kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto in finnish retrieved march 26 2021 suomen kunnallisvaakunat in finnish suomen kunnallisliitto 1982 pp 121 160 isbn 951 773 085 3 tällaista oli elämä rovaniemen kauppalassa ennen kuin siitä tuli kaupunki lapsia oli niin paljon että koulut olivat tupaten täynnä teiden kunnosta naristiin ja ulkopaikkakuntalaiset rötöstelivät lapin kansa in finnish 1 2 3 watts peter 19 december 2018 the dark history of santa s city how rovaniemi rose from the ashes the guardian retrieved 11 july 2023 suomen kuvalehti 39 2004 kallioniemi 1989 s 196 209 there s so much to see in the capital of finnish lapland nordic visitor now rovaniemi lappi finland weather forecast and conditions the weather channel weather com retrieved 2022 08 27 1 2 normal period 1991 2020 fmi retrieved 16 february 2023 rovaniemi extreme values fmi open data retrieved 18 may 2016 rantavitikka lapland uas weather personal weather station irovanie6 by wunderground com weather underground wunderground com retrieved 24 december 2017 rovaniemi extreme values fmi open data retrieved 18 may 2016 rovaniemi apukka 01 1999 sääarkisto suja kapsi fi retrieved 24 december 2017 rovaniemi railway station timeanddate com retrieved 24 december 2017 sunrise and sunset times in rovaniemi july 2015 timeanddate com retrieved 24 december 2017 suomen tilastollinen vuosikirja 1940 pdf in finnish tilastollinen päätoimisto 1941 retrieved 5 january 2025 number of foreign language speakers grew by nearly 38 000 persons statistics finland 31 may 2023 retrieved 12 september 2023 1 2 3 4 5 population 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