Arctic Mine Fields
Multi-day tour of the northernmost Swedish mine fields, including Kirunavaara, Svappavaara, and Gällivare.
Excursions
Field excursions are central to TICCIH congresses, and 2025 offered the widest geographic range in the organisation's history. In addition to the Thursday mid-congress field day in Kiruna and Malmberget, delegates chose from six multi-day pre-congress and four post-congress excursions spanning Sweden, Norway, and Svalbard.
Mid-congress field day — Thursday 28 August
- LKAB Kiruna visitor mine — a descent into the operational iron-ore mine, the world's largest underground iron-ore operation.
- Malmberget heritage district — the historic iron-ore town whose centre has been evacuated and relocated in parallel with Kiruna's own relocation.
- Kiruna city-relocation walk — a guided walking tour of the new city centre, with stops at relocated buildings including the Kiruna Church.
Pre-congress excursions
Hydroelectric Plants of Northernmost Sweden
Porjus, Harsprånget, and Stornorrfors — the backbone of Sweden's early-twentieth-century industrial power infrastructure.
Green Industrial Transition
A tour of HYBRIT, H2 Green Steel, and associated facilities leading Sweden's move to fossil-free steel production.
Mid-Swedish Mining District — Bergslagen
Falun, Sala, and Grängesberg: the historical heart of Swedish mining and metallurgy from the medieval period onward.
Abisko & the Lapland Railway
The Ofotbanen/Malmbanan ore railway from Luleå to Narvik — one of the most important industrial railways in northern Europe.
Sámi landscapes & reindeer husbandry
An interpretive excursion co-led with Sámi organisations exploring the tensions between mining, forestry, and traditional land use.
Post-congress excursions
Torne River Valley
Tornedalen and its Meänkieli-speaking communities, with stops at historic sawmills, paper works, and border industries.
Oil Rig, Stavanger
A journey south to Norway's oil capital, including the Norwegian Petroleum Museum and a visit to a decommissioned rig.
Røros Copper Mine, Norway
UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Europe's longest-running copper operations, co-hosted with TICCIH Norway.
Svalbard
An extended excursion to the High Arctic coal-mining settlements of Longyearbyen and Pyramiden — a landscape where industrial heritage and climate change meet.
About the excursions
All excursions were planned and led by local experts, academic hosts, and heritage organisations, with accessibility adaptations where site conditions allowed. Detailed itineraries, reading lists, and post-trip field reports are archived with the proceedings. For context on Kiruna's own mining landscape, see our article on Kiruna's Mining Heritage.