Cheap flights from London to Kiruna

Kiruna sits above the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden, and winter is the setting rather than a season: from late autumn the sun stays low, the darkest weeks get a short stretch of light around midday, and snow is a given. January is the cheapest month here: the deep, dark stretch after New Year, with the crowds gone and fares to match. The dates around Christmas fill first, and late winter trades brighter days for fuller planes and higher fares. The calendar on this page runs from October into April, so you can see the whole curve, and shifting your dates by a day or two often matters more than the airline you choose.

Every itinerary connects, and the hub defines the trip: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and its regional arm KLM Cityhopper build around Amsterdam, Swiss routes through Zurich, LOT Polish Airlines through Warsaw, Air Baltic through Riga, and Lufthansa, with Lufthansa City Airlines on shorter legs, through its German hubs. Scandinavian Airlines keeps its connection inside Scandinavia, while Norwegian and Norwegian International add their Nordic bases to the map. The real difference is what the fare includes: Air Baltic and Norwegian sell lean tickets where a checked bag costs extra, while SAS, KLM, Lufthansa, Swiss and LOT bundle baggage into traditional fares.

Getting into town is the simple part: Kiruna has one small airport a short drive from the centre, so the transfer is brief and there is no second terminal to second-guess. A local bus timed to flight arrivals and taxis outside the terminal are the usual ways in — check the bus schedule for your landing day, since services this far north run to their own rhythm. In the darkest weeks the whole transfer happens in darkness on ploughed, sometimes icy roads, so with heavy winter gear or a late arrival, a taxi is the calmer choice.

Currency

SEK (kr)

Power sockets

Type C, F · 230 V

Language

Swedish

Emergency number

112

Driving side

right

Calling code

+46

Internet domain

.se

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Kiruna

17 k (2023)

Time zone

UTC+02 (Europe/Stockholm)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check whether your connection is on one ticket or two — on separate tickets the second airline owes you nothing if the first runs late.
• Every option here connects, so leave slack around the stop for winter weather at either end.
• Add the checked bag before comparing: on Norwegian and Air Baltic it costs extra and can change which ticket comes out cheaper.
• Confirm which London airport you leave from — Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Luton and Stansted are all in play.
• Check the passport and entry rules that apply to you when flying from the United Kingdom into Sweden.
• Compare whole months rather than single dates — January sits below the Christmas and New Year weeks on the price calendar.