Stekenjokk

Stekenjokk is an area of Vilhelmina Municipality in Västerbotten, Sweden, a few miles from the border with Norway. The word "jokk" is Sami for watercourse. The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) has a weather station in the area. As of 2013 Stekenjokk holds the Swedish record for wind speed, with 47 m/s (170 km/h or 110 mph) recorded during Cyclone Hilde in November 2013.

Between Blåsjön (English: the blue lake) and Stekenjokk runs one of Sweden's highest located roads, Vildmarksvägen. Stekenjokk is one of the Sami people's places for reindeer to feed during the summer, and the reindeer and the work around them is part of the nature experience when visiting the area. The Stekenjokk copper mine was located in this area until it was closed in 1989. A SMHI weather station located in the area recorded temperarures in 2007 that showed that Stekenjokk was the coldest place in the Sweden. Stekenjokk also is close to the Börgefjälls national park on the Norwegian side.