Porjus – Introduction to village

Porjus is one of the countries most interesting villages with a history of water power.

1910 saw the beginning of the Porjus project. A truly gigantic project. One of the worlds

biggest power stations would be built with transportation of all needed materials being

carried 50 kilometres by man power!

1914 saw the first generator in operation. Today the power station can produce 1260 GWh

per year which places Porjus in third place of all Vattenfalls power stations in Sweden.

The history of Porjus is extremely well documented by Porjus archive committee

and Vattenfall.

Visit Vattenfalls power-stations, check link below:

Thursday June 15 - Sunday August 13

09:30, 10:30, 11:30, 13:30, 14:30 och 15:30.

(Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays)

Link: Besök oss - Vattenfall

Or telephone to book tour 0973 77600

Beginning of 2023 there were 355 * people living within the District of Porjus.

Vattenfall is one of the village employers, but there are also many other entrepreneurs

and tourism is growing. There are several apartments, Airbnb, a supermarket open 24/7 (Lanthandel) a kiosk, grill and automated petrol pumps, open all year round.

Reindeer are also a natural part of Porjus and several Sámi companies

are represented in Porjus.

* december 31, 2022 SCB Statistics Sweden.