WOW!
Thank´s for a warm welcome!
Nice to see that some of you been to my country.
I'll try to answer some of the questions that you have.
I live about 100km south of the arctic circle, that's about 350km from Kiruna.
At the moment we have -18 degrees below zero and a meter of snow.
We have daylight from june to august 24h aday, sun never sets and in winter it never rises.
As for the wildlife it's pretty much alike northern part of us, moose, brown bears, dagers, redfox, red deer, grouse, black grouse, capercaille, wood grouse, hare and so on.
Pretty strikt laws about hunting tho and about keeping firearms.
Fishing isnt that hard restictied but you need a permit in most waters, and we have what we call the "all man right" witch means that I'm allowed to walk on someones land and in the woods, picking muchrooms and berries, hiking, making camp and so on, without asking the landowner.
I have relatives in the US, from Colorado to Florida, not that much contact with them tho :/
Hope that I've answered some of the questions any way...
Oh...and please feel free to correct my typing and spelling if need be