--- title: Reindeer Go to Market: Photos From North of the Arctic Circle, 1955 description: As nights grow longer and the air colder, LIFE.com features Carl Mydans' photos from a long-ago assignment north of the Arctic Circle. canonical: https://time.com/3606061/reindeer-go-to-market-above-the-arctic-circle-sweden-1955/ author: Ben Cosgrove article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2013-12-18T19:45:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:06:53.983Z og:title: Reindeer Go to Market: Photos From North of the Arctic Circle, 1955 og:description: As nights grow longer and the air colder, LIFE.com features Carl Mydans' photos from a long-ago assignment north of the Arctic Circle. og:url: https://time.com/3606061/reindeer-go-to-market-above-the-arctic-circle-sweden-1955/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8effa1fdd33b79e3/69876b0a55a859e96aa8455f/141125-swedish-reindeer-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2303 og:image:height: 1295 og:image:alt: Reindeer, Sweden, 1955. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Reindeer Go to Market: Photos From North of the Arctic Circle, 1955 twitter:description: As nights grow longer and the air colder, LIFE.com features Carl Mydans' photos from a long-ago assignment north of the Arctic Circle. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8effa1fdd33b79e3/69876b0a55a859e96aa8455f/141125-swedish-reindeer-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Reindeer Go to Market Above the Arctic Circle, Sweden, 1955 > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Dec 18, 2013 7:45 PM UTC  Reindeer, Sweden, 1955. Reindeer, Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Dec 18, 2013 7:45 PM UTC In 1955, LIFE photographer Carl Mydans traveled to a spot in Sweden just across the Arctic Circle, roughly 700 miles north of Stockholm, where he chronicled the modern-day version of a tradition that was, by then, more than three centuries old: namely, the annual winter market in the town of Jokkmokk, where the Sami people (formerly referred to as Lapps) sold mainly reindeer-related goods and celebrated Sami culture. For reasons lost to time, none of Mydans’ photos ever ran in LIFE magazine — but here, six decades later, as winter holidays approach and as the Northern Hemisphere’s days grow shorter, the nights longer and the air ever colder, LIFE.com features a number of the master photographer’s pictures from that long-ago assignment. Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at [@LizabethRonk](https://twitter.com/LizabethRonk).  Reindeer, Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Sami and their reindeer, Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Reindeer, Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A Sami man leading his reindeer to market, Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The 350th annual Sami Jokkmokk Market in Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The 350th annual Sami Jokkmokk Market in Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The 350th annual Sami Jokkmokk Market in Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The 350th annual Sami Jokkmokk Market in Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The 350th annual Sami Jokkmokk Market in Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The 350th annual Sami Jokkmokk Market in Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The 350th annual Sami Jokkmokk Market in Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The 350th annual Sami Jokkmokk Market in Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The 350th annual Sami Jokkmokk Market in Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The 350th annual Sami Jokkmokk Market in Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A Lutheran church, Sweden, 1955. Carl Mydans—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A Lutheran church, Sweden, 1955. 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