Karunki


Karunki is a locality situated in Tornio Municipality, Lapland, Finland with 483 inhabitants in 2012.
Karunki is located at the Torne river in where the border to Sweden goes. On the Swedish side of the river, opposite to Karunki, the village Karungi is located. There is no bridge, but crossing the river is done by boat or on the ice. These two villages have a common history since before the national border was drawn in the river, through the village, in 1809.
The wooden church of Karunki is designed by Finnish architect Anton Wilhelm Arppe. It was build in 1815–1817.