By plane
Both SAS and Norwegian have several flights per day scheduled from Stockholm Arlanda airport to Lulea airport fewer during weekends, and with a flight time of about 1 hour 10 minutes it may be preferred over the 14 hour night train.
The airport is situated in Kallax and thus is commonly called Kallax airport, and lies about 5 km from Luleå city centre, which is accessible via shuttle bus (http://www.swedavia.com/l...) or taxi. The shuttle bus to the center costs 50 SEK each way, and it's departures are based on the flight schedule.
There are as well scheduled flights to Kiruna/Tromsø Nordkalottflyg, Pajala Nordkalottflyg, UmeÃ¥/Ãstersund Nordic Regional, Gothenburg City Airline, Sundsvall/Borlänge Direktflyg, London one flight every Saturday, SAS, Riga AirBaltic and Murmansk/Archangelsk Archangelsk Airlines.
By bus
The gap in the rail network between Finland and Sweden is covered by buses, which are free with most railpasses. The journey to the Finnish border at Tornio/Haparanda takes 2.5h, and onward to the Finnish railhead at Kemi another half hour.