In media: The importance of the size of cities Published: 21 November 2013 1948 received Kiruna the status as the world's largest city, when it comes to surface. This talks Curt Persson, PhD student at History of Technology at Luleå University of Technology, about in a feature on Swedish Radio. Listen to the radio feature [http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=438&artikel=5704207]