The alarm about the accident came at 6pm on Saturday. The accident site is beyond a navigable road, just over five miles west of Jokkmokk.
Tried to alarm helicopterThe emergency services considered the accident as serious and tried to alert ambulance helicopters from Sweden and Norway - but it was too bad weather to fly.
At 8pm, SOS Alarm announced that the man, who is in his 50s, was taken to hospital for ambulance.