The national parks of Sweden are managed by the Swedish National Environmental Protection Agency, or Naturvårdsverket. As of January 2003, there are 28 national parks in Sweden. Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Of the parks combined areas, mountainous terrain is dominating with 90%. This is largely influenced by the large areas taken up by the large northern parks -- the large parks Sarek National Park and Sadelanta each cover 2,000 km². Many of those parks are part of the northern Laponian area, one of Sweden's UNESCO World Heritage Sites due to its unbroken cultivation and habitat for the native reindeer herding Sami people. Looking down People walking in snow The Sarek National Park is a national park in Jokkmokk Municipality, in the province Lappland in northern Sweden. ... The Laponian area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the province of Laponia in northern Sweden. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. ... Binomial name Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) The reindeer, known as caribou in North America, is an Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ... Sami flag The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami, Lapps and Laplanders) are an indigenous people of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, covering a total area in the Nordic countries corresponding to the size of Sweden. ...

On the other end of the scale, the southern forest covered parks Söderåsen, Dalby and Stenshuvud together cover only 20 km². View from Kopparhatten SöderÃ¥sen is a hill (more precisely, a horst) in the province of Scania in southern Sweden. ... Dalby Söderskog Dalby Söderskog is a national park in the province of Scania in southern Sweden, situated in the municipality of Lund. ... Stenshuvud (Skånska: Stensho) is a hill in the southeastern corner of Sweden, in the province of Scania, close to Kivik in Simrishamn Municipality. ...

List

From north to south. Image File history File links National_parks_of_Sweden_numbers. ...

1. Vadvetjåkka
2. Abisko
3. Stora Sjöfallet
4. Padjelanta
5. Sarek
6. Muddus
7. Pieljekaise
8. Haparanda Archipelago
9. Björnlandet
10. Skuleskogen
11. Sånfjället
12. Töfsingdalen
13. Fulufjället
14. Hamra
15. Färnebofjärden
16. Ängsö
17. Garphyttan
18. Tyresta
19. Tresticklan
20. Djurö
21. Tiveden
22. Norra Kvill
23. Store Mosse
24. Blå Jungfrun
25. Söderåsen
26. Dalby Söderskog
27. Stenshuvud
28. Gotska Sandön

View from Abisko Abisko is a national park in northern Sweden. ... Stora Sjöfallet is a national park in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, in Gällivare Municipality. ... Looking down People walking in snow The Sarek National Park is a national park in Jokkmokk Municipality, in the province Lappland in northern Sweden. ... Muddus is a national park in northern Sweden. ... Björnlandet is a national park in northern Sweden. ... SÃ¥nfjället is a national park situated in the middle of Sweden. ... Fulufjället National Park is a national park in central Sweden. ... Tresticklan National Park is located in the municipality of Dals-Ed in northwestern Dalia, Sweden, along the Norwegian border. ... Djurö National Park is a Swedish national park consisting of the Djurö Archipelago, a group of about 30 islands in Swedens biggest lake, Lake Vänern. ... Tiveden is a Swedish forest famous for its scenery and notorious throughout history for its wilderness and dangers. ... Stora Mosse is a national park in SmÃ¥land in southern Sweden, located in the municipalities of Sweden of Vaggeryd and Gnosjö. The total Stora Mosse covers some 100 square kilometres (39 mile²); of these, some 77 km² were designated national park in 1983. ... BlÃ¥ Jungfrun, or BlÃ¥kulla, is a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. ... View from Kopparhatten SöderÃ¥sen is a hill (more precisely, a horst) in the province of Scania in southern Sweden. ... Dalby Söderskog Dalby Söderskog is a national park in the province of Scania in southern Sweden, situated in the municipality of Lund. ... Stenshuvud (Skånska: Stensho) is a hill in the southeastern corner of Sweden, in the province of Scania, close to Kivik in Simrishamn Municipality. ... Gotska Sandön is a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea, situated some 38 kilometres north of FÃ¥rö. It is approximately 9 kilometres long and 6 kilometres wide, and its area is approximately 36 km². Gotska Sandön is mostly composed of sand and its scenery is dominated by...

External link

• Sweden's National Parks from Naturvårdsverket. In English.