There are no towns in the historical province of Härjedalen, which is rather odd and the reason why a small market town could be the seat of a province.
Indeed, it's a good three hours before the train finally reaches the first place of any significance: SVEG, the uneventful provincial town of Härjedalen (www.harjedalen.se), a sparsely populated fell region which belonged to Norway until 1645, something that has left its mark in the local dialect.
In 1273 Sveg was the site of a parliament called to hammer out a border treaty between Sweden and Norway.
Sveg's tourist office (mid-June to mid-Aug Mon–Fri 9am–4pm; rest of the year Mon–Fri 1–5pm; tel 0680/107 75, www.harjedalen.se) is in the centre of town at Kyrkogränd 1 next to the campsite.
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