Legend-shrouded, distinctive and isolated
The park preserves Blå Jungfrun in its natural state, with pine and birch woodland, mixed forest, boulder forests and bare rock, all surrounded by the sea.
1926
Kalmar
Legend-shrouded, distinctive and isolated
The park preserves Blå Jungfrun in its natural state, with pine and birch woodland, mixed forest, boulder forests and bare rock, all surrounded by the sea.
1926
Kalmar
About Blå Jungfrun National Park
Already in the 1400s, the island of Blå Jungfrun was surrounded by magical ideas about witches and sorcery, but the island is also home to a rich variety of plants and animals.
In the lush broadleaf forest south of the island’s summit, an abundant flora and rare lichens grow. The deciduous forest is home to a number of unusual beetle species. There is also rich birdlife here, with species such as havsörn, skärpiplärka and tobisgrissla.
The ancient bedrock is the reason why the island was protected as a national park. Granite dominates, but there are also younger rock types that have attracted the interest of researchers. The island’s rounded profile and softly sculpted rock surfaces were shaped by the inland ice. During the Ice Age, the island’s many jättegrytor (giant’s kettles) were also formed.
Two thirds of the national park consists of the island; the rest is water.