Hamra National Park
About the park
Sweden’s national parks reflect the great variety of the country’s natural landscapes. Here you can learn more about Hamra National Park and why this area is worth protecting.
Hamra National Park
About the park
Sweden’s national parks reflect the great variety of the country’s natural landscapes. Here you can learn more about Hamra National Park and why this area is worth protecting.
- County
- Gävleborg
- Municipality
- Ljusdal
- Established
- 24 May 1909, expanded in 2011
- Purpose of the national park
- To preserve the natural environment of the area in essentially untouched condition, and to safeguard undisturbed nature experiences within a section of hill‑and‑knoll landscape featuring old‑growth‑like forest, complex mire systems and other wetland types, as well as a watercourse with unaltered hydrology
- Area
- 1,383 hectares
- Natur
- Forest, wetlands, swamp forest, freshwater environments
- Landowner
- Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
- Manager
- Länsstyrelsen Gävleborg