A stronghold of wilderness
This national park protects a forest and mountain landscape in its natural state, with coniferous and deciduous woodlands, wetlands and open heaths above the treeline.
1909
Jämtland
A stronghold of wilderness
This national park protects a forest and mountain landscape in its natural state, with coniferous and deciduous woodlands, wetlands and open heaths above the treeline.
1909
Jämtland
About Sonfjället National Park
Sonfjället National Park is the home of the bear. The area is regarded today as one of the bear‑densest in the country, with a permanent bear population moving across large parts of the park. There are also many moose and lynx here.
The national park is also an area with unusually clear and well‑preserved geological formations, created by meltwater from the retreating inland ice. On the mountain slopes there is an extensive system of so‑called skvalrännor, formed by flowing water along the melting ice edge.
Another remnant from the Ice Age that gives the area its character is the many boulders, often arranged by natural forces in grid‑like patterns, the so‑called stenringar.
No matter where you are in Härjedalen, you can often see Sonfjället’s distinctive silhouette against the horizon.