Sonfjället 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 Sonfjället National Park and why this area is worth protecting.
Sonfjället 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 Sonfjället National Park and why this area is worth protecting.
- County
- Jämtland
- Municipality
- Härjedalen
- Established
- 24 May 1909, expanded 22 June 1988
- Purpose of the National Park
- To preserve a forest and mountain landscape in the southern mountain region in its natural state
- Area
- 10,440 hectares, of which 10,400 hectares are land
- Nature
- Coniferous forest, treeless heath, substrate‑dominated ground, deciduous forest, mire
- Landowner
- Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
- Manager
- Länsstyrelsen Jämtland