Sweden's national parks

Giant boulders and deep cleft valleys

This national park protects an untouched landscape of forests, lakes and narrow rift valleys, where pine and spruce forests, swamp woodland and rocky outcrops are allowed to develop freely towards true old‑growth character.

Established

1983

County

Örebro, Västra Götaland

About Tiveden National Park

Tiveden offers fascinating nature experiences and a strong sense of wilderness in the area between the cultural landscapes around lakes Vänern and Vättern. Here, in one of southern Sweden’s wildest forests, you can hike through chaotic boulder fields with cliff blocks up to ten metres high, carried here by the inland ice. The park also features many exciting caves and several beautiful wilderness lakes.

In Tiveden National Park you can enjoy the feeling of wilderness in a rugged and wild forest landscape with dramatic crevice valleys, beautiful forest lakes, the giant boulders at Stenkälla, the views from Trollkyrkobergen, and the bathing beach at Vitsand. There are also many exciting caves and several beautiful wilderness lakes.

The age and power of the forest, along with the wild‑shaped landscape, give the national park its character. Here, the forest is allowed to develop into natural forest. Cliffs, bedrock and early nature protection have kept modern forestry away.

The Tiveden area is one of the few larger areas in southern Sweden with remnants of very old pine forest shaped by fire. The unique remains of open old‑growth pine forest have very high biological diversity. Through controlled prescribed burning, pine can be favoured and the amount of spruce reduced, helping to preserve the national park’s unique character.

More than 770 species of beetles have been recorded in Tiveden National Park.