Vadvetjåkka 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 Vadvetjåkka National Park and why this area is worth protecting.
Vadvetjåkka 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 Vadvetjåkka National Park and why this area is worth protecting.
- County
- Norrbotten
- Municipality
- Kiruna
- Established
- 1 March 1920
- Purpose of the National Park
- To preserve a high‑northern mountain landscape in its natural state
- Area
- 2,630 hectares, of which 2,582 hectares are land
- Nature
- Treeless heath, mire, substrate‑dominated ground
- Landowner
- Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
- Manager
- Länsstyrelsen Norrbotten