Fulufjället National Park, National park in Älvdalen, Sweden
The 385-square-kilometer park features sandstone mountains, dense old-growth forests, and Sweden's highest waterfall, Njupeskär, measuring 93 meters in height.
King Carl XVI Gustaf inaugurated the national park in September 2002, marking a significant step in Swedish environmental conservation and sustainable tourism development.
The absence of reindeer grazing has created distinct mountain heaths covered with brush, grass, and lichens, different from other Scandinavian mountain regions.
Visitors can access multiple hiking trails throughout the park, with the Njupeskär waterfall trail closing during winter due to avalanche risks.
The park contains Old Tjikko, a Norway Spruce tree with a root system dating back thousands of years, making it one of Earth's oldest living organisms.
Location: Älvdalen Municipality
Inception: August 1, 2002
Part of: Fulufjället
Website: http://sverigesnationalparker.se/park/fulufjallets-nationalpark
GPS coordinates: 61.63726,12.69020
Latest update: May 13, 2025 07:49
Sweden stretches from southern sand beaches to forests and tundra in the north. The country preserves records from several millennia: prehistoric rock carvings, Viking burial sites, medieval fortresses, and 18th century ironworks. The coastline includes limestone cliffs, archipelago islands, and wooden piers at small fishing villages. This collection takes you to historical places like Gammelstad Church Town, where hundreds of red wooden huts surround a medieval pilgrimage center, or the Stone Ship Monument at Kåseberga, where raised stones form the outline of a Viking ship. It also includes national parks such as Skuleskogen with its spruce forests and steep coasts, ironworks like Engelsberg where charcoal blast furnaces still stand, and museums like the Hallwyl collection in Stockholm. Visitors find island fortresses, peatlands, long-distance trails through arctic regions, and villages that show Swedish life from earlier centuries.
Old Tjikko
768 m
Njupeskär
162 m
Hundfjället
53.3 km
Städjan
32.9 km
Trysilfjellet
43.3 km
Fulufjellet National Park
26.9 km
Särna gammelkyrka
24.7 km
Sälens fjällkyrka
58.3 km
Hundfjällets poolarium
53.3 km
Trysil Church
42.3 km
Särna Church
24.6 km
Idre Church
24.5 km
Østby church
43.3 km
Nordre Trysil Church
38.4 km
Engerdal Church
40.7 km
Plassen Church
56.9 km
Rörbäcksnäs Church
56.4 km
Nybergsund bru
46.4 km
Ljørdalen Church
28.2 km
Hundfjället
58.7 km
Søre Elvdal Church
47.9 km
Nornäs kapell
37.1 km
Vedungsfjällen
44.5 km
Sörsjöns kapell
32.6 km
Södra Trollegrav
50.5 km
Noren
38.4 km
Gryvelån
49 km
Rensjön
54.2 kmReviews
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