Paradiset, Nature reserve in Huddinge Municipality, Sweden.
Paradiset is a 758.7-hectare nature reserve in Hanveden, Huddinge Municipality, with 712.5 hectares of forest and marsh, 25.7 hectares of fields and pasture, and 20.5 hectares of water. It lies between Lake Ådran in the west and Lake Öran in the east, and includes two Natura 2000 areas, Granby and Hanveden.
The cottage Paradiset, first recorded in 1830 under Lissma farm, gave the reserve its name. Stockholm City bought the Lissma properties in 1951 for 1,043,855 kronor, and on 25 October 1953 councillor Helge Berglund inaugurated the recreation area before about 250 people. Huddinge Municipality established the 759-hectare nature reserve in 2002 and took over the land and the cottage lease in 2009.
The reserve takes its name from Torpet Paradiset, a croft under Lissma farm first recorded in the household examination roll in 1830. From 1953 the cottage served as a rest stop rented to hikers for overnight stays, and it still marks the entrance to the area.
The area has several marked hiking trails of varying lengths that connect with other regional walking routes and offer different difficulty levels. Visitors should wear weather-appropriate clothing and prepare for varied ground conditions ranging from forest paths to boggy terrain.
On the Brinkslingan trail north of Långsjön lie the remains of the "klagomuren", a system of dry-stone walls built to channel water from Långsjön and Svartsjön to watermills at Trehörningen and Ådran. Farmers in Västerhaninge parish complained that their water was being taken; the wall is now broken and the water flows freely again. The remains are a registered ancient monument, RAÄ Huddinge 222:1.
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