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Muddus is a national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
 in northern Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. It is situated in the province Lappland, with its largest part in the Gällivare Municipality
Gällivare Municipality

G?llivare Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in G?llivare.The municipality is the third largest in Sweden, but it has not been amalgamated with other entities....
. Furthermore, it belongs to the largely untouched UNESCO
UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
 World Heritage classified Laponian area
Laponian area

The Laponian area is a large mountainous wildlife area in the Lapland, Sweden province in northern Sweden, more precisely in the G?llivare Municipality, Arjeplog Municipality and Jokkmokk Municipality....
.

Natural scenes include the primeval forest with large trees, large bog
Bog

A bog or mire is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—usually mosses, but also lichens in Arctic climates....
gy grounds, and deep ravine
Ravine

A ravine is a very small valley, which is often the product of streamcutting erosion. Ravines are typically classified as larger in scale than gully, although smaller than valleys....
s in between the rocks. Sweden's oldest known pine
Pine

Pines are Pinophyta trees in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species....
 tree is also located here. It has been estimated to be at least 710 years, as it was found to have withstood a forest fire in 1413.








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Muddus is a national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
 in northern Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. It is situated in the province Lappland, with its largest part in the Gällivare Municipality
Gällivare Municipality

G?llivare Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in G?llivare.The municipality is the third largest in Sweden, but it has not been amalgamated with other entities....
. Furthermore, it belongs to the largely untouched UNESCO
UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
 World Heritage classified Laponian area
Laponian area

The Laponian area is a large mountainous wildlife area in the Lapland, Sweden province in northern Sweden, more precisely in the G?llivare Municipality, Arjeplog Municipality and Jokkmokk Municipality....
.

Natural scenes include the primeval forest with large trees, large bog
Bog

A bog or mire is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—usually mosses, but also lichens in Arctic climates....
gy grounds, and deep ravine
Ravine

A ravine is a very small valley, which is often the product of streamcutting erosion. Ravines are typically classified as larger in scale than gully, although smaller than valleys....
s in between the rocks. Sweden's oldest known pine
Pine

Pines are Pinophyta trees in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species....
 tree is also located here. It has been estimated to be at least 710 years, as it was found to have withstood a forest fire in 1413.

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  • from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
    Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

    The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is a Sweden government agency responsible for proposing and implementing environmental policies. It was founded in 1967 and reports to the Swedish Ministry of the Environment....