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Sarek National Park (official name in Swedish: Sareks nationalpark) 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 Jokkmokk Municipality
Jokkmokk Municipality

Jokkmokk Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Jokkmokk.The name Jokkmokk is Sami languages for the words "river" and "bend", since the town is situated close to a bend in the nearby river....
, in the province Lapland
Swedish Lapland

Lapland is a Provinces of Sweden in northernmost Sweden. It borders J?mtland, ?ngermanland, V?sterbotten, Norrbotten, Norway and Finland. About a quarter of Sweden's surface area is in Lapland....
 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....
. Sarek borders the national parks Stora Sjöfallet
Stora Sjöfallet

Stora Sj?fallet is a national park in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, in G?llivare Municipality. It is situated by the Norwegian border. It was declared national park in 1909....
 and Padjelanta
Padjelanta

Padjelanta is a national park in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Established in 1963 , it is the largest national park in Sweden with an area of 1,984 km2, and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Laponian area established in 1996....
. The national park is popular with hikers and mountaineers, but not suitable for beginners.

The national park is roughly circular with an average diameter of about 50 kilometers.






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Sarek National Park (official name in Swedish: Sareks nationalpark) 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 Jokkmokk Municipality
Jokkmokk Municipality

Jokkmokk Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Jokkmokk.The name Jokkmokk is Sami languages for the words "river" and "bend", since the town is situated close to a bend in the nearby river....
, in the province Lapland
Swedish Lapland

Lapland is a Provinces of Sweden in northernmost Sweden. It borders J?mtland, ?ngermanland, V?sterbotten, Norrbotten, Norway and Finland. About a quarter of Sweden's surface area is in Lapland....
 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....
. Sarek borders the national parks Stora Sjöfallet
Stora Sjöfallet

Stora Sj?fallet is a national park in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, in G?llivare Municipality. It is situated by the Norwegian border. It was declared national park in 1909....
 and Padjelanta
Padjelanta

Padjelanta is a national park in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Established in 1963 , it is the largest national park in Sweden with an area of 1,984 km2, and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Laponian area established in 1996....
. The national park is popular with hikers and mountaineers, but not suitable for beginners.

The national park is roughly circular with an average diameter of about 50 kilometers. The park has no marked trails, no accommodations, and only two bridges. Furthermore, the area is among the most rainy in Sweden, which makes hiking dependent on weather conditions. It is also not uncommon to encounter stream
Stream

A stream is a body of water less than 60 feet wide with a current , confined within a stream bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, Burn , creek, crick, kill, lick , rill, river syke, bayou, rivu...
s that are hard and dangerous to wade across without proper experience.

The Rapa River delta
River delta

A delta is a landform that is created at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river....
 is considered one of Europe's prettiest, and the summit of mount Skierffe offers an overlook of this ice covered trough valley.

Most notably, the national park houses a number of high mountains of over 2,000 meters. Due to the long walk up, they are seldom climbed.

At 1,800 meters above sea-level lies the Pårte observatory, built in the early 1900s, because of the efforts of a man named Axel Hamberg. The construction material had to be carried up on back.

There are around 100 glaciers in Sarek National Park. Together with a few other national parks in Sweden, Sarek National Park is the oldest national park in Europe (1909-1910).

External links

  • 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....