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Stora Sjöfallet is a national park in Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n in the extreme north of Sweden. It borders to V?sterbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia....
 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....
, in 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....
. It is situated by the Norwegian border. It was declared 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 1909. The nationalpark is part of the 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....
 which is a UNESCO
UNESCO

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

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
.

It covers an area of 1,278 km².






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Stora Sjöfallet is a national park in Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n in the extreme north of Sweden. It borders to V?sterbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia....
 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....
, in 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....
. It is situated by the Norwegian border. It was declared 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 1909. The nationalpark is part of the 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....
 which is a UNESCO
UNESCO

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

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
.

It covers an area of 1,278 km². It is divided in two by the Akkajaure
Akkajaure

Akkajaure is one of the largest Reservoir in Sweden. It lies at the headwaters of the Lule River in Norrbotten County, in Lapland, Sweden, within the Stora Sj?fallet national park....
 hydroelectric reservoir. The park's western and northern portions lie in the Swedish portion of the Scandinavian Mountains
Scandinavian Mountains

The Scandinavian Mountains, in Swedish language Skanderna, Fj?llen or K?len, and in Norwegian language Kj?len, with the two latter meaning the Keel, are a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula....
, including several glaciers and some of Sweden's highest peaks. The mountain Áhkká
Áhkká

?hkk? , also known in its "Swedish language" form Akka, is a massif in the southwestern corner of Stora Sj?fallet National Park in northern Sweden....
, known as the Queen of Lappland, dominates much of the park. The lower hills in the south of the park are covered by forests of fir
Fir

Firs are a genus of between 45-55 species of evergreen Pinophyta in the family Pinaceae. All are trees, reaching heights of 10-80 m tall and trunk diameters of 0.5-4 m when mature....
 trees.

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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....