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Other important forestry products included wood pitch, tar, and potash, which were produced for export beginning in the Middle Ages. [5] Forestry work expanded to Norrland beginning in the early 19th century, and the resulting cleared areas became the site of small farms and pastures. Extensive logging resulted in the development of a sawmill ...
Nature and Youth Sweden's magazine, Fältbiologen, focuses on topics regarding nature, research, and environmental issues, [2] and has published several important texts on topics such as forestry preservation. [4] Fältbiologen is published with 2-3 issues a year.
In total, the reserve has about 500 km 2 of primary coniferous forests, over 1600 km 2 of birch forests (the largest protected birch forest in Sweden), nearly 1600 km 2 of alpine moorland and nearly 300 km 2 peatland [S 3] [A 6] Among the several habitats are permanent glaciers, alpine rivers, palsa mires, alpine and boreal heaths and ...
The park and reserve are notable for containing one of the largest coniferous old-growth forests in southern Sweden, [2] with some parts of the forest containing pine trees up to 400 years old. [3] The park also has deciduous broadleaf forests, open arable land and historical buildings of cultural interest.
Sweden's highest mountain Kebnekaise will be part of a national park sometime between 2009 and 2013. The Sylan mountain range will be part of the Vålådalen-Sylarna National Park. In 2008, after investigations and interviews with the participating counties, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency laid down a plan to establish 13 new ...
The best-known lakes in this category are undoubtedly Tåkern and Hornborgasjön. The coast of Sweden is long and conditions are quite different at the endpoints. Near the Norwegian border, conditions are typical of the North Atlantic, turning to subarctic near the Finnish border where salinity is down to 0.1–0.2%.
The national park takes its name from the forest of Skule, of which it constitutes the eastern part. The name Skuleskogen in Swedish means "the forest of Skule", the word Skule being common in the place names nearby, with for example Skuleberget ("mountain of Skule"), Skulesjön ("lake of Skule") or even the villages Skule and Skulnäs. [2]
Fall colors in the mid-boreal forest near the fjord while the mountains in Narvik Municipality reach up to high alpine tundra; Northern Norway. Mountain birch near the treeline in Ljungdalen, Sweden. Parts of the ecoregion are located in smaller mountain areas surrounded by lower elevation biomes, as is the case with coastal mountains in Norway.