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A forest in Dalarna. Sweden is covered by 68% forest. [1] In southern Sweden, human interventions started to have a significant impact on broadleaved forests around 2000 years ago, where the first evidence of extensive agriculture has been found. [2]
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 ...
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 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.
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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%.
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.
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