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National parks and other places worth visiting

Skuleskogen national park Photo: Claes GrundstenThere are 29 national parks in Sweden. Kosterhavets national park is the latest. Sweden also has three world heritages with high natural values.

National Parks in Sweden

National Park is the strongest protection you can give to valuable nature. The reason for creating national parks is to preserve valuable nature for Sweden and the world. There are 29 national parks in Sweden.

World heritages with high natural values

UNESCO has listed 14 Swedish sites as being essential to mankind, world heritages. Three of them are very rich in natural assets.

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Updated: 26 January 2012
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