From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of national parks of Norway
List of national parks of Norway
Norway has 41 national parks, of which 34 are on the
mainland and 7 on Svalbard.
Geography and history
At least 60% of Norway’s area is mountainous, lakes or
bogs (non-arable land, some of it is used as pastures); 37%
is forest of various kinds; and only 3% arable land. It is
estimated that between 1900 and 2003 areas more than
5 km from intense construction activity has decreased
from 48% to 12% in Norway.
Until about one hundred years ago there was rela-
tively little threat to ecosystems in Norway. The first ini-
tiatives to protect land were voiced in 1904, by Yngvar
Nielsen, foreman of the Norwegian Mountain Touring As-
sociation (DNT). The association continued to lobby cases
in 1923 and 1938. The natural protection act of 1954 pre-
pared a legal basis for establishing protection areas, and
the two first national parks were established in 1962 and
1963. The act of 1954 also established Statens naturvernråd
("Governmental Natural protection council") as a councel-
ing body for the government. The council presented a
Map of mainland national parks draft for further natural protecting in 1964, suggesting
16 national parks. These suggestions were approved by
Stortinget. It took 25 years, until 1989, before 15 of their
suggestions were fulfilled. The 16th suggetion became a
naturreservat. The oouncil presented another suggestion
in 1986,[1] and this was approved by Stortinget in April
1993. Following this approval, a "second generation" of
national parks, as well as expanding borders for the el-
der, were established from 2001.
The post-industrial era that started in the last 1960s
saw areas being protected as national parks or other pro-
tected status as a means to regulate the construction of
vacation homes, roads, fishing, hunting, and gathering
plants. This trend has accelerated in the last 10 years. In
addition to preserving rare plant and animal life, areas
are protected to maintain reference points for environ-
mental research, recreational resources for Norwegians,
and as an inheritance for future generations. The Direc-
torate for Nature Management maintains indicators for
the health of nature in Norway, including such measures
as biological diversity, erosion, signs of pollution.
For the most part, national parks are open to hiking,
cross-country skiing and camping. Most have a limited
number of overnight cabins.
In addition to national parks, the Norwegian govern-
ment has designated larger areas for protection. Included
National parks (green), nature reserves (purple), geotope pro-
in these areas are 153 landscapes covering 14071 km²;
tection areas (orange) and bird sanctuaries of Svalbard
1,701 nature reserves covering 3,418 km²; 24 national
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parks covering 21,650 km²; 102 natural memorials, and 98 [8] "Preikestolen nasjonalpark" (Norwegian).
smaller protected areas. This accounts for 12.1% of Nor- Fylkesmannen i Rogaland.
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arbeidsgruppe oppnevnt 3. september 1982 ; nasjonalpark" (Norwegian). Fylkesmannen i
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Name County(s) Established Area Area Area Area Description Ref
(land, (land, (total, (total,
km2) sq mi) km2) sq mi)
Anderdalen !Ånderdalen Troms 1970 125 48 125 48 [2]
Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella Nord-Trøndelag 2004 1,924 743 1,924 743 [2]
Breheimen Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane 2009 1,671 645 1,671 645
Borgefjell !Børgefjell Nord-Trøndelag, Nordland 1963 1,447 559 1,447 559 [2]
Dovre Oppland 2003 289 112 289 112 [2]
Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella Møre og Romsdal, Opp- 1974 1,693 654 1,693 654 [2]
land, Sør-Trøndelag
Femundsmarka Hedmark, Sør-Trøndelag 1971 573 221 573 221 [2]
Folgefonna Hordaland 2005 545 210 545 210 [2]
Forlandet Svalbard 1973 616 238 4,647 1,794 [3]
Forollhogna Sør-Trøndelag, Hedmark 2001 1,062 410 1,062 410 [2]
Gutulia Hedmark 1968 23 8.9 23 8.9 [2]
Hallingskarvet Buskerud, Hordaland 2006 450 170 450 170
Hardangervidda Buskerud, Hordaland, 1981 3,422 1,321 3,422 1,321 [2]
Telemark
Indre Wijdefjorden Svalbard 2005 745 288 1,127 435 [3]
Jostedalsbreen Sogn og Fjordane 1991 1,310 510 1,310 510 [2]
Jotunheimen Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane 1980 1,151 444 1,151 444 [2]
Junkerdal Nordland 2004 682 263 682 2634 [2]
Langsua Oppland 2011 537 207 537 207
Lierne Nordland 2004 333 129 333 129 [2]
Lomsdal–Visten Nordland 2004 682 263 682 263
Møysalen Nordland 2003 51 20 51 20
Nordenskiöld Land Svalbard 2003 155 60 1,362 526 [3]
Nordre Isfjorden Svalbard 2003 2,050 790 2,954 1,141 [3]
Nordvest-Spitsbergen Svalbard 1973 3,684 1,422 9,914 3,828 [3]
Ovre Dividal !Øvre Divi- Troms 1971 750 290 750 290 [2]
dal
Ovre Anarjohka !Øvre Finnmark 1975 1,390 540 1,390 540 [2]
Anárjohka
Ovre Pasvik !Øvre Pasvik Finnmark 1970 119 46 119 46 [2]
Rago Nordland 1971 171 66 171 66 [2]
Reinheimen Oppland, Møre og Romsdal 2006 1,969 760 1,969 760
Reisa Troms 1986 803 310 803 310 [2]
Rohkunborri Troms 2011 571 220 571 220
Rondane Hedmark, Oppland 1962 963 372 803 310 [2]
Saltfjellet–Svartisen Nordland 1989 2,102 812 2,102 812 [2]
Sassen – Bünsow Land Svalbard 2003 1,157 447 1,230 470 [3]
Seiland Finnmark 2006 316 122 316 122
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Sjunkhatten Nordland 2010 417 161 417 161
Skarvan and Roltdalen Nord-Trøndelag, Sør- 2004 441 170 441 170 [2]
Trøndelag
Sor-Spitsbergen !Sør- Svalbard 1973 5,030 1,940 13,286 5,130 [3]
Spitsbergen
Stabbursdalen Finnmark 1970 747 288 747 288 [2]
Varangerhalvøya Finnmark 2006 1,804 697 1,804 697
Ytre Hvaler Østfold 2009 14 5.4 354 137
Name County Established Disestablished Area Area Replaced by Ref
(land, km2) (land, sq mi)
Gressåmoen Nord-Trøndelag 1970 2004 182 70 Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella
Ormtjernkampen Oppland 1968 2011 9 3 Langsua [2]
National park County Size km² Outdoor recreational facilities pro-
vided
Dåapma [4] Nord-Trønde- 261
lag
Fulufjellet [5] Hedmark 385
Làhku [6] Nordland 188
Muvrrešáhpi National Park [7] Finnmark 291 No
Preikestolen [8] Rogaland 215 Marked trails
Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park (exten- Nordland Additional 120 Marked trails
sion)[9]
Treriksrøysa[10] Troms ? Unmarked trails and a hut.
Tysfjord–Hellemobotn [11] Nordland ~1000 Boat to Hellemobotn
Øvre Anarjohka (extension)[12] Finnmark additional A gravel road.
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