Laponian National Park
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How it came to be
People arrived in the Laponian Area of Norrbotten, northern Sweden, 6,000 to 7,000 years ago. Reindeer domestication began about 2,000 years ago, and by the 16th and 17th centuries the yearly Sámi migration with reindeer herds was fully established.
Its 940,000 hectares take in four national parks, Muddus, Sarek, Padjelanta and Stora Sjöfallet, and two nature reserves. The highest peak is Sarektjåhkkå at 2,089 metres, and the Sjaunja mires form the largest mire complex in Europe outside Russia.
It was inscribed in 1996 as a mixed site, for both Sámi culture and nature. Since 2011 it has been run jointly by an association of two municipalities, nine Sámi communities, the county board and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
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