page_title: List of national parks of Sweden
section_title: Future national parks
hierarchical_section_title: List of national parks of Sweden / Future national parks
caption_attribution_description: Mount Duolbagorni in the Kebnekaise valley, Lapland, Sweden.
context_page_description: National parks of Sweden are managed by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and owned by the state. The goal of the national park service is to create a system of protected areas that represent all the distinct natural regions of the country. In 1909, Sweden became the first country in Europe to establish such parks when nine were opened following the Riksdag passing of a law on national parks that year. This was followed by the establishment of seven parks between 1918 and 1962 and thirteen between 1982 and 2009, with the latest being Åsnen National Park in 2018. There are currently 29 national parks in Sweden, comprising a total area of 731,589 hectares; six more are scheduled to open by 2013.
  According to the EPA, Swedish national parks must represent unique landscape types and be effectively protected and used for research, recreation, and tourism without damaging nature. Mountain terrain dominates approximatively 90% of the parks' combined area. The reason for this is the extensive mountain areas taken up by the large northern parks—Sarek National Park and Padjelanta National Park each cover approximately 200,000 hectares.
context_section_description: In 2008, after investigations and interviews with the participating counties, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency laid down a plan to establish 13 new national parks in the near future. According to the plan, seven of the parks will be established between 2009 and 2013, the first being Kosterhavet National Park which was inaugurated in September 2009. It is currently unknown when the six remaining parks will be established.
caption: Sweden's highest mountain Kebnekaise will be part of a national park sometime between 2009 and 2013.
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