Töfsingdalen National Park

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Töfsingdalen National Park
IUCN category II (national park)

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Overview over Lake Hälvnigen in Töfsingdalen
Location Dalarna County, Sweden
Coordinates 62°10′N12°26′E / 62.167°N 12.433°E / 62.167; 12.433 Coordinates: 62°10′N12°26′E / 62.167°N 12.433°E / 62.167; 12.433
Area 16.15 km2 (6.24 sq mi) [1]
Established 1930 [1]
Governing body Naturvårdsverket

Töfsingdalen is a Swedish national park in Älvdalen Municipality, Dalarna County.

Sweden constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.

National park park used for conservation purposes of animal life and plants

A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of 'wild nature' for posterity and as a symbol of national pride. An international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and its World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), has defined "National Park" as its Category II type of protected areas.

Älvdalen Municipality Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden

Älvdalen Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Älvdalen.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Töfsingdalen National Park". Naturvårdsverket. Archived from the original on 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-02-26.