List of national parks of Sweden

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The national parks of Sweden are managed by the Swedish National Environmental Protection Agency, or Naturvårdsverket. As of January 2003, there are 28 national parks in Sweden.

Of the parks combined areas, mountainous terrain is dominating with 90%. This is largely influenced by the large areas taken up by the large northern parks -- the large parks Sarek National Park and Padjelanta National Park each cover 2,000 km². Many of those parks are part of the northern Laponian area, one of Sweden's UNESCO World Heritage Sites due to its unbroken cultivation and habitat for the native reindeer herding Sami people.

On the other end of the scale, the southern forest covered parks Söderåsen, Dalby and Stenshuvud together cover only 20 km².