Tyresta National Park

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Tyresta National Park (Swedish: Tyresta nationalpark) is a national park with a surrounding nature reserve in Sweden, located in Haninge and Tyresö municipalities in Stockholm County.

The national park has an area of 19.7 km² (7.61 mi²), and the surrounding nature reserve 27 km² (10 mi²), so the total protected area is about 47 km² (18 mi²).

In 1999, about 10% of the national park area was consumed in a large fire.

Lake Stensjön

Six years after the fire

Lake Årsjön

Lake Årsjön

[edit] External links

• Tyresta National Park and Nature Reserve

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Coordinates: 59°11′N 18°18′E / 59.183, 18.3