| Seiland National Park | |
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IUCN Category II (National Park)
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| Location | Finnmark, Norway |
| Nearest city | Alta |
| Area | 316 km2 (78,100 acres) |
| Established | 8 December 2006 |
| Governing body | County Governor |
Seiland National Park lies in the municipalities Alta, Hammerfest, and Kvalsund in Finnmark, Norway. The island Seiland is the second larges in Finnmark after Sørøya, and the two glaciers on the island, Seilandsjøkelen and Nordmannsjøkelen, are the northernmost glaciers in Scandinavia. The highest point in the park is Seilandstuva, at 1079 m. Sea constitutes 9.6 km² of the park's area.
The name of the island must be very old, from Proto-Norse *Sai-aujo ('sea-island'), and the Sami name Sievju is probably an old loan and reflection of this form. In Norse times the name was transformed first to *Sæ-ey, and then to just *Sei. The last element land n 'land, island' is a later addition.
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