National parks in Finland

There are 40 national parks in Finland . All but one of the parks are managed by the Finnish National Forest Service, Metsähallitus . Metla , the Finnish Institute for Forest Research, is only responsible for the Koli National Park . The total area of ​​all Finnish national parks is approximately 10,000 km², which is about 3 percent of the total area of ​​Finland.

In the national parks, everyone's right is severely restricted. It is often forbidden to leave the marked trails. Camping or making a fire is only allowed in the designated places. Swimming is usually allowed in the parks with lakes. It is not uncommon to canoe or boat in the lakes.

The youngest national parks

In a press release on February 27, 2013, the Finnish Ministry of the Environment announced the plans for four new national parks. Two have since opened in the Teijo area near Salo in southwestern Finland (implemented in February 2015) and around Lake Etelä Konnevesi (implemented in June 2014) in the lake region between central Finland and northern Savo. Two more were in Olvassuo Wetlands in Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu (eastern central Finland) and in the Fjell the Käsivarsi arise -Wildnisgebiets in Lapland. The fortieth national park in the country was opened on June 17, 2017 with the Hossa National Park in Kainuu.

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Bottenwiek Bothnian lake Ekenäs Helvetin- järvi Hiidenportti Isojärvi Kauhaneva Pohjakangas Koli Kolovesi Konnevesi Kurjenrahka Lauhanvuori Leivonmäki Lemmenjoki Liesjärvi Linnansaari Nuuksio Eastern Gulf of Finland Oulanka Päijänne Pallas-Yllästunturi Patvinsuo Petkeljärvi Puurijärvi-Isosuo Pyha-Hakki Pyha-Luosto Repovesi Riisitunturi Rokua Salamajärvi Archipelago Seitseminen Sipoonkorpi Syöte Teijo Tiilikkajärvi Torronsuo Urho biscuits Valkmusa

List of national parks

Surname	view	province	founding	Area (in km²)	Visitors (2018)
Archipelago National Park Saaristomere kansallispuisto		Varsinais-Suomi	1983	500	83,900
Bottenwiek National Park Perämeren kansallispuisto		Lapland	1991	157	5,800
Bottensee National Park Selkämeren kansallispuisto		Satakunta , Varsinais-Suomi	2011	940	90,100
Ekenäs Archipelago National Park Tammisaaren saariston kansallispuisto		Uusimaa	1989	52	53,200
Etelä-Konnevesi National Park Etelä-Konnevesi kansallispuistoksi		Central Finland , North Savo	2014	15th	33,500
Helvetinjärvi National Park Helvetinjärven kansallispuisto		Pirkanmaa	1982	50	26,200
Hiidenportti National Park Hiidenportin kansallispuisto		Kainuu	1982	45	19,300
Hossa National Park Hossan kansallispuisto		Kainuu	2017	110	101,500
Isojärvi National Park Isojärven kansallispuisto		Central Finland	1982	22nd	19,000
Kauhaneva-Pohjakangas National Park Kauhanevan-Pohjankankaan kansallispuisto		South Ostrobothnia , Satakunta	1982	57	11,400
Koli National Park Kolin kansallispuisto		North Karelia	1991	30th	190,900
Kolovesi National Park Koloveden kansallispuisto		South Savo	1990	60	16,800
Kurjenrahka National Park Kurjenrahkan kansallispuisto		Varsinais-Suomi	1998	29	76,800
Lauhanvuori National Park Lauhanvuoren kansallispuisto		South Ostrobothnia , Satakunta	1982	53	14,300
Leivonmäki National Park Leivonmänen kansallispuisto		Central Finland	2003	30th	21,800
Lemmenjoki National Park Lemmenjoen kansallispuisto		Lapland	1956	2,860	16,900
Liesjärvi National Park Liesjärven kansallispuisto		Kanta-malice	1956	22nd	51,100
Linnansaari National Park Linnansaaren kansallispuisto		South Savo , North Savo	1956	97	35,500
Nuuksio National Park Nuuksion kansallispuisto		Uusimaa	1994	55	343,700
Gulf of Eastern Finland National Park Itäisen Suomenlahden kansallispuisto		Kymenlaakso	1982	7th	20,800
Oulanka National Park Oulangan kansallispuisto		Northern Ostrobothnia , Lapland	1956	290	199,500
Päijänne National Park Päijänteen kansallispuisto		Päijät-Häme	1993	14th	16,600
Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park Pallas-Yllästunturin kansallispuisto		Lapland	2005	1,020	549.200
Patvinsuo National Park Patvinsuon kansallispuisto		North Karelia	1982	105	15,800
Petkeljärvi National Park Petkeljärven kansallispuisto		North Karelia	1956	6th	20,800
Puurijärvi Isosuo National Park Puurijärven ja Isosuon kansallispuisto		Satakunta , Pirkanmaa	1993	27	9,000
Pyhä-Häkki National Park Pyhä-Häkin kansallispuisto		Central Finland	1956	13	21,700
Pyhä-Luosto National Park Pyhä-Luoston kansallispuisto		Lapland	2005	142	174,400
Repovesi National Park Repoveden kansallispuisto		Kymenlaakso , South Savo	2003	15th	134,300
Riisitunturi National Park Riisitunturin kansallispuisto		Lapland	1982	77	41,100
Rokua National Park Rokuan kansallispuisto		Kainuu	1956	9	14,800
Salamajärvi National Park Salamajärven kansallispuisto		Central Finland , Central Ostrobothnia	1982	62	19,400
Seitseminen National Park Seitsemisen kansallispuisto		Pirkanmaa	1982	46	42,500
Sipoonkorpi National Park Sipoonkorven kansallispuisto		Uusimaa	2011	19th	98,700
Syöte National Park Syötteen kansallispuisto		Northern Ostrobothnia , Lapland	2000	299	68,900
Teijo National Park Teijon kansallispuisto		Varsinais-Suomi	2015	34	105,700
Tiilikkajärvi National Park Tiilikkajärven kansallispuisto		North Savo	1982	34	15,800
Torronsuo National Park Torronsuon kansallispuisto		Kanta-malice	1990	30th	29,200
Urho Kekkonen National Park Urho Kekkosen kansallispuisto		Lapland	1983	2,550	340,500
Valkmusa National Park Valkmusan kansallispuisto		Kymenlaakso	1996	19th	17,400
Total:				9,968	3,167,800

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kansallispuistotaulukot - www.metsa.fi. Retrieved July 20, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Protected Areas managed by Metsähallitus - www.metsa.fi. Retrieved July 23, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Finland is planning four new national parks . Blog: "Nature Conservation and Wilderness in Europe". Retrieved April 15, 2013.
4. ↑ finland.fi: Jubilee park protects Finnish treasures. (accessed November 30, 2017)
5. ↑ Kansallispuistoittain - www.metsa.fi. Retrieved July 20, 2019 . 

Web links

Commons : National parks in Finland  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• nationalparks.fi (engl.)
• Virtual Finland: Finland's National Parks ( Memento of March 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap