National parks in Norway

Norway has designated 47 national parks, 40 of them on the mainland (with offshore islands) and seven on Svalbard (Spitzbergen). Norway's first national park, Rondane , was inaugurated in 1962. Further national parks with a protected area of ​​around 66,600 km² were created by 2012. The total area of ​​the national parks on the mainland is 31,057 km², which is 7% of the total area of ​​mainland Norway. The total area of ​​the national parks on Spitsbergen is 34,345 km², the land area of ​​which is 14,487 km², and thus 24% of the total area of ​​Spitsbergen.

National parks are protected areas of medium protection level in Norway . Only nature reserves are more strictly protected, but national parks usually cover a larger area. The management of the national parks of Norway is carried out by the Miljødirektoratet ( Directoratet for naturforvaltning until July 1, 2013 ).

Norwegian National Park Plan

In 1993, the Storting adopted a new national park plan which, in addition to the already existing 18 national parks, provided for around 23,000 km² of protected areas (national parks and other larger protected areas). As early as 1991, the Jostedalsbreen National Park was designated on the basis of this plan . Other national parks followed only ten years later with the opening of Forollhogna National Park in 2001 and 15 more by 2009. The plan originally envisaged the establishment of six more national parks, two of which have already been opened with the Sjunkhatten and Rohkunborri National Park and the rest The planning and consultation process has started four.

In accordance with the Nature Conservation Act of 1970, the national park plan provides for the designation of three different protected areas:

• National parks: Large, relatively unspoiled landscapes. The purpose is the preservation of the valuable nature and the preservation of opportunities for leisure activities and recreation.
• Landscape protection areas: Unique or beautiful natural or cultural landscapes.
• Nature reserves: Small, unspoiled areas that represent a special habitat and are of scientific or educational interest.

The Nature Conservation Act and the National Park Plan do not apply to Svalbard. The establishment of national parks on the archipelago is regulated by the Svalbard Environmental Protection Act. In 1998 the landscape protection on Svalbard was re-evaluated. As a result, eight new protected areas were designated between 2001 and 2005.

National parks in the Norwegian hovedlandet (mainland)

Surname	founding	Size ( km² )	Province ( Fylke )	annotation	No. in card	Coordinates
Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella National Park	2004	1924	Trøndelag	The Gressåmoen National Park was incorporated into this park.	21st	64 ° 9 '  N , 13 ° 14'  E
Breheimen National Park	2009	1691	Innlandet , Vestland		10	61 ° 34 '  N , 7 ° 2'  E
Børgefjell National Park	1963	1447	Nordland , Trøndelag		23	65 ° 11 '  N , 13 ° 54'  E
Dovre National Park	2003	290	Domestic		16	62 ° 5 '  N , 9 ° 32'  E
Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park	2002	1693	Innlandet , Møre og Romsdal , Trøndelag	Replaced the Dovrefjell National Park established in 1974.	18th	62 ° 16 '  N , 9 ° 13'  E
Færder National Park	2013	340	Vestfold and Telemark	325 km² are sea area.	3	59 ° 9 '  N , 10 ° 31'  E
Femundsmarka National Park	1971	386	Innlandet , Trøndelag		14th	62 ° 22 '  N , 12 ° 6'  E
Folgefonna National Park	2005	545	Vestland		5	60 ° 1 '  N , 6 ° 18'  E
Forollhogna National Park	2001	1062	Innlandet , Trøndelag		19th	62 ° 39 '  N , 10 ° 42'  E
Fulufjellet National Park	2012	86	Domestic		12	61 ° 28 '  N , 12 ° 40'  E
Gutulia National Park	1968	23	Domestic		13	62 ° 2 '  N , 12 ° 12'  E
Hallingskarvet National Park	2006	450	Vestland , Viken		7th	60 ° 40 ′  N , 7 ° 28 ′  E
Hardangervidda National Park	1981	3422	Vestfold and Telemark , Vestland , Viken		6th	60 ° 7 '  N , 7 ° 20'  E
Jomfruland National Park	2016	117	Vestfold and Telemark	The national park consists of around 98 percent water.	2	58 ° 52 '  N , 9 ° 36'  E
Jostedalsbreen National Park	1991	1230	Vestland		11	61 ° 41 '  N , 6 ° 59'  E
Jotunheimen National Park	1980	1140	Innlandet , Vestland		9	61 ° 31 '  N , 8 ° 28'  E
Junkerdal National Park	2004	682	North country		27	66 ° 53 '  N , 15 ° 46'  E
Láhko National Park	2012	188	North country		26th	66 ° 51 '  N , 14 ° 14'  E
Langsua National Park	2011 (1968)	537	Domestic	The Ormtjernkampen National Park , founded in 1968, was incorporated into this park in 2011.	8th	61 ° 17 '  N , 9 ° 33'  E
Lierne National Park	2004	333	Trøndelag		22nd	64 ° 18 '  N , 13 ° 54'  E
Lofotodden National Park	2018	99	North country		30th	67 ° 58 '  N , 12 ° 55'  E
Lomsdal Visten National Park	2009	1102	North country		24	65 ° 34 '  N , 12 ° 48'  E
Møysalen National Park	2003	51	North country		31	68 ° 31 '  N , 15 ° 30'  E
Raet National Park	2016	607	Agder	8 km² are land and 599 km² are water.	1	58 ° 26 '  N , 8 ° 48'  E
Rago National Park	1971	170	North country		29	67 ° 26 '  N , 15 ° 59'  E
Reinheimen National Park	2006	1969	Domestic		17th	62 ° 10 '  N , 7 ° 54'  E
Reisa National Park	1986	803	Troms and Finnmark		35	69 ° 16 '  N , 21 ° 51'  E
Rohkunborri National Park	2011	571.33	Troms and Finnmark		32	68 ° 34 '  N , 19 ° 19'  E
Rondane National Park	1962	963	Domestic		15th	61 ° 50 '  N , 9 ° 30'  E
Saltfjellet Svartisen National Park	1989	1840	North country		25th	66 ° 39 '  N , 14 ° 38'  E
Seiland National Park	2006	316	Troms and Finnmark		39	70 ° 23 '  N , 23 ° 10'  E
Skarvan og Roltdalen National Park	2004	441	Trøndelag		20th	63 ° 20 '  N , 11 ° 27'  E
Sjunkhatten National Park	2010	417.5	North country		28	67 ° 25 '  N , 15 ° 4'  E
Stabbursdalen National Park	1970	747	Troms and Finnmark		38	69 ° 59 '  N , 24 ° 29'  E
Varangerhalvøya National Park	2006	1804	Troms and Finnmark		40	70 ° 20 '  N , 29 ° 49'  E
Ytre-Hvaler National Park	2009	354	Viken	340 km² are sea area.	4th	59 ° 1 '  N , 10 ° 48'  E
Øvre Anárjohka National Park	1975	1390	Troms and Finnmark		36	68 ° 46 '  N , 24 ° 47'  E
Øvre Dividal National Park	1971	743	Troms and Finnmark		33	68 ° 39 '  N , 19 ° 52'  E
Øvre-Pasvik National Park	1970	119	Troms and Finnmark		37	69 ° 6 '  N , 28 ° 56'  E
Ånderdalen National Park	1970	68	Troms and Finnmark		34	69 ° 12 '  N , 17 ° 16'  E
Total:		31,057	-	-	-	-

National parks in Svalbard (Spitzbergen)

Surname	founding	Size ( km² )	Land area (km²)	Sea area (km²)	No. in card	Coordinates
Forlandet	1973	4634	616	4018	5	78 ° 33 '  N , 11 ° 7'  E
Indre Wijdefjorden	2005	1127	745	382	6th	79 ° 5 '  N , 16 ° 6'  E
Nordenskiöld Land	2003	1362	1207	155	2	77 ° 52 '  N , 15 ° 19'  E
Nordre Isfjorden	2003	2954	2050	904	4th	78 ° 24 '  N , 14 ° 23'  E
Nordvest-Spitsbergen	1973	9873	3684	6189	7th	79 ° 35 '  N , 11 ° 30'  E
Sassen-Bünsow-Land	2003	1230	1157	73	3	78 ° 23 '  N , 17 ° 15'  E
Sør-Spitsbergen	1973	13,128	5030	8198	1	77 ° 9 '  N , 16 ° 17'  E
Overall size		34,308	14,489	19,819

Web links

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

• Miljødirektoratet with directory of national parks (Norwegian, partly English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lov om forvaltning av naturens mangfold (naturmangfoldloven). June 19, 2009, accessed February 12, 2019 (Norwegian, Norwegian Nature Conservation Act). 
2. ↑ Miljødirektoratet lansert July 1st. July 1, 2013, accessed on February 12, 2019 (Norwegian, press release on the merger of DN and Klif). 
3. ↑ New land plan for nasjonalparker and other større verneområder in Norway. Retrieved February 12, 2019 (Norwegian, Stortingsmelding 62 (1991-92)). 
4. ↑ National Park status  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf, 26 kB, Norwegian, as of July 10, 2009)  
5. ↑ Lov om naturvern of June 19, 1970. Replaced by Lov om forvaltning av naturens mangfold (naturmangfoldloven) of June 19, 2009.
6. ↑ Information brochure of the Directorate for naturforvaltning  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf, 1.4 MB, Norwegian), English version  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf, 1.5 MB)    
7. ↑ Lov om miljøvern on Svalbard (svalbardmiljøloven). June 16, 2001, Retrieved February 12, 2019 (Norwegian). 
8. ↑ Verneområdene på Svalbard. (pdf) Retrieved February 12, 2019 (Norwegian). 
9. ↑ Breheimen nasjonalpark opprettet (Norwegian)
10. ↑ Jomfruland nasjonalpark he opprettet. (pdf) Miljødirektoratet (Ministry of the Environment), accessed on August 25, 2018 (Norwegian). 
11. ^ Ny nasjonalpark i Lofoten. Government of Norway, June 22, 2018, accessed August 25, 2018 (Norwegian). 
12. ↑ Raet nasjonalpark he opprettet. (pdf) Miljødirektoratet (Ministry of the Environment), accessed on August 25, 2018 (Norwegian). 
13. ↑ Ytre Hvaler nasjonalpark vedtatt av Kongen i statsråd June 26 ( memento of the original from April 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Norwegian)