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preservation of natural scenery.
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scientific efforts for the physical and mental health of the coming and future
generations" the Swedish Eugenic Society (Stockholm) has been at work since
1909.
Preservation of Natural Scenery.
"In order to leave for future generations an actual picture of the country as
it previously was", A. E. Nordenskiöld advanced, in an essay as early as 1880,
the idea of preserving typical stretches of native Scandinavian scenery against
the advance of cultivation to be "national parks". But the question first came
really into prominence in 1904, partly through an explanatory lecture, given in
Table 82. National Parks (on Crown-lands).
(cf. appended map.)
National park
Year
when [-reserved-]
{+reserv-
ed+} i
Locality
Character
[-Approximate-]
{+Approx-
imate+}
size iD
bectares2
1 Abisko national park. . 1909 län of Norrbotten, mountain glen with rich, 5 000
(Lappland) high northern vegetation
2 Stora Sjöfallet national
park........ 1909 » |sea and river district with 150 000
falls and cataracts
3 Sarjek national park . . 1909 » mountain piles with gla- 190 000
11909 ciers
4 Peljekaise > » . . \icu(3.i » high northern leafy mea- 14 600
r a t>- i dows and mountain
5 Suorsa or Rissa national
park5 . . ....... 1909 län of Norrbotten primaeval forest . 4
(Västerbotten)
6 Sonfjället national park 1909 län of Jämtland mountain 2 700
(Härjedalen)
7 Hamra 3 f » 1909 län of Gävleborg primaeval forest 20
(Hälsingland)
8 Ängsön » 3 . 1909 län of Stockholm archipelago with wood 70
(S. Roslagen)
9 G-arphyttan > » . j 1909 län of Örebro wood, meadow, geological 109
(Kilsbergen) formations
10 Gotska sandön national
park........ 1909 — drift sand 35
11 Eslöv national park . . 1913 — terminal moraine
12 Åholmen (given to the
State 1913).....1913 län of Västmän- foliage and park pasture
land (in Mälaren)
13 Uppsala University nature
park (at Vårdsätra) . 1912 län of Uppsala foliage 5
(near Mälaren)
Note. The Riksdag, in 1914, decided to have an investigation made as to the
suitability of preserving the isle of "Jungfrun" (in the Strait of Kalmar) as a
national park.
1 Limits have generally been defined later. — 2 Figures for area generally approximate.
— 3 200 hectares reserved in 1909 were increased in 1913 to 14 600. — 4 Boundaries not
vet fixed. ["A district of suitable dimensions in Suorsa or Rissa Crown-lands." (The locality
is only approximatelv given on the map.)] — 5 Recent investigations have shown, however,
that in this district no suitable area for a national park is to be found. In its place,
prof. Lönnberg, the Government expert, has proposed to reserve a territory north of Lake
Torne träsk, with a rank vegetation. (Ön the map: opposite to no. 1.)
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