Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
National Parks
At last count, Norway had 44 national parks (including seven in Svalbard where approx-
imately 65% of the land falls within park boundaries). Thirteen new national parks have
been created since 2003, with further parks as well as extensions to existing park boundar-
ies planned. Around 15% of the country lies within protected areas.
The focus of Norway's national parks is the preservation of remaining wilderness areas
from development, rather than the managed interaction between humans and their environ-
ment, although a few interpretation centres do exist.
Further national park information is available at local tourist offices and from the Nor-
wegian Environment Agency (
www.miljodirektoratet.no/nasjonalparker
)
in Trondheim.
