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Laponian National Park

Mixed World Heritage property in Sweden, inscribed in 1996 under criteria (iii), (v), (vii), (viii), (ix).

Laponian National Park, Sweden
Photo: Photographer: Mg-k . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Sweden
Year of inscription
1996
Type
Mixed
Area of property
9,400 km²
Location
Gällivare Municipality, Arjeplog Municipality
What it is
region
Component parts
6 (serial property)
Elevation
1,620 m
Reference
WHC 774 · Wikidata Q1137314

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(v)An outstanding example of a traditional settlement or use of land or sea that represents a culture, especially one now vulnerable.(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty.(viii)An outstanding record of the major stages of Earth’s history: the record of life, geological processes or landforms.(ix)An outstanding example of ongoing ecological and biological processes in ecosystems on land, in fresh water or at sea.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Gammelstad Church Town, Sweden272 kmGammelstad Church TownSweden · 1996CulturalVega Archipelago, Norway315 kmVega ArchipelagoNorway · 2004CulturalRock carvings at Alta, Norway368 kmRock carvings at AltaNorway · 1985CulturalHigh Coast/Kvarken Archipelago, Finland493 kmHigh Coast/Kvarken ArchipelagoFinland · 2000NaturalRøros Mining Town and the Circumference, Norway604 kmRøros Mining Town and the CircumferenceNorway · 1980CulturalDecorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland, Sweden629 kmDecorated Farmhouses of HälsinglandSweden · 2012Cultural
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