A quiet walk through the beautiful Sarek National Park, in Swedish Lapland

In northern Sweden, about 60 km from the Norwegian border, lies Sarek, one of Europe's oldest national parks.

Eketorp, a castle built on the island of Olandia by the ancestors of the Vikings
The house where a man lived alone for 60 years in the middle of a forest in Sweden

This park is located in the Lapland region, a geographical area that occupies northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Russian Kola Peninsula. It is a sparsely populated area. Its inhabitants, the Lapps or Sami, are an ethnic group of about 80,000 members whose language belongs to the Finno-Ugric language group, which also includes Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian.

Sarek National Park was established in 1909 and covers an area of ​​1,970 square kilometers (more than three times the size of Madrid, to give you an idea). The park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. It is home to six of Sweden's thirteen highest mountains, each exceeding 2,000 meters, and around 100 glaciers. Inside the park is a mountain hut, the STF Pårte, built at the initiative of Swedish explorer and geographer Axel Hamberg (1863–1933).

A few days ago, Jim Manthorpe posted a video of him taking a silent walk in Sarek National Park, showing its beautiful landscapes (Sjábttjakjávrre Lake, Rapadalen, Vájggántjåhkkå, Stuor Dáhtá and also STF Pårte). I loved the video, it's like a haven of peace in the middle of all the noise on the internet:

You can see some screenshots of this splendid video here:

These first two images are of Lake Sjábttjakjávrre, located in the municipality of Jokkmokk. The lake is 494 meters above sea level, has a surface area of ​​0.915 square kilometers, and is 22 meters deep.

Below these lines we see one of the small lakes in the highest mountain area of ​​Sarek National Park, on the way to Vájggántjåhkkå.

An image of the park area near Pårtestugan, where the mountain hut is located.

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Main image: Jim Manthorpe.