Help

The home page

The home page has two buttons and a picture of Sweden. Further down you will find every national park, county and city.

1. Choose “Show nature areas near me” to see the nature around you. Your browser first asks whether you want to share your location. The map then opens with the nature reserves and national parks nearby.
2. Choose “Read about the nature in your county” to pick a county and read about its nature.
3. The picture of Sweden does the same: it opens the map with the nature areas near you.
4. Choose a national park, county or city further down the page to go straight to its page.

Counties and cities

The Choose a county page has a card for each county. On mobile, choose “Jump to a county” to go straight to the right one.

1. Choose, for example, “Learn about Dalarna County” to read about the county’s nature and see selected national parks and nature reserves.
2. Choose, for example, “View Dalarna County on the map” to see every protected area in the county on the map.
3. On a county page, the link near the top, for example “Nature areas near Sundsvall”, leads to a city in the county. There you will find three selected nature reserves near the city and how far they are from the centre.
4. Choose “Open the area on the map” beside a selected area to see it on the map. The button in “County at a glance” or “Sundsvall at a glance” shows every protected area in the county or around the city.

National parks

Every national park in Sweden has its own page. You will find them on the home page and on the page listing all national parks.

1. Read about the park and see its county, municipality and landscapes under “Park facts”.
2. The little picture of Sweden shows where the park is.
3. Choose “Show the park on the map” to see the park on the full map.
4. Under “Official information” there is a link to the park’s page on Sveriges nationalparker, with current regulations and visitor information.

Buttons on the map

The map works both when you know a name and when you simply want to see what is protected nearby. Open it with the picture of Sweden on the home page or with the “Open the full map” button at the top of the other pages.

1. Enter a town, county, nature reserve or national park in the search box and choose the correct result.
2. Move or zoom the map. Select a numbered circle to move closer, or choose an individual marker to open that area.
3. Near me uses your device’s location to show nature reserves and national parks nearby. Select the arrow icon and allow location access. The initial search radius is 5 kilometres. Your location is processed only in your browser; it is neither sent to nor stored by Skogstrollet.
4. On a computer, open the site settings beside the address and allow Location if access has been blocked. Then choose “Check again”.
5. On iPhone and iPad, open the page menu in Safari, choose Website Settings and Location, and allow access. Then choose “Check again”.
6. On Android, open the site settings beside the address, choose Permissions and Location, and allow access. Then choose “Check again”.
7. After your position has been found, the button reads “Center position”. Choose it to move the map back to your latest position without starting a new location request.
8. The solid circle shows the search radius. The dashed circle shows approximately how accurately the browser located you, and the slider changes the search radius.
9. Choose “Help” to open this page. “Back to map” returns to the same map view.

Buttons in an area panel

Opening a nature reserve or national park brings together the available information for that particular area.

1. Read the description, nature details, location, size and protection year when those details are available.
2. Use the question mark beside an IUCN category to understand the international management category.
3. Choose “Open in Google Maps” to open the area’s place profile when it can be identified reliably. Exact map coordinates are used for all other areas.
4. Choose “Official website” for current regulations and information from the responsible authority.
5. An area opened from a county or city guide includes a link back to that guide. After a normal search, you can continue to the county page instead.

Before you visit

Choose “Before you visit” in the menu at the top. It explains what the right of public access means in nature reserves and national parks, and gives a short checklist covering regulations, weather, clothing, food, your phone, dogs, barbecues and care for the surroundings.

Always check the area’s official website before setting out. Rules and conditions differ between places and may change.

Language, light and dark mode, and the home page

Choose SV or EN at the top to change language.

The moon switches to dark mode and the sun switches back to light mode. Your choice is saved in your browser, so the site remembers it next time.

The Skogstrollet name and character at the top lead to the home page. On the map, use “Home” instead.