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Wildlife of Sweden. Located in the Scandinavian Peninsula, Sweden is a mountainous country dominated by lakes and forests. Its habitats include mountain heath, montane forests, tundra, taiga, beech forests, rivers, lakes, bogs, brackish, marine coasts, and cultivated land. The climate of Sweden is mild for a country at this latitude, largely ...
Animal husbandry came increasingly into focus later in the century. Selected foreign breeds were purchased and made available in breeding stations (1702–1864). All farms in Sweden were taxed based on their productive capacity, which caused a rise in manorial organisation. This was a social and economic system that allowed the nobility to ...
List of superlative trees in Sweden. Oldest non-clonal pine, at least 747 years old. Formerly it was thought a pine in Muddus National Park was the oldest. Stoutest larch, 5.19 m. Stoutest and oldest juniper in Sweden, 2.8 m and about 600 years old. Tallest tree in Sweden, 49.5 m.
Comital families. Bernadotte of Wisborg (Luxembourgish title awarded to various members of the House of Bernadotte) Crapon de Caprona. Fouché d'Otrante ( Napoleonic nobility) von der Groeben (German nobility) von Hallwyl (Swiss nobility) Joussineau de Tourdonnet (French nobility) Lagergren (Papal/Italian nobility) Landberg.
About 20 km (12 mi) from central Stockholm are the Tyresta National Park and Nature Reserve. The area is characterised by a rift valley landscape which is typical for central Sweden but unique in an international perspective. The national park has an area of 19.7 km 2 (7.6 sq mi), and the surrounding nature reserve 27 km 2 (10 sq mi), making ...
The location of the trees is In 1985, the Ornäs birch was named as the national tree of Sweden, [1] and examples have been planted in central locations in many Swedish towns. In that same year, the first eight Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica' were imported to Pretoria, South Africa, from a nursery in Germany, by an avid tree lover, Karl Ernst Haese.
The most recent site added to the current list is the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland, inscribed in 2012. [3] There are two transnational sites. The High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago is shared with Finland, while the Struve Geodetic Arc is shared with nine other countries. [3] As of 2024, Sweden also has one site on the tentative list. [3]
List of mammals of Sweden. Reindeer. There are 84 mammal species (with two uncertain) recorded in Sweden according to the IUCN Red List. Two are endangered, one is vulnerable as well now extinct, and four are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for ...