News from Sweden

The 25th Swedish National Park, Tresticklan in Dalsland, 36 km2, adjacent to Norway, was inaugurated by H.M. the King Carl Gustaf of Sweden in May. Tresticklan is a spectacular natural landscape of proterozoic quartzite ridges, lake- or mire-filled valleys.

Bedrock, Quaternary Deposits and Landforms in the Swedish National Parks are documented by the Geological Survey of Sweden with maps and brief descriptions in reports recently published by the Swedish Environmental Agency.

The bedrock, valley and boulder moraine area of Judarskogen in W Stockholm was inaugurated as a Nature Reserve in May. It is a classical site of de Geer moraine ridges. The Bornsjö area with the clear-water lake Bornsjön and the landscape-dominating esker Uppsalaåsen ca 20 km W of Stockholm is a new Nature Conservation Area.

Among 15 European candidates the Lapponian Area in N Sweden was the only site recommended for inscription as a World Heritage with acclamation by the UNESCO Bureau of the World Heritage at its session in Paris 1996. The area is 9,400 km2 and contains the National Parks of Padjelanta, Sarek, Stora Sjöfallet and Muddus, the Nature Reserves of Sjaunja, Stubba and some additional areas as Mount Sulitelma and Lake Laidaure. The area is adjacent to Norway.