This UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Sweden, within the Arctic Circle, spans 9,400 square kilometers of pristine wilderness, encompassing mountains, forests, rivers, and lakes across four national parks and two nature reserves. Recognized in 1996 for its natural beauty and cultural significance, it showcases ongoing geological processes and rich biodiversity while serving as a vital area for the indigenous Sámi people, who maintain their ancestral tradition of reindeer herding through seasonal migration. Managed collaboratively by Swedish authorities and Sámi communities, it remains one of the world’s largest and best-preserved examples of such a transhumance-based cultural landscape.

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