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What can you do in Härjedalen and what can you see and experience? Both Helena and I (Peter) have been to Härjedalen before but not as writers as we are today. We don't write destinations in the office so you will have to wait for honest info about Härjedalen until we have visited and experienced it ourselves. We have some fun info on the page about things to do in Härjedalen. Stay tuned!

Things to see and do in Härjedalen

Göra i Härjedalen

Härjedalen is a landscape in the Norrland hinterland in central Sweden. Härjedalen borders in the south with Dalarna, in the west to Norway, in the north to Jämtland and to the east to Medelpad and Hälsingland. Härjedalen is Sweden's smallest county in terms of population, with only about 10,000 inhabitants, while the county is Sweden's twelfth largest in terms of area, with 11,954 square kilometres.

Göra i Härjedalen
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Things to see and do in Härjedalen - facts

  • Part of the country: Norrland
  • County: Jämtland County, Dalarna County
  • Pin: Diocese of Härnösand
  • City of residence: Östersund
  • Biggest lake: Lake Svegssjön
  • Largest island: Ammerön, which is also Sweden's 19th largest island.
  • Highest point: Helagsfjället - 1 796 metres above sea level.
  • Surface: 11 954 km 2
  • Population: 9 626 (2019)
  • Titular: Counties
  • Element: palladium
  • Insect: Mountain Vetch Bluewing
  • Landscape fish: Harr
  • Landscape bird: Golden eagle
  • Landscape moss: Forest slug moss
  • Landscape stone: Eye snow
  • Landscape singing: It sweeps from the savage forests, Härjedalssången.
  • Landscape flower: Mosippa
  • Landscape animals: Brown bear
  • Landscape mushrooms: Gulkremla
  • Landscape apples: Red cinnamon apple
  • Constellation: Great Bear
  • Star: Benetnach
  • Weapons: A shield in field of silver, on the left a forging bar, in the centre a black raking hammer and on the right two hammers upside down
  • National Park: Sonfjället National Park
  • Nature reserve: Hoverbergsgrottan, Gaustafallet, Bjuralven, Oldflån- Andsätten, Hammersta nature reserve,
  • Cultural reserve: Lillhärjåbygget in Härjådalen municipality with farm environment (mountain farm) and cultivation - mountain landscape. Lillhärjåbygget is a mountain farm with herding, established in 1804.
  • Largest centres: Hede, Funäsdalen, Lillhärdal, Norr-Hede, Sveg, Ulvkälla and Vemdalen.
  • Largest watercourse: Ljusnan which is 443 km long
  • Landscape law: Oven-baked, herb-filled Arctic char with porridge and ragout of top morels, asparagus and black root, Char with porridge, Almond potato waffle with whitefish salad, Fried char. More about Swedish food.
  • Main sights: Funänsdalen, Vemdalen, Flatruet, Ramundsberget, Björnrike, mountain hiking and mountain fishing everywhere in Härjedalen, hiking in Sonfjället National Park, Härjedalen's mountain museum, Funäsdalsberget, Musk ox centre, the Sami park Lopme Laante, see the world's largest wooden bear in Sveg, visit the cultural centre with the author Henning Mankell in Sveg, open-air museum "Gammelgården" in Sveg, Linsellborren's rafting museum in Lillhärdal, Älvros churches,
  • Famous people: The writer Henning Mankell, skier Anna Carin Zidek (formerly Olofsson). Olofsson,
  • Unnecessary knowledge: Sweden's highest road runs between Mittådalen and Ljungdalen, 975 metres above sea level. The view is spectacular and from the road there is a clear view of the Helagsfjällen mountain range called Flatruet.
  • Härjedalen is the only province without a town.

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