Facts About Abisko National Park
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Abisko National Park is known for its flowers on Mount Njulla, the Northern Lights, and its valley.
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The Sami people have inhabited the region for thousands of years.
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Abisko National Park is a National Park in Sweden, established in 1909.
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Permafrost is common in the national park, though permafrost at lower elevations is disappearing because of global warming and increased snowfall.
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Abisko is situated in the Swedish province of Lapland near the Norwegian border and belongs to Kiruna Municipality, Sweden’s northernmost and largest municipality.
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The park was proposed and established in 1909, the same year Sweden’s first laws on nature conservation were created, by a group of prominent Swedish scientists, including the well-known geologist Fredrik Svenonius
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There is a scientific research station near the park called the Abisko Scientific research Station that hosts scientists from around the world. They study climate change, among other things.
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The National Park is home to a few preditors. These include wolverines, bears, and lynxes.
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Other wildlife and birds that can be found in Abisko National Park includes elk, reindeer, moose, golden eagles, gerfalcons, Arctic leaf warblers, and a variety of other birds.
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The purpose of the Abisko National Park was to “preserve an area with northern Nordic fell nature in its original condition and as a reminiscence for scientific research”.