Norra Kvill National Park

Norra Kvill National Park
Norra Kvills nationalpark
IUCN category II (national park)

Location	Kalmar County, Sweden
Coordinates	57°46′N 15°35′E / 57.767°N 15.583°E / 57.767; 15.583Coordinates: 57°46′N 15°35′E / 57.767°N 15.583°E / 57.767; 15.583
Area	1.14 km² (0.44 sq mi)^[1]
Established	1927, extended 1989^[1]
Governing body	Naturvårdsverket

Norra Kvill is a small national park (established in 1927) near Vimmerby in Kalmar county, Småland, southeastern Sweden. A few kilometers from the park is the Rumskulla oak, Europe's largest English oak with a circumference of about 14 m (46 ft). The oak is thought to be about 1 000 years old.

Haparanda Archipelago

National parks of Sweden (clickable map)

References

1 2 "Norra Kvill National Park". Naturvårdsverket. Retrieved 2009-02-26.

External links

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Sweden's National Parks: Norra Kvill National Park from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

National parks of Sweden

Abisko Ängsö Björnlandet Blå Jungfrun Dalby Söderskog Djurö Färnebofjärden Fulufjället Garphyttan Gotska Sandön Hamra Haparanda Archipelago Kosterhavet Muddus Norra Kvill Padjelanta Pieljekaise Sarek Skuleskogen Söderåsen Sånfjället Stenshuvud Stora Sjöfallet Store Mosse Tiveden Töfsingdalen Tresticklan Tyresta Vadvetjåkka

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