elcome to the Nygårdh family's hiking site. The main site is in Swedish and hence we have made this special entrance in English for international guests.
We are a family living in Södertälje just 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Stockholm, the Swedish capital. The family consists of Me (Claes), My wife Gunnel and our young people, Catrin and Robert.
We have been to the mountains (Fjällen, as we call them in Sweden) a couple of times, sometimes some of us, sometimes all and sometimes together with friends.
Some of the hikes we have written journals. Other hikes we only have photographed or painted.
The hikes and stays character and degree of difficulty have varied substantially, everything from full board and lodging on a Mountain Station to an attempt to climb the Sarektjåkkå Big Peak, and recently a couple of solitary hikes in Sarek national park.
From this page you can reach the journals and picture galleries from our hikes in the mountains in the northern Sweden in the areas around our two highest mountains Kebnekaise (2117m/6945ft) and Sarektjåkkå (2089m/6854ft).
The journals and the texts to the pictures are in English for all hikes. You reach the journals through the links on the left side menu:
Sarek 1989, A hike in Sarek national park. Journal and pictures from the wildest parts of Sweden.(map)
Sarek 1990,xJournal and pictures from an attempt to climb the mountain Sarektjåkkå, 2089m, in Sarek National Park.(map)
Saltoluokta 1991,xJournal and pictures from a two week stay at the Saltoluokta mountain station, just northeast of Sarek.
Aktse-Salto 1993,xPictures from a hike at "Kungsleden" (the Kings trail) from Aktse to Saltoluokta, east of Sarek National Park.(map)
Kebnekaise 1998,xJournal and pictures from a hike around Sweden's highest mountain.(map)
Sarek 2001,xJournal and pictures from a solitary hike through the heart of Sarek National Park.(map)
Sarek 2003,xJournal and pictures from another hike, almost solitary, through the Sarek National Park.(map)
Sarek 2005,xJournal and pictures from yet another hike, solitary, through the Sarek National Park.(map)
Sarek 2007,*Pictures from my fourth solitary hike, through the Sarek National Park.(map) (*)This is a Beta version with only the pictures. I'm still working on the journal. I'll upload it as soon as it's ready.
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If you want to visit the main site (in swedish) you get there by clicking "Startpage" on the menu.
Help! Since English isn't my mother tongue, I am sure that you can find spelling mistakes, strange formulations and incorrect mountaineering terms in the texts. If you do, please let me know! so I can correct them. Mail your comments to Webmaster.
Warning! Mountain hiking in the north of Sweden can be dangerous, and can seriously injure or kill you. By further exploring this web site you acknowledge that the information presented on this homepage may be out of date or incorrect, and you agree not to hold the Nygårdh family responsible for any damages, injuries, or death arising from any use of the information on this homepage. Please thoroughly investigate any area or mountain before going there or attempting to climb it! Especially the Sarek National park is physically demanding for the would-be hiker, read more>>
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elcome to the Nygårdh family's hiking site. The main site is in Swedish and hence we have made this special entrance in English for international guests.
