Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella

National Park
Norway · Central Norwegian mountains
Central Norwegian mountainsDeclared in 20021,693 km²

The only place in mainland Europe where wild musk ox survives, reintroduced in the 1930s after its post-glacial extinction

Area

1,693 km²

Protection category

UICN II

Parque nacionalwhat the IUCN categories mean

Declared in

2002

Region

Central Norwegian mountains

Climate

Templado, Polar / frío, Montañoso

Best time

June to August

Plan your visit

Best time
June to August
Area
1,693 km²

Highlight

The only place in mainland Europe where wild musk ox survives, reintroduced in the 1930s after its post-glacial extinction

Declared in 2002 by merging earlier parks, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella is the only place in mainland Europe where musk ox survives in the wild, a species that had died out on the continent after the last ice age and was reintroduced here in the 1930s with animals brought from Greenland, in one of the first large wildlife reintroduction projects in modern European history.

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144 species documented in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella

13 Mammals94 Birds1 Reptiles1 Amphibians7 Fish22 Insecta3 Arachnida1 Malacostraca1 Clitellata1 Bivalvia

At conservation risk:Reno,Coregono (lavareto),Náyade perlífera,Rata de agua,Zampullín cuellirrojo

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Flora and ecosystems

Ecosystems found in Norway, where Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella lies.

Bosque templadoMarino / costeroTundra / polar

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