Elgå

First established in 1971 and later expanded in 2003, Femundsmarka National Park covers 597 km² of wilderness between Lake Femunden and the Swedish border. Together with adjoining Swedish reserves, it forms one of the largest continuous wilderness areas in southern Scandinavia. The landscape was sculpted by the last ice age some 10 000 years ago, leaving behind distinctive Rogen moraines, vast boulder fields, and gently rounded peaks — among them Storviglen (1 561 m) to the north and Elgåhogna (1 460 m) rising directly above the village.

The park is home to wolverine, lynx, golden eagle, gyrfalcon, and one of Norway’s most important populations of osprey, nesting in the old flat-crowned pines above fish-rich lakes. A small herd of muskox — descendants of five animals that wandered from Dovrefjell in 1971 — moves between Norway and Sweden with the seasons. Southern Sámi reindeer herders have used these lands year-round for centuries. Two staffed mountain huts, Muggsjølia and Røvollen, serve as bases for hikers and paddlers exploring the park’s extensive trail network and waterways.