Tiveden is a long and wide densely forested rocky ridge in

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, throughout history notorious for its wilderness and dangers; historically a hiding place for

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s. In historic times it, along with Tylöskog and

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, formed the border between the land of the

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and the land of the

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. Within it, the Tiveden National Park has a designated area of , a comparatively small and arguably the most inaccessible part of the forest. It was established in 1983, and administratively belongs to the municipalities of Karlsborg and Laxå.

History

The name is very old and disputed. -''Ved'' is cognate to English ''Wood'' and the first part of its name, ''Ti''-, either means "god" or refers to the god

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, both descendants of the word meaning “god”. Tiveden separates

Närke Närke () is a Swedish traditional province, or ''landskap'', situated in Svealand in south central Sweden. It is bordered by Västmanland to the north, Södermanland to the east, Östergötland to the southeast, Västergötland to the sou ...

from

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, and was formerly a frontier between the

and the

. The national park area has never been inhabited, but there are several ancient remains of human activities such as worshipping grounds and sacrificial sites.

Geography

The forest has small lakes with red waterlilies. When they were discovered they provided the European varieties of red waterlilies that are in cultivation. The folklore tale of how this became goes as follows: The animal life is scarce, but the forest houses a substantial population of western capercaillie. Nowadays there are small populations of wolves, lynxes and wolverines in Tiveden. Bears have also been sighted.

References

External links

Tiveden National Park
from the

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History

Geography

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