Tiveden
Tiveden
Representative Party of Alberta
<catset>Category="Forests of Sweden"</catset><catset>Category="National parks of Sweden"</catset>[image] [image]<p><b>Tiveden</b> is a <a href="Sweden">Swedish</a> <a href="Forest">Forest</a>, famous for its scenery and throughout history notorious for its wilderness and dangers; historically a hiding place for <a href="Outlaw">outlaws</a>.<p>Within it, the <b>Tiveden National Park</b> has a designated area of 13.5 <a href="Square metre">km²</a>, a comparatively small and arguably the most inaccessible part of the forest. It was established in 1983, and administratively belongs to the municipalities of <a href="Karlsborg Municipality">Karlsborg</a> and <a href="Laxå Municipality">Laxå</a>. <h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">History</h2>The name is very old and disputed. -<i>Ved</i> is cognate to English <i>Wood</i> and the first part of its name, <i>Ti</i>-, either means "god" or refers to the god <a href="Tyr">Tyr</a>. Tiveden separates <a href="Närke">Närke</a> from <a href="Västergötland">Västergötland</a>, and was formerly a frontier between the <a href="Geat">Geats</a> and the <a href="Suiones">Swedes</a>.<p>The national park area has never been inhabited, but there are several ancient remains of human activites such as worshipping grounds and sacrificial sites.<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Geography</h2>The forest is famous for its small lakes with red <a href="European white waterlily">waterlilies</a>. When they were discovered they provided the European varieties of red waterlilies that are in cultivation.<p>The animal life is scarse, but has a substantial population of <a href="Capercaillie">Capercaillie</a>.<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">See also</h2>Related forests:<ul><li><a href="Tylöskog">Tylöskog</a> <li><a href="Kolmården">Kolmården</a> <li><a href="Trollkyrka">Trollkyrka</a> <li><a href="Skaga stave church">Skaga stave church</a> </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">External link</h2><ul> <li><font color=#700070> Satellite image of the forest</font> <li><font color=#700070> Tiveden National Park</font> Information, Images and a map from the Swedish Nature Preservation Agency </ul><p><p><center><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; text-align: center; border:3px solid #efefef;"><tr><th style=" border-bottom:3px solid; background:#a0dda0"> <div style="float:right"><small></small></div> <a href="List of national parks of Sweden">Swedish National Parks</a></th></tr><tr><td align=center><a href="Abisko">Abisko</a> | Ängsö | <a href="Björnlandet">Björnlandet</a> | <a href="Blå Jungfrun">Blå Jungfrun</a> | <a href="Dalby Söderskog">Dalby Söderskog</a> | <a href="Djurö National Park">Djurö</a> | <a href="Fulufjället">Fulufjället</a> | Färnebofjärden | <a href="Garphyttan">Garphyttan</a> | <a href="Gotska Sandön">Gotska Sandön</a> | Hamra | Haparanda Archipelago | <a href="Muddus">Muddus</a> | <a href="Norra Kvill">Norra Kvill</a> | Padjelanta | Pieljekaise | <a href="Sarek National Park">Sarek</a> | Skuleskogen | <a href="Stenshuvud">Stenshuvud</a> | <a href="Stora Sjöfallet">Stora Sjöfallet</a> | <a href="Store Mosse National Park">Store Mosse</a> | <a href="Sånfjället">Sånfjället</a> | <a href="Söderåsen">Söderåsen</a> | Tiveden | <a href="Tresticklan National Park">Tresticklan</a> | Tyresta | Töfsingdalen | Vadvetjåkka |</td></tr><tr><td align=center><small><a href="National park">More info on national parks</a></small></td></tr></table><p></center>