- Norra Kvill National Park
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Norra Kvill National Park IUCN Category II (National Park)Location Kalmar County, Sweden Coordinates 57°46′N 15°35′E / 57.767°N 15.583°ECoordinates: 57°46′N 15°35′E / 57.767°N 15.583°E Area 1.14 km2 (0.44 sq mi)[1] Established 1927, extended 1989[1] Governing body Naturvårdsverket Norra Kvill is a small national park (established in 1927) near Vimmerby in Kalmar county, Småland, southeastern Sweden. A few kilometers from the park is the Rumskulla oak, Europe's largest English oak with a circumference of about 14 meters. The oak is thought to be about 1 000 years old.
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National parks of Sweden Abisko • Ängsö • Björnlandet • Blå Jungfrun • Dalby Söderskog • Djurö • Färnebofjärden • Fulufjället • Garphyttan • Gotska Sandön • Hamra • Haparanda Archipelago • Kosterhavet • Muddus • Norra Kvill • Padjelanta • Pieljekaise • Sarek • Skuleskogen • Söderåsen • Sånfjället • Stenshuvud • Stora Sjöfallet • Store Mosse • Tiveden • Töfsingdalen • Tresticklan • Tyresta • Vadvetjåkka
Categories:- IUCN Category II
- Kalmar County geography stubs
- National parks of Sweden
- Protected areas established in 1927
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