View Full Version : Sweden: The best wild camping locations
Extreme Pilgrim
03-09-2010, 16:14
Can anybody give locations that they would rate as the best wild camping in Sweden? If possible, can you provide lat/log ref's so that a Google Earth database can be established. Many thanks. :thankyou:
The Joker
03-09-2010, 16:28
I went here with a group of friends in July and had a great time. www.nordkanot.se/ If you use the sites translator you'll find the map on the menu.
Extreme Pilgrim
03-09-2010, 16:46
Many thanks Joker. I would have thought that would be a large number of locations throughout the whole of the Scandanavia region due to the fact that bushcraft is very much apart of their culture.:cool:
forestwalker
04-09-2010, 06:27
There is one big problem with your request. While the law allows overnight camping on someone elses land, publishing campsites is a different kettle of fish. If someone here told me he was passing through the area, was there a good spot to camp overnight, I'd be happy to suggest spots on my land. Someone wanting to invite the world would get a different answer, since you simply then invite many, many mre people to camp in the same spot, putting much more wear and tear on the land.
There are public shelters in a lot of places, and I suspect that most of those could be obtained from regular mapping sources (there should be a "layer" in the GIS files with their location).
Extreme Pilgrim
04-09-2010, 15:09
Thank you for the input but I think you may have the wrong idea. Nobody is asking for the world to descend on a given area, merely a few people who may who happen to be in the said area. Areas of interest will have people who are visiting them and I very much doubt that there would be a considerable upturn in attention just because some posts on BushcraftUK as it a topic of limited appeal to the masses in the UK.
Yes but the forum is open to any one who searches for camping Sweden or any other of the countries you have listed on any search engine. just try type "wild camping Norway" without the speech marks and it's already on page two. people will be very unwilling to give up there hard found private spots, Though i think you intention is good, I think the idea a bad one.
I dont see any problems in your post, and by someone pointing to a map and saying "ive been there and its beautiful" is not breaking any laws or inviting a parade of bushcrafters to some poor chaps crop field.
I too would love to know some nice spots in europe for wild camping. Im not after any secrets and Im not KGB, would just like some pointers to what areas' offer.
forestwalker
04-09-2010, 19:44
I dont see any problems in your post, and by someone pointing to a map and saying "ive been there and its beautiful" is not breaking any laws or inviting a parade of bushcrafters to some poor chaps crop field.
I too would love to know some nice spots in europe for wild camping. Im not after any secrets and Im not KGB, would just like some pointers to what areas' offer.
The law is not the problem, the problem is the "risk" of having scores of campers each season.
If you had talked about regions and areas, that would be a different thing, I would be happy to talk about thatt, and I think others would as well. But not any form of map reference.
For regions; the middle part of the Indal river is quite nice; very hilly, with a deep river valley and plenty of forested ridges on both sides. Say from Liden to Stugun; the upper regions are nice as well but not as dramatic.
I have to agree with Forrestwalker. Anyway there's so much good stuff out there in places like Sweden, why do we need to all focus on particular areas.
Just stick a pin in a map of Sweden, and it will probably be in a nice wooded area.
Extreme Pilgrim
05-09-2010, 00:53
The law is not the problem, the problem is the "risk" of having scores of campers each season.
If you had talked about regions and areas, that would be a different thing, I would be happy to talk about thatt, and I think others would as well. But not any form of map reference.
For regions; the middle part of the Indal river is quite nice; very hilly, with a deep river valley and plenty of forested ridges on both sides. Say from Liden to Stugun; the upper regions are nice as well but not as dramatic.
Fair enough and if somebody does have reservations about giving up their prized areas, I understand. People should be free to give as much or as little information as they like. If there are people that want to give specific locations, great. If not, any information is a bonus especially from a native such as yourself. :thankyou:
forestwalker
05-09-2010, 06:29
Good that you (and others) see my point. Basically I see it as three kinds of spots:
1. Remote, hard to access (e.g. a nice campsite on the slope of Kebnekaise). No problem, there will never be a horde of people decending on it.
2. A fixed campsite, with facilities designed to handle the load. Again no problem, it there to be used, and to take the preassure of he wild spots (leaving them for the more experienced campers, who will be fewer, more experienced and probably more carefull).
3. An easilly accessible spot of nature. Here one should be carefull, since it might be that people will use it far too often. Sometimes this is ok, since it channels an already oversized visitor-population into a few spot, leaving the rest fairly untouched. But in general one should not give those out in public fora.
Will a fisherman give away hi best fishing spots?
Will a canoeist give away his best waters?
The answer is no, these are places only shared with good friends. Finding a good spot is hours with maps and sometimes days of travelling the wilderness finding these places. SO why jsut give them away to people that jsut want to create a database for them. I might be a bit traditionalist in this but I wont post my places on the internet or in any other way, the will be presented to people on travels in the wilderness.
Extreme Pilgrim
05-09-2010, 23:55
I do not understand the reasoning for repeated negative points. If you do NOT wish to share you sites, then I respect that but there is no purpose to posting your reasons why you are not. Positivity to the thread. Please avoid adding your negativity please. :thankyou:
If ever in, or going to sweden, you are welcome to camp on " my land " in Småland. Just email me and I will give you more information, pics, etc.