Finnskogleden – Hiking the Beautiful and Historic Forest of the Finns

Hiking · NO, SE · 217 km · 13 stages

During the late 16th and early-to-mid 17th centuries, Finnish settlers from Savonia and Northern Tavastia travelled to Sweden and south-east Norway. They set up new farmsteads in the forest using slash-and-burn agricultural techniques, clearing pockets of woodland to support their communities. Over

by Alex Foxfield