Best places to run in Sweden

Arctic park at the head of the Kungsleden with easy lakeside trails and the famous U-shaped Lapporten valley view.

A ship-shaped Iron Age stone setting on a grassy clifftop above the sea, reached by a short scenic walk up from the harbour.

Iconic 1420 m mountain above Åre with marked trails and a summit lift, offering wide views over the lakes and fells.

A bare granite island in the Kalmar Strait with smooth rock domes, caves and trails to the summit.

A 360 km inland trail through Bohuslän's forests, lakes and rocky hills, divided into many day stages.

Stockholm's leafy royal island and national city park, with a popular waterside loop past museums and oak woodland.

Plateau park with marked trails leading to Sweden's highest waterfall and ancient gnarled pines.

A narrow forested ridge in Söderåsen with a steep popular loop and viewpoints over the Skäralid valley.

Historic canal whose flat towpaths make a long scenic walking and cycling route past locks and lakes.

A flat-topped plateau mountain with sheer cliffs above Lake Vänern, reached by steep forest trails to dramatic edges.

At 1796 m the highest peak south of the Arctic Circle, home to Sweden's southernmost glacier and a popular guided summit hike.

A 135 km coastal trail through the UNESCO High Coast, climbing forested hills with sweeping Baltic archipelago views.

A famous birdwatching lake with flat shoreline trails, best known for the spring crane gathering.

Sweden's highest peak at 2096 m, reached via a long demanding alpine trek with glacier crossings from Nikkaluokta or the Kebnekaise mountain station.

A flat-topped table mountain above Lake Vänern with varied trails through woods, meadows and old quarries.

Rugged rocky peninsula with cliff paths, a lighthouse and sea caves on the popular Kullaleden coastal trail.

Sweden's most famous long-distance trail, around 440 km of marked path through alpine heaths, lakes and dramatic Lapland peaks.

A coastal trail along the rocky Bohuslän shore past granite headlands, fishing villages and heathland.

Old-growth forest and vast bogs in Laponia with marked trails to gorges and a powerful waterfall.

Forested reserve on Stockholm's doorstep with trails over rocky outcrops and around glittering lakes.

Sweden's highest waterfall with a 93 m drop, reached by a scenic 4 km loop trail through old-growth forest.

A forested ridge rising above Lake Vättern with trails climbing to panoramic lake views.

A 150 km mountain trail through the high lake plateau of Padjelanta, remote and scenic alpine walking.

Sweden's second-highest peak at 2089 m deep inside trackless Sarek, a committing wilderness ascent.

Over 1000 km of marked trail across southern Sweden through beech forest, farmland, coast and villages in seven branches.

A 294 m coastal mountain marking the world's highest postglacial shoreline, with steep trails and a via ferrata to panoramic views.

Gothenburg's large central park with wooded paths, ponds and a free animal park, ideal for an easy city run.

Northern Europe's largest connected beech woodland with a dramatic ravine, a brook and clifftop viewpoints.

A 1000 km network of waymarked stages through lakes and forest near Stockholm, with easy and challenging sections.

A small island nature reserve with cliff trails and one of the Baltic's largest seabird colonies.

A shallow reed-fringed lake and major bird reserve with flat boardwalk trails and observation towers.

Wild boulder-strewn forest between the great lakes with rugged marked trails through a primeval landscape.

Ancient pine forest and lakes just south of Stockholm, with well-marked trails over rocky ridges close to the city.

A free-flowing wild river with riverside trails and rapids in a protected biosphere landscape.