National parks of Sweden are managed by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and owned by the state. The goal of the national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

 service is to create a system of protected areas that represent all the distinct natural regions of the country. In 1909, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 became the first country in Europe to establish such parks when nine were opened following the Parliament of Sweden

Parliament of Sweden

The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...

's (Swedish: Riksdagen) passing of a law on national parks that year.