Norra Kvill (literally ''North Kvill'') is a small

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(established in 1927) near

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county,

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, southeastern

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. A few kilometers from the park is the

Rumskulla oak The Rumskulla oak, also known as the Kvill oak, is an oak tree (''Quercus robur'')

, Europe's largest

English oak ''Quercus robur'', commonly known as common oak, pedunculate oak, European oak or English oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native to most of Europe west of the Caucasus. It is widely ...

with a circumference of about . The oak is thought to be about 1 000 years old.

References

External links

Sweden's National Parks: Norra Kvill National Park
from the

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National parks of Sweden Protected areas established in 1927 1927 establishments in Sweden Geography of Kalmar County Tourist attractions in Kalmar County {{Protected-area-stub