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s in

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. They are all managed by the

Metsähallitus Metsähallitus ( Finnish) (Forststyrelsen in Swedish, Meahciráđđehus in Sami, ''"the (Finnish) Forest Administration"'') is a state-owned enterprise in Finland. Its two main tasks are Parks & Wildlife Finland to manage most of the protected ...

. The national parks cover a total area of – 2.7% of Finland's total land area. A total of 3.2 million people visited the parks in 2018. During the

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, the number of national park visitors strongly increased, with a total of 8.5 million people visiting the parks in 2021.

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Finland's National ParksNational parks, hiking areas, wilderness areasI left my heart in Lapland, thisisFINLAND by Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
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Finland geography-related lists Lists of tourist attractions in Finland

List of national parks

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