List Of National Parks Of Finland
There are 37 national parks in Finland. They are all managed by the Metsähallitus. The national parks cover a total area of 8,873 square kilometres (3,426 sq mi) – 2.7% of Finland's total land area. A total of 1.7 million people visited the parks in 2007.
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