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Scandinavian Mountains

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Galdhøpiggen (2469 m/8100 ft)
Countries	Sweden (55%), Norway (40%), Finland (5%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Norrbotten (13%), Västerbotten (7%), Jämtland (7%), Lappi (5%), Nordland (5%), Dalarnas (4%), Västra Götaland (4%), Troms og Finnmark (3%), Innlandet (3%), Västernorrland (3%), Trøndelag (3%), Värmland (3%), Gävleborg (2%), Vestland (2%), Møre og Romsdal (2%), Viken (2%), Östergötland (2%), Kalmar (1%), Skåne (1%), Jönköping (1%), Örebro (1%), Kronoberg (1%), Rogaland (1%), Agder (1%), Uppsala (1%), Södermanland (1%), Västmanland (1%), Stockholm (1%), Halland (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	803,926 sq km / 310,396 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,762 km / 1,095 mi North-South 1,320 km / 820 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	63° 14' N; 17° 58' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Scandinavian Mountains
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Scandinavian Mountains.

Scandinavia-European Arctic	Level 2 (Parent)
Svalbard	Level 3 (Sibling)
Western Russian Arctic Islands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Norwegian Sea Islands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Scandinavian Mountains	Level 3
Lofoten and North Norway Islands	Level 4 (Child)
Far Northern Scandinavian Range	Level 4 (Child)
Kebnekaise Region	Level 4 (Child)
Central Scandinavian Range	Level 4 (Child)
South-Central Scandinavian Range	Level 4 (Child)
South Norway Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
Southern Sweden Hills	Level 4 (Child)
Finland-Kola-Karelia Area	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Scandinavian Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Galdhøpiggen	2469	8100	South Norway Mountains
2.	Glittertinden	2465	8087	South Norway Mountains
3.	Store Skagastølstinden	2405	7890	South Norway Mountains
4.	Styggedalstinden Store Østtoppen	2387	7831	South Norway Mountains
5.	Skardstinden	2373	7785	South Norway Mountains
6.	Vesle Galdhøpiggen	2369	7772	South Norway Mountains
7.	Surtningssue	2368	7769	South Norway Mountains
8.	Store Memurutinden	2364	7756	South Norway Mountains
9.	Gjertvasstinden	2351	7713	South Norway Mountains
10.	Store Hellstugutinden	2345	7694	South Norway Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Galdhøpiggen	2469	8100	South Norway Mountains
2.	Snøhetta	2286	7500	South-Central Scandinavian Range
3.	Kebnekaise-Nordtoppen	2097	6880	Kebnekaise Region
4.	Sarektjåhkkå	2089	6854	Central Scandinavian Range
5.	Jiehkkesvárri	1834	6017	Far Northern Scandinavian Range
6.	Langlitinden	1277	4190	Lofoten and North Norway Islands
7.	Tomtabacken	377	1237	Southern Sweden Hills

Photos of Peaks in the Scandinavian Mountains

Galdhøpiggen Galdopiggen is a fine rocky peak. View from the north approach (1993-07-17).	Glittertinden The hike to the summit of the highest snow peak in Norway is a long trip across the tundra (1993-07-18).
Store Skagastølstinden Main peak to the right in picture (2008-07-03). Photo by Lars Holme. Click here for larger-size photo.	Svellnose Svellnose on way to summit Galdhopiggen july 28, 2017 (2017-07-28). Photo by Catrine Kindahl. Click here for larger-size photo.
Pre-melting Kebnekaise-Sydtoppen The East Face of Kebnekaise, with the prominent white crest on the right being the North Peak and the main peak just out of view to the upper left. This provides a fun way up the mountain and avoids the crowds on the regular route (2013-07-17). Photo by Robert Garneau. Click here for larger-size photo.	Kebnekaise-Nordtoppen The East Face of Kebnekaise, with the prominent white crest on the right being the North Peak and the main peak just out of view to the upper left. This provides a fun way up the mountain and avoids the crowds on the regular route (2013-07-17). Photo by Robert Garneau. Click here for larger-size photo.
Lodalskåpa Peak seen from below Brattebakken (2008-05-13). Photo by Lars Holme. Click here for larger-size photo.	Kleneggen Summit ridge (2008-07-26). Photo by Lars Holme. Click here for larger-size photo.
Folarskardnuten Norway Province High Points # 4. Seen from the road nr.50 (2015-09-10). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.	Oksskolten Norway Province High Points # 1 (2015-09-03). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.

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