Welcome to Sweden’s Elk Parks!

Sweden’s Elk Parks welcomes you to an exciting encounter with the King of the Forest –the Elk! From south to north there are nearly 30 elk parks today where you can see, and maybe even pet and feed, an elk…

The elk parks have a variety of setups when it comes to contact between animals and people. In addition, the elks have distinctive personalities with individualistic names and attitudes…There are elks that are completely tame and can be affectionate or unruly, but also elks that are more reserved. What all the parks have in common is that their elks are not afraid of people, unlike the approximately 400,000 elks living in the wild, which are shy and difficult to see. 

With the help of the map’s click functions, you can easily plan visits to Sweden’s Elk Parks.

The elk is Scandinavia’s largest horned animal, and in the wild it is a solitary animal that does not move around together in large herds. The only ”elk family” that remains together for about 12 months is the cow with her yearling calves that follow their mother until the next calving, which usually occurs at the end of May and beginning of June. Most elk parks have close to about ten elks available for viewing.

Elks are so-called ruminants (with four stomachs), which means that the animals lie quietly and attend to digestion between feedings.