Forlandet National Park

▪ national park, Norway

Norwegian  Forlandet Nasjonalpark,  formerly  Prins Karl's Forland National Park,  

      national park and bird sanctuary established in 1973 by Norway's Environment Ministry for Svalbard. The Forlandet National Park has the greatest number of bird sanctuaries in the Svalbard archipelago: six in number, located throughout the southern and southeastern regions of the park. They include Kapp Linné, Boheman, Gåsøyane, Plankenholmane, Forlandsøyane, and Hermansenøya.

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