Climbing in Sweden Part Two: The return to Scandinavia

Around a year after we last climbed in Sweden, we returned this summer to enjoy the bullet hard granite, peaceful nature and long summer days. You can read our original post ‘Climbing in Sweden: A Scandinavian Road Trip’ to see all of the crags we visited last year, mostly in southern Sweden. This year we climbed more in the north, generally in the Gulf of Bothnia area. We didn’t revisit any crags from last year, so everything in this post is different. If you want information on climbing season, rest day activities etc, please read last years post, as the same things generally apply we will avoid repeating ourselves.

Log cabin in front of lake with outside deck, windows and a chimney in the pine forest
A beautiful cabin in the forest, free for everyone to use respectfully
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Climbing in Sweden: A Scandinavian Road Trip

Sweden is a great country for outdoor enthusiasts, boasting over 97,500 lakes and a whopping 27.9 million hectares of natural forest. For climbers, Sweden is often overshadowed by its more mountainous neighbour, Norway. However, Sweden has many superb crags of its own, as well as having the benefit of being much less touristy than Norway. As part of our road trip in Scandinavia, we spent 3 weeks in Sweden and thoroughly enjoyed it. Sweden and Norway have many similarities and differences, they are both wonderful countries that complement each other well.

Read our other post about our second trip to Sweden, with more crags, here.

Climber jamming their hands up a crack in the granite rock
Enjoying the classic ‘Tuborg’ at Utby
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Climbing in Norway: A Scandinavian Road Trip

We were fortunate enough to spend 7 weeks in Norway, enjoying a stunning road trip and sampling many of Norways best climbing areas. We drove up Sweden to arrive in Northern Norway in peak climbing season, starting with Lofoten. After visiting more crags further north, we made the long and beautiful journey down the west coast of the country. The crags will be described in the order we visited them, so depending on where you plan to climb in Norway it might be worth starting from the bottom of the article. The country is full of mountains, fjords, rivers and crags – we only visited a small selection of what’s on offer, even on our relatively long trip.

Climber using small crimpy holes and a high foot to climb the face of the route at Kvitnes, Kristiansund. On their left side is a sharp arête of the rock and in the background is some rocky outcrops and the sea.
Beautiful rock and location on ‘Til Min Venn Thomas’
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