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Pathways to the trail – landscape, walking and heritage in a Scandinavian border region
Department of Sport Sciences, Malmö University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2914-4476
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Philosophy and History, History of Science, Technology and Environment.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2864-2315
Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8503-8785
2021 (English)In: Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, ISSN 0029-1951, E-ISSN 1502-5292, Vol. 75, no 5, p. 243-255Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Can walking trails be understood not only as routes to history and heritage, but also as heritage in and of themselves? The paper explores the articulation of trails as a distinct landscape and mobility heritage, bridging the nature-culture divide and building on physical and intellectual movements over time. The authors aim to contribute to a better understanding of the geography of trails and trailscapes by analysing the emergence of the Swedish-Norwegian trail Finnskogleden. The trail is situated in the border region spanning the former county of Hedmark in present-day Innlandet County, south-eastern Norway, and Värmland County in mid-western Sweden, a forested area where Finnish-speaking immigrants settled from the 16th century to the early 20th century. Archives, literature, interviews, and field visits were used to analyse the emergence and governance of the trail. The main finding is the importance of continuous articulation work by local and regional stakeholders, through texts, maps, maintenance, and mobility. In conclusion, the Finn forest trailscape and its mobility heritage can be seen as an articulation of territory over time, a multilayered process drawing on various environing technologies, making the trail a transformative part of a trans-border political geography. 

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Informa UK Limited , 2021. Vol. 75, no 5, p. 243-255
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General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Geography, Planning and Development
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History Human Geography
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History of Science, Technology and Environment
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-305038DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2021.1998216ISI: 000720174700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85119494854OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-305038DiVA, id: diva2:1612645
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