Four-fifths of the province is situated above 500 metres of altitude, constituting a part of the Scandinavian mountain range. Sweden's highest village Högvålen, at 835 metres, is also within the province.
The provincial flower is the Arctic violet. It is prominent on high altitudes in Europe, and is also found in the Alps.
Sånfjället National Park extends through the municipality.
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Jämtland and Härjedalen were originally provinces of Norway, but in early 1645 they were both ceded by Denmark (who held Norway at the time) to Sweden by the Treaty of Brömsebro. The province of Härjedalen is named after a powerful Norseman who had to flee east from the Norwegian court of king Halfdan Svartes after killing one of the king's men (with a horn). Thereafter he was known as "Härjulf Hornbrytaren." For a time he entered the service of the Svea (Swedish today) king Anund, until he eloped with that king's sister, Helga, and tog ...
Jämtland was historically a province of Norway, but in 1645 it was ceded to Sweden by the Treaty of Brömsebro. The legend has it that province is named after a powerful but lawless man named "Härje", who escaped the arm of the law of the Norwegian king by settling in the remote valley.
Härjedalen - Heraldry.
The arms is represented with a dukal coronet. Blazon: "Argent a Sledgehammer Sable with Core Gules between Tongs of the second and two Hammers adorse ...
Provinces have no administrative function in Sweden today. Instead, that task is performed by Sweden's counties, which are in turn subdivided into municipalities.
The province Härjedalen largely corresponds to Härjedalen Municipality, which in turn is located in the southern part of Jämtland County.
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