Storlien

Storlien
Storlien is located in Jämtland
Storlien
Storlien
Storlien is located in Sweden
Storlien
Storlien
Coordinates: 63°19′N 12°10′E / 63.317°N 12.167°E / 63.317; 12.167
CountrySweden
ProvinceJämtland
CountyJämtland County
MunicipalityÅre Municipality
Population
 • Total70
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ClimateDfc
Storlien
Storlien in April 2004
Storlien in April 2004
LocationStorlien, Sweden
Vertical191 m (627 ft)
Top elevation791 m (2,595 ft)
Base elevation600 m (2,000 ft)
Trails23
Longest run1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Lift system9 surface lifts
Terrain parks2
Snowmakingyes
Night skiingEvery Friday at "Slalombacken"
Panorama from the top of the ski area

Storlien [​ˈstuːrˌliːən] is a village and ski resort located in Åre municipality in Jämtland, Sweden, two kilometres from the Swedish-Norwegian border. The primary bases of the settlement are tourism and outdoor life – alpine skiing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, hunting, fishing and hiking. During the 2000s, retail sales to customers from Norway become important, and most of the tourists in Storlien are Norwegians. The Swedish royal family has a house in Storlien, where they usually celebrate Easter and the New Year. There was also previously a sanitarium. Storlien was formerly the centre of winter activities for Skidfrämjandet, now Friluftsfrämjandet, an organisation that promotes outdoor leisure, and played a major role in developing downhill skiing in Sweden.

Storlien has, among other services, a hotel called Storliens högfjällshotell ('Storlien Mountain Lodge') and a holiday village called Fjäll-lien. A large part of the village is owned by the Lars Nilsson estate, a real estate agent. The hotel was formerly the largest in the country. In 2011 Ulrich John, a Stockholm real-estate investor, bought it, the lifts and "a few thousand hectares of mountain",[2] but he sold the hotel in 2013.[3]

  1. ^ "Stängda gränsen förlamar Storlien: "Norrmän står för 95 procent av omsättningen"" (in Swedish). Dagens Industri. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  2. ^ Svensson, Henry (2011-07-19). "Almåsas ägare köper hotellet i Storlien". Östersunds-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2013-07-28.
  3. ^ "Högfjällshotellet i Storlien säljs". Östersunds-Posten (in Swedish). 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2013-07-28.