Sylan

The peaks of Sylan rise on the mountain frontier between Jämtland and Trøndelag. Their ridges and valleys form part of a much wider highland landscape used by Sámi communities, whose customary lands extended across what became the Norwegian–Swedish border. Reindeer herding and seasonal movement made use of pastures at different elevations. The transfer of Jämtland to Sweden in 1645 placed a new political boundary through a region already traversed by its inhabitants.