Miniguides
Emil Hellström
Borgsjö - Östersund, S:t Olavsleden
**Through deep forests to the open fields of Storsjö, you pass Jämtland forests where robbers would once lay in wait. You pass grand wooden buildings by waters full of fish. Drink from the St Olav spring in Pilgrimstad and walk through the lush cultural lan…
Emil Hellström
Östersund - Åre, S:t Olavsleden
**From Östersund the trail crosses the bridge to Frösön which is named after the Norse god Frö (Frej). From the meadows of Frösön, your journey continues towards the mountains and the land of the reindeer. Sami culture thrives in the mountains of Åre. You c…
Emil Hellström
Åre - Stiklestad, S:t Olavsleden
**From the Indalsälven river valley you hike upwards on Skalstugevägen road with stone arch bridges, mountain views and reindeer pastures. The pilgrim trail leads into Norway and Stiklestad where Olav Haraldson died on 29 July 1030 in a field battle against…
Emil Hellström
Selånger - Borgsjö, S:t Olavsleden
**In the early summer of the year 1030, the Norwegian Viking king Olav Haraldsson came ashore at Selånger, which at the time was the great harbour bay of northern Sweden. He had been in exile for a few years and from here at the Gulf of Bothnia, he began hi…
About St Olavsleden
St. Olavsleden is the northernmost pilgrim trail in the world. The trail is approximately 580 kilometers long and extends from the Baltic sea in the East to the Atlantic Ocean in the West, from Selånger in Sweden to Trondheim in Norway. The trail goes through large forests, over mountains, along lakes and past communities and historic sites. The roadbed varies from gravel road, asphalt and trails.
St. Olavsleden is the Scandinavian equivalent to the El Camino de Santiago de Compostela, the famous pilgrim route to Spain.
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