Seiland National Park ( or ) lies in Alta Municipality and Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The park includes the majority of the island of Seiland, the second-largest island in Finnmark after Sørøya. The park includes two glaciers: Seilandsjøkelen and Nordmannsjøkelen (the northernmost glaciers in Scandinavia). The highest point in the park is the tall mountain Seilandstuva. The park was established on 8 December 2006. The of the water inside the park's area, includes the surrounding sea and many fjords including the Nordefjorden, Sørefjorden, and Flaskefjorden.
SaltfjelletâÂÂSvartisen encompasses a diverse suite of semiâÂÂnatural coastal and alpine habitats. Along the fjord inlets, narrow belts of coastal meadow and semiâÂÂnatural grassland persist where historic mowing and grazing have maintained speciesâÂÂrich turf; botanists have recorded vulnerable plants such as the Finnmark snowâÂÂprimrose (Primula farinosa) and other redâÂÂlisted taxa in these areas. Above the shoreline, extensive stands of traditional hay meadows ()âÂÂclassified as critically endangeredâÂÂsurvive on the slopes north of Store Bekkarfjord, where remnants of 20thâÂÂcentury mowing remain visible in both field observations and aerial imagery. Farther inland, semiâÂÂnatural mires and wet meadows show traces of former peat cutting and fodder harvest, supporting robust communities of bottle sedge (Carex rostrata), cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) and sundew (Drosera spp.) in association with old drainage ditches. Upland areas above the tree line are dominated by boreal heathâÂÂwith crowberry, reindeer lichen and dwarf shrub vegetationâÂÂand by tundra on exposed ridges, where low coldâÂÂtolerant forbs and mossâ and lichenâÂÂrich outcrops form a continuous mosaic of highâÂÂlatitude alpine plant communities.
In June and July 2019, helicopterâÂÂbased surveys logged 122 bird observations across 27 species, yielding precise locations for nests and territories of raptors and waders. Five golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) territories were confirmedâÂÂtwo of which fledged young in 2019âÂÂand nine white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) territories were recorded, with at least one successful brood. Observations also included redâÂÂlisted species such as Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) and black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), as well as vulnerable falcons (gyrfalcon and peregrine falcon) and locally important ptarmigan (Lagopus spp.). The distribution of these records, plotted against park boundaries, emphasises the importance of coastal cliffs and inland ridges as breeding and foraging areas. Mammalian records during the same fieldwork included Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), a vulnerable species in Norway, and evidence of Arctic hare.