The base camp of Outdoor Finnskogen is found at the old Forest-Finn farm “Steinreisberget” by the lake Steinreien, about 25 kilometers North-East for Kongsvinger town.
Steinreisberget
Steinreisberget is an old farm in the small settlement Lunderseter in the Finn-Forests, idyllicall situated at the top of a small hill, by lake Steinreien. The area is perfect for a various number of outdoor activitites. The owners are Leikny og Kjell Bekkevold, which also takes part in the business.
Finnskogen - The Finn-Forests
Finnskogen is a belt of continous forest among the Norwegain-Swedish boarder, with a lot of lakes, streams and rivers. The area is at part of the county “Innlandet” at Norwegian side, and the county “Värmland” at Swedish side. The nature is rich, suitable for a versatile outdoor life.
Back in the early 1600, the Forest-Finns entered the Norwegian side of the boarder, after their long travel from the east. The Forest-Finns brought their culture, among others their special architectural style, their crafts and their special way of farming (“Svedjebruk”); burning down the forest, then sawing rye in the ashes. There are still traces from this exciting and mysterious heritage, found in the Finn-Forests. Forest-Finns are today one of five defined minorities of Norway.
Contact
Phone: (+47) 95175196
Knut Egil Bekkevold, founder and CEO of Outdoor Finnskogen
Knut Egil Bekkevold is an outdoor lecturer with long experience of educating outdoor students, and fascilitating safe and good experiences of nature for many different kind of groups.
Knut Egil eager for the health benefiths that contac with nature can provide, especially mentally. He is found of the famous Norwegian poet Hans Børli, that really manage to describe how nature can make us experience ourselves in a positive way.
Outdoor Finnskogen`s guides
Our guides and instructors are hand picked by education and competence, to lead the activitites in the best, profetional way, according to both safety and quality of the offered experiences.