Thread by @Hedenberg

Europe had a richer nature during the warm postglacial climatic optimum than today.

The landscape of northern Europe, including Scandinavia, looked very different during the postglacial climatic optimum.

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The nature in southern and central Scandinavia did not look like what we are now used to. Both the climate and nature instead reminded of present-day northern and central France.

All the way up in Norrland dominated forests with elm, ash, oak, linden and hazel mixed with pine and birch. The fir had not yet come further than the far north.

During the warmest parts of the postglacial climatic optimum, residual snow during the winters was probably rare in southern and central Scandinavia.

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