{"id":10774,"date":"2025-03-24T09:54:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T08:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/?p=10774"},"modified":"2025-03-24T18:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:39:21","slug":"sled-dog-lapland-sweden-paws-of-bjornlund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/sled-dog-lapland-sweden-paws-of-bjornlund\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog sledding in Sweden: in the heart of Lapland at Paws of Bj\u00f6rnlund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paws-of-bjoernlund.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paws of Bj\u00f6rnlund<\/a> is a\u00a0<strong>&quot;husky village&quot;<\/strong>\u00a0run by two passionate mushers, in the heart of Swedish Lapland.<\/p>\n<p>Located at\u00a0<strong>1h30 from Skellefte\u00e5 and 2h30 from Ume\u00e5<\/strong>, their goal is to offer an authentic experience, far from tourist structures where dogs are only used to walk visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Here you go sledding\u00a0<strong>with competitive dogs<\/strong>, trained for racing.<\/p>\n<h2>A morning at Paws of Bj\u00f6rnlund<\/h2>\n<p>Paws of Bj\u00f6rnlund offers several types of activities, adapted to your desires and the time available. For our part, we traveled the\u00a0<strong>24 km loop<\/strong>, a 3 to 4 hour adventure.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as we arrived, the mushers explained to us\u00a0<strong>their philosophy<\/strong>, based on animal welfare, and gave us some safety instructions. They also lent us some\u00a0<strong>suitable shoes<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 even when well equipped, your feet can quickly get cold if you stay still in the snow.<\/p>\n<p>We then have\u00a0<strong>prepared the dogs<\/strong>, helping them to get equipped, before taking their place on the sled.<\/p>\n<p>The 24 km offered us\u00a0<strong>magnificent landscapes<\/strong>, a wild and unspoiled nature, almost virgin, which reminded us why we had chosen Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>And as at home\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/dog-sledding-in-sweden-our-experience-with-majik-mushing\/\"><strong>Majik Mushing<\/strong><\/a>, we were lucky to\u00a0<strong>drive the sleigh ourselves<\/strong>, alternating roles when we wanted: one drove, while the other enjoyed the scenery from the comfort of the front.<\/p>\n<p>Back at camp, the dogs were given their\u00a0<strong>reward<\/strong>\u00a0: beautiful pieces of salmon!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CHien-de-traineau-.webm#t=1,19\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Other activities at Paws of Bj\u00f6rnlund<\/h2>\n<p>If you have\u00a0<strong>less time or a tighter budget<\/strong>, you can opt for a\u00a0<strong>shorter tour<\/strong>. It is also possible to\u00a0<strong>visit the kennel<\/strong>\u00a0without sledding, to discover the life of mushers and meet their dogs.<\/p>\n<p>In summer,\u00a0<strong>Paws of Bj\u00f6rnlund offers other activities<\/strong>, adapted to climatic conditions, to continue to share their passion for huskies all year round.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more,\u00a0<strong>go to <a href=\"https:\/\/paws-of-bjoernlund.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their website<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for\u00a0<strong>where to go dog sledding in Sweden<\/strong>, we can only recommend this wonderful experience in Lapland.<\/p>\n<p>And if you are further south, don&#039;t hesitate to take a look at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmtrainingcamp.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Majik Mushing<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paws of Bj\u00f6rnlund est un\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0village de huskys\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0g\u00e9r\u00e9 par deux mushers passionn\u00e9s, en plein c\u0153ur de la Laponie su\u00e9doise. Situ\u00e9 \u00e0\u00a01h30 de Skellefte\u00e5 et 2h30 d\u2019Ume\u00e5, leur objectif est de proposer une exp\u00e9rience authentique, loin des structures touristiques o\u00f9 les chiens ne servent qu\u2019\u00e0 promener des visiteurs. Ici, vous partez en tra\u00eeneau\u00a0avec des chiens comp\u00e9titeurs, entra\u00een\u00e9s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[],"regions":[143],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10774"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10840,"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10774\/revisions\/10840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10774"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweden-life.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=10774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}