About us
Sara
Ever since childhood, nature has been a big part of my life. When I was 15, I decided to never have a boring job and have since worked in the Northern Arctic Ocean with a killer whale safari company, as a whale counter and as a guide on Svalbard. After 18 years at sea, I longed to go home to the forest and realized what a fantastic nature we have in Gästrikland. After several years of early mornings and endless hours in the woods, I started nature and wildlife activities for guests. Since 2016 the business has been my full time job and I am extremely happy that I have the opportunity to showcase our beautiful animals, birds and nature in Central Sweden.
For me it is an incredible benefit to sit in a sleeping bag on an early spring morning, leaning against a rock in a cozy atmosphere, watching as the sun rises and everything comes to life. Trying to blend into nature and become part of it enhances the experience. When the moose rises on its legs or when an owl silently passes over my head, I am filled with a euphoric feeling that is difficult to measure with anything else.
Sara Wennerqvist, owner and founder of Wild Nordic
Christine
In the spring of 2018, I stopped working as a Personal Assistant.
Experiencing the forest’s equivalent of silence is among the best I know.
Meeting the brown bear’s gaze through the hide’s window makes time stop.
Hiking in and among the trails that the wild animals have created long before us makes you feel a tremendous respect.
I started working as a Nature Guide in the spring of 2018.
It is often me that you will meet when there is a knock on the hide door and it is time to go back to Wild Nordic’s meeting place. I am often eager to take part in everyone’s experiences, so eager that I sometimes forget to introduce myself.
Pierrick
After putting aside my passion for a few years due to various work experiences, I decided to change my life in favour of adventure and discovery.
In 2018 I picked up my photographic gear again for my first Scandinavian road trip. It was the year I fell in love with Sweden and its biodiversity.
Then my plan was to find a way to combine photography and my interest for nature. Eco tourism is, to my mind, a good solution to raise public awareness. WildNordic Sweden is the perfect place for, so I came first as a volunteer.
2020 was my first season as a nature guide and now I am proud to be a part of the team. Living close to nature was always a dream for me.
My new lifestyle gives me the opportunity to improve my naturalistic knowledge and my photographic skills but above all, its allows me to scale down my general consumption and to unwind my life.
