Storlien [ˈstuːrˌliːən] is a village and ski resort located in Åre municipality in Jämtland, Sweden, two kilometres from the Swedish-Norwegian border.
Storlien was formerly the centre of winter activities for Skidfrämjandet, now Friluftsfrämjandet, an organisation that promotes outdoor leisure, and played a major role in developing downhill skiing in Sweden.
In 2011 Ulrich John, a Stockholm real-estate investor, bought it, the lifts and "a few thousand hectares of mountain",[2] but he sold the hotel in 2013.
[5] In 1933 Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla received as a wedding gift from Skidfrämjandet a holiday cabin which is still owned by the royal family.
The following year Lars Nilsson bought the hotel and the surrounding land, around 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres), for 37 million kronor.
Storlien has been popular among visitors from the Norwegian county of Trøndelag, who go there for border shopping, mountain cabins, and skiing.
There are three children's areas with platter lifts and easy slopes, and night skiing under lights every Friday at Slalombacken.
This means that in spite of the relatively high elevation Storlien averages milder winters than the coastline of the Bothnian Bay on the east coast.
Especially during milder winters dominated the North Atlantic low pressure systems, snow accumulation can be very high.
[13] Storlien is cooled down sizeably by its elevation of 600 metres (2,000 ft), which renders summers a lot cooler than in coastal towns on similar latitudes such as Trondheim and Sundsvall in spite of being located in the interior.