# Nordens Ark

- **Country:** Sweden
- **Coordinates:** 58.441111, 11.435000
- **Area:** 383 ha
- **Logo:** Nordens Ark logo.png
- **Opened:** 1989
- **Members:** EAZA, WAZA
- **Location:** Sotenäs Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
- **Zoo Name:** Nordens Ark
- **Logo Width:** 148px
- **Date Opened:** 14 June 1989
- **Image Width:** 250px
- **Num Species:** 80
- **Logo Caption:** Logo
- **Accreditation:** EAZA, WAZA
- **Annual Visitors:** 100000

Nordens Ark (Ark of the North) is a zoo located on the Åby Manor in Bohuslän, Sweden. Nordens Ark was opened in 1989 and is operated by the Nordens Ark Foundation (Swedish: Stiftelsen Nordens Ark). Nordens Ark is on the west coast of Sweden, not far from the border with Norway. Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, was appointed as Nordens Ark Supreme Protector in 1989.

![Photo of Nordens Ark](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/2011-07-14_Nordens_Ark_002.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordens_Ark (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)