A massive search operation, including a helicopter, was launched after the two hikers didn’t return as planned from Sarek national park on Sunday.
But on Thursday they were found alive and well.
“They found a walkie talkie in a boat and managed to get hold of the boat driver who got in touch with us,” police spokesperson Maria Linné told the TT newswire.
The couple – a man and a woman aged around 30, from the town of Eskilstuna – had been hiking through the Rapa valley (Rapadalen or Ráhpavuobme) and found the boat at the hill of Nammásj.
It was not immediately clear why the hike took longer than expected. At the time of writing, the helicopter was on its way to their location.
Surrounded by 2,000-metre-tall mountains and more than 100 glaciers, Sarek is often described as one of Sweden’s most inaccessible national parks.
There are no roads leading up to the park, no marked trails or overnight cabins, and the only way to access the 2000 square metres it covers is by hiking or (in winter) skiing.
Parken täcker 2000 kvadratkilometer.