Padjelanta, due to its flourishing meadows and fish filled lakes has long been attractive to humans and the park has been inhabited ever since the stone age(one evidence of this being the many trapping pits that have been found and dated back to this period of time). Even today the lakes are utilized for fishing by the S�mi villages. Ever since the birth of modern science the area has also been interesting for scientists, mainly for studying its flora, fauna and geology
