What are some good skiing/snowboarding resorts in winter seasons? [Sweden/Norway]

[TheSyntaX]

Hey, long story short, I want to go to Sweden or Norway (two cuntries I've wanted to visit for a long time as I absolutely love them), this winter I am planning to visit one of them, then another one next year.
I am completely new to all this, I only did snowboarding when I was kid once, and from my memory - it feels just amazing so I want to do it again.

Interested in hearing from those who have actually visited resorts, what did you like or dislike? How is it for beginners? Was it fun?

Ideally I would also love to see Northern Lights at least once in my life time (it was my dream since whenever I discovered northern lights on pictures)

[Rævskjegg]

Locally around me there is Kjerringåsen, and then there's Hafjell and Trysil which are the most popular ones for people to travel to when they go on vacation and stuff. I live in south east Norway, south east from Oslo.

[editline]11th September 2015[/editline]

I'm not into this kind of stuff so I just mention the most popular ones I know about which are "close" to me

[Giraffen93]

Åre/Branäs

[Rævskjegg]

Also I'm 24 and I've never seen northern light yet and I've always lived where I live pretty much

[Missing User]

I always went to Sälen as a kid (which has lost its charm and become very commercial lately) but I've found that my personal favourite in Sweden is Vemdalen. Trysil in Norway is very nice although I recall it was rather expensive.

[vlad]

I went to Hemsedal as a beginner in the winter of 2012, had an absolute blast! I'd go there again, great place