An increase in notified fellings in February

Nyhet | Statistik - 20 March 2025

The latest statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency show that the area notified or applied for felling in February increased 25 percent, compared to February 2024. The area regarding applications for permits for felling in montane forests increased 23 percent, compared to the same month last year.

Experience has shown that statistics regarding notifications and applications can vary from month to month due to the forestry planning of various stakeholders. It is therefore important to be careful when analyzing the monthly data and to not draw conclusions about the planned felling.

The area of received notifications and applications for permits for felling was 20,856 hectares in February, which was an increase of 25 percent, compared to February 2024. Of this area, applications for permits for felling of montane forests represented 514 hectares, compared with 417 hectares in the same month last year.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country in February over the previous five years, this is an increase of 12 percent. Compared to the average area for the previous ten years, this is an increase of 21 percent.

Notifications and applications on the regional level in February

The area of notifications and applications increased in all regions, compared to the same month last year.

• Northern Norrland – increase of 864 hectares (+31 percent)
• Southern Norrland – increase of 1,794 hectares (+35 percent)
• Svealand – increase of 788 hectares (+24 percent)
• Götaland – increase of 762 hectares (+14 percent)

A 27 percent increase in the area covered by notifications and applications so far this year

For January to February, the area of notifications and applications for permits for felling was 40,123 hectares, which is an increase of 27 percent compared to the same period last year. So far this year, the area concerning applications for permits for felling of montane forests is 1,039 hectares, for the corresponding period last year the area was 779 hectares.

In Northern Norrland, the area notified and applied for has increased by 40 percent, in Southern Norrland by 51 percent, in Svealand by 20 percent and in Götaland by 7 percent.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country for the corresponding period for the previous five years, this is an increase of 12 percent. Compared to the previous ten years, this is an increase of 13 percent.

Explanation

An increase or decrease in notifications and applications for permits for felling does not necessarily mean that the area of actual felling has increased or decreased to the same extent.

Statistics refer to total notifications for felling and applications for permission on productive forest land for felling in montane forest and valuable broad-leaved forest.

The statistics are part of the Official statistics of Sweden.

We publish all results in our statistical database.