Swedish Forest Agency
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The Swedish Forest Agency is responsible for official statistics, which means that we produce and provide official statistics for five areas. Our statistical areas are forestry production, employment in forestry, forestry structure, forestry economics, price developments in forestry, and forest management and utilization for economic, social and environmental purposes.

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Labour force

Employment, income, reported accidents and diseases.

Felling

Final felling, thinning, notified areas and applications for felling permits, timber stocks.

Economy

Roundwood prices, costs in large-scale forestry, economy, prices on forest land.

Property and ownership structure

Forest properties, number and size, forest owners age, gender, management units

Environmental consideration

Consideration after felling to environment and cultural heritage values, environmental indicators

Silvicultural activities

Soil scarification, planting, fertilization, forest management planes, quality of the regrowth.

Protected forest

Habitat protection, nature conservation agreement

Other statistics

Statistical reports, Fact sheets, historical and international forest statistics.

Thematic areas

Gender equality in the forest, Urban forests.

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Statistical Database

Results from all our surveys. Produce tables and diagrams by selecting your subject and variables.

News

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.
Decrease in notifications for final felling in 2024

Nyhet | Statistik - 18 March 2025

In 2024, the Swedish Forest Agency received notifications for final felling according to Section 14 of the Forestry Act, on 245,494 hectares of productive forest land. This is a decrease of 6 percent compared to 2023. The area of applications in montane forests decreased by 27 percent, to 9,043 hectares.
An increase in notified felling in January

Nyhet | Statistik - 18 February 2025

The latest statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency show that the area notified or applied for felling in January increased 30 percent, compared to January 2024. The area regarding applications for permits for final felling in montane forests increased 45 percent, compared to the same month last year.

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