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

Increasing harvesting costs

Nyhet | Statistik - 17 June 2025

The cost of harvesting (felling and extraction to roadside) increased by 4 percent in 2024, according to new statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency and Skogforsk. The rate of increase has declined compared to the two previous years that saw increases of 9 percent in 2023 and 12 percent in 2022. However, in fixed prices the change is smaller.
An increase in notified fellings in May

Nyhet | Statistik - 12 June 2025

The latest statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency show that the area notified or applied for felling in May increased 17 percent, compared to May 2024. The area regarding applications for permits for felling in montane forests decreased 44 percent, compared to the same month last year.
Continued decrease in fellings in 2024

Nyhet | Statistik - 02 June 2025

Felling in Sweden decreased in 2024 and amounted to just over 87 million cubic meters standing volume according to preliminary statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency. The decline is a continuation of the sharp decrease in 2023 after a couple of years with high felling levels. The felling in 2024 is the lowest since 2013.

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