Protected nature

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The purpose of this survey is to give an overall view of protected areas in Sweden. Protected areas are defined here as statutory protection of nature regulated by the Environmental Code, such as national parks, nature reserves etc.

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More than 200 new nature reserves in 2024

2025-05-23

Sweden's protected nature increased by 148,000 hectares in 2024. More than 200 new nature reserves became valid and several existing areas were expanded. The largest new area was Nåara/Härbergsdalen in the northern and mountainous part of Sweden.

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Tables and graphs

Name	Type	Date
Formally Protected Nature in Sweden 31/12/2024	Table	2025-05-23
Productive forest land in national parks and nature reserves, by region. 31 December 2024	Excel file	2025-05-23
Formally protected forest land above and below the mountain border, aggregated forms of protection. 31/12/2024	Graph	2024-05-23
Cultural reserves 2024	Excel file	2025-05-23
Protected nature by municipality	Excel file	2025-05-23
National parks and nature reserves in marine surroundings 2024	Excel file	2025-05-23
Protected nature by type 1909–2024	Graph	2024-05-23
Protected nature by form of protection 1909–2024	Graph	2024-05-23

Tables in the Statistical Database

Number of and area

Name	Date
Wildlife sanctuaries by region. Year 1998 - 2024	2025-05-23
Formally protected nature by type of protection. Year 2018 - 2024	2025-05-23
Culture reserves, by region. Year 2000 - 2024	2025-05-23
The Royal National City Park, area and population, by region. Year 2015 - 2024	2025-05-23
National parks, nature reserves, nature management areas, habitat protection areas, by region. Year 1998 - 2024	2025-05-23
Natura 2000 sites, number of and area by region. Year 2002 - 2024	2025-05-23
Natural monuments, number by region. Year 1991 - 2024	2025-05-23
Water protection areas, number by type of water source and region. Year 2018 - 2024	2025-05-23
Formally protected nature in the subalpine region. Year 2022 - 2024	2025-05-23

Population and accessibility

Name	Date
Population within zone around protected nature and mean distance to protected nature, by region. Year 2013 - 2024	2025-05-23
Protected nature within and around localities with more than 10 000 inhabitants. Year 2018 - 2024	2025-05-23

Decision, management and costs

Name	Date
Suspicion of criminal offence with regard to land conservation, amount. Year 2008 - 2024	2025-05-23
Trustees of protected nature, number of decisions and area by region. Year 2020 - 2024	2025-05-23
Land ownership in nature reserves, by type of landowner and size of land area. Year 2015 - 2024	2025-05-23
Decisions on formations of protected areas, number of decisions and area by region. Year 2020 - 2024	2025-05-23
Costs for protected areas by region. Year 2015 - 2024	2025-05-23

Nature types

Name	Date
National parks and nature reserves, number by size class. Year 2018 - 2024	2025-05-23
National parks, nature reserves and nature management areas in marine surroundings, by region. Year 2015 - 2024	2025-05-23
New protected areas by type of nature. Year 1998 - 2024	2025-05-23
Productive forest land in national parks and nature reserves by region. Year 2014 - 2024	2025-05-23
Protected areas near the coast and marine surroundings, by region. Year 2019 - 2024	2025-05-23
National parks and nature reserves by type of nature. Year 2017 - 2024	2025-05-23
Formally protected nature by type of nature. Year 2021 - 2024	2025-05-23
Natura 2000 areas by type of nature. Year 2022 - 2024	2025-05-23

Old tables, not updated

Name	Date
Protected nature within and around localities with more than 10 000 inhabitants. Not updated. Year 2012 - 2017	2018-05-23
Trustees of protected nature, by region. Year 2015 - 2019	2020-05-27
Species protected by law, number by species. Year 2015 - 2023	2024-05-23
Decisions on formations of protected areas, number of decisions by region. Year 2007 - 2019	2020-05-27
Forest in protected areas, number by size class. Not updated. Year 2015 - 2017	2018-05-23
Costs for protected areas by region. Year 1993 - 2019	2020-05-27
Protected nature above the boundaries for mountain forests, share in percent by nature type. Not updated. Year 2014 - 2017	2018-05-23
Water protection areas, by region. Year 2015 - 2022	2023-05-24
Protected areas by type of nature. No longer updated. Year 2014 - 2017	2018-05-23

Publications

Title	Language	Type	Date
Protected Nature 2024	Swedish	Report	2025-05-23
Protected Nature 2023	Swedish	Report	2024-05-23
Protected Nature 2022 (Corrected 2024-05-17)	Swedish	Report	2023-05-24
Protected Nature 2021	Swedish	Report	2022-05-24
Protected Nature 2020	Swedish	Report	2021-05-27
Protected Nature 2019	Swedish	SM	2020-05-27
Protected nature 2018. Corrected 2020-05-14	Swedish	SM	2019-05-24
Protected Nature 2017	Swedish	SM	2018-05-23
Protected nature 2016	Swedish	SM	2017-05-22
Protected nature 2015	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2016-05-24
Protected nature 2014	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2015-05-22
Protected nature 2013	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2014-05-23

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