Land Use in Sweden 2020
Men owned 71 percent of the land owned by private persons in 2020
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2023-11-30 8.00
Land use in Sweden is a publication that uses statistics from Statistics Sweden and a number of other government agencies to give a broad overview of land use, planning and change over time. According to the report, men dominate land owning among private persons.
Roughly 44 percent of Sweden’s land area is owned by private persons. Men own 71 percent of the land owned by private persons.
Sweden predominantly covered by forest land
The greater part of Sweden’s area, 68 percent, consists of forest land. Agricultural land accounts for seven percent. By far the largest share of agricultural land is arable land, while around 15 percent consists of pastures.
Source: Swedish National Forest Inventory (SLU), Swedish Board of Agriculture, and Statistics Sweden
Gradual change
Change in land use is often gradual. For example, the total forest land area has been stable for a long period. Forest land as a share of land area was largely unchanged from 2010 to 2020, with only a small change, from 69 percent in 2010 and 2015 to 68 percent in 2020. Built-up and developed land increased by 62 000 hectares in total between 2010 and 2020, but still remains around 3 percent as a share of the total land area.
Large increase in numbers of wind turbines
The report Land use in Sweden in 2020 (Markanvändningen i Sverige 2020) is based on statistics on land use and land ownership published by Statistics Sweden on 20 September 2022. The report also contains a theme-based chapter on wind power. There were about 530 wind turbines in Sweden around year 2000. By 2020, the number had increased to almost 4 400, and in 2022, reached more than 5 200 wind turbines. When applying a sphere of influence of 800 meters around each wind turbine, around 378 000 hectares, or almost 1 percent of Sweden’s land area, was affected by wind turbines in 2020.
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