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  • Productive forest land under formal protection amounted to 6.2 per cent in 2025

    In 2025, just under 20,000 hectares of productive forest land were newly designated under formal protection, corresponding to 0.8 per mille of Sweden’s total area of productive forest land. The increase in 2025 was half as large as that recorded in 2024. Areas compensated under the Forestry Act increased by 4,000 hectares outside formally protected areas, corresponding to 0.2 per mille of the country’s total area of productive forest land.

  • Large increase in voluntary set-asides in 2024

    By the end of 2024, the total area of voluntarily set-asides had nearly equalled that of formally protected areas on productive forest land. Regionally, formally protected forest land covered the largest area in Northern Norrland. But in other parts of Sweden, the areas of voluntarily set-asides were larger. During 2024, voluntarily set-asides increased more than the area of formally protected forest land.

  • Increase in formally protected forest land 2023

    In 2023, formally protected forest land increased by 79 100 hectares. During the same period, the area of voluntary set-asides decreased by 22 200 hectares. The changes are partly due to an agreement between the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Sveaskog on the formation of new formally protected areas.

  • New formally protected forest land amounted to 29 200 hectares

    In 2022, formally protected forest land increased by 29 200 hectares, 22 000 hectares of which is productive forest land. Voluntary set-asides have an estimated increase of 52 600 hectares since 2021.

  • New formally protected forest land amounted to 22 000 hectares

    In 2021, formally protected forest land increased by 21 600 hectares, 16 400 hectares of which is productive forest land. This corresponds to almost 0.1 percent of all forest land in Sweden. Voluntary set-asides have remained relatively unchanged since 2020.