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  • Men owned 71 percent of the land owned by private persons in 2020

    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.

  • Two percent growth in built-up and developed land

    The area of built-up and developed land increased by two percent between 2015 and 2020. Built-up and developed land still comprises a small share of the total land area, only 3.1 percent or 1.3 million hectares.

  • New report on land use in Sweden

    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.

  • Three percent growth in built-up land

    The area of built-up land increased by three percent between 2010 and 2015. Built-up land still comprises a small share of the total land area, only 2.9 percent or 1.2 million hectares.

  • Land ownership dominated by men

    Nearly half of all land in Sweden is privately owned. Only one in four private persons who owned land in 2010 were women. The average land owner was a married man age 56 living in Stockholm County. He earned slightly more than SEK 240 000 per year after taxes and owned an average of 84 000 square metres of land.