Protected nature

Upcoming publishing: 2023-05-24

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 100 new nature reserves

2022-05-24

In 2021, the number of nature reserves increased by 101 areas. This means that Sweden had more than 5,300 nature reserves at the end of 2021. The largest new nature reserve was the Slite archipelago, located on the eastern side of Gotland. The area covers more than 6,300 hectares in total, including a marine area of almost 6,000 hectares.

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Tables and graphs

Name	Type	Date
Formally Protected Nature in Sweden	Table	2022-05-24
Productive forest land in national parks and nature reserves, by region. 31 December 2021	Excel file	2022-05-24
Share of formally protected forest land and land compensations, 2021	Graph	2022-05-24
Cultural reserves 2021	Excel file	2022-05-24
Protected nature by municipality	Excel file	2022-05-24
National parks and nature reserves in marine surroundings 2021	Excel file	2022-05-24
Protected nature by type 1909–2021	Graph	2022-05-24
Protected nature by type of protection 1909–2021	Graph	2022-05-24

Tables in the Statistical Database

Number of and area

Name	Date
Species protected by law, number by species. Year 2015 - 2021	2022-05-24
Wildlife sanctuaries by region. Year 1998 - 2021	2022-05-24
Formally protected nature by type of protection. Year 2018 - 2021	2022-05-24
Culture reserves, by region. Year 2000 - 2021	2022-05-24
The Royal National City Park, area and population, by region. Year 2015 - 2021	2022-05-24
Natura 2000 sites, number of and area by region. Year 2002 - 2021	2022-05-24
Natural monuments, number by region. Year 1991 - 2021	2022-05-24
National parks, nature reserves, nature management areas, habitat protection areas, by region. Year 1998 - 2021	2022-05-24
Water protection areas, by region. Year 2015 - 2021	2022-05-24

Population and accessibility

Name	Date
Population within zone around protected nature and mean distance to protected nature, by region. Year 2013 - 2021	2022-05-24
Protected nature within and around localities with more than 10 000 inhabitants. Not updated. Year 2012 - 2017	2018-05-23

Decision, management and costs

Name	Date
Trustees of protected nature, number of decisions and area by region. Year 2020 - 2021	2022-05-24
Decisions on formations of protected areas, number of decisions and area by region. Year 2020 - 2021	2022-05-24
Costs for protected areas by region. Year 2015 - 2021	2022-05-24

Nature types

Name	Date
National parks and nature reserves, number by size class. Year 2018 - 2021	2022-05-24
National parks, nature reserves and nature management areas in marine surroundings, by region. Year 2015 - 2021	2022-05-24
New protected areas by type of nature. Year 1998 - 2021	2022-05-24
Productive forest land in national parks and nature reserves by region. Year 2014 - 2021	2022-05-24
Protected areas near the coast and marine surroundings, by region. Year 2019 - 2021	2022-05-24
Uppdateras. Year 2017 - 2021	2022-05-24
Formally protected nature by type of nature. Year 2021	2022-05-24

Old tables, not updated

Name	Date
Trustees of protected nature, by region. Year 2015 - 2019	2020-05-27
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
Protected areas by type of nature. No longer updated. Year 2014 - 2017	2018-05-23

Publications

Title	Language	Type	Date
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 2014	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2018-03-28
Protected nature 2016	Swedish	SM	2017-05-22
Protected nature 2015	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2016-05-24
Protected nature 2013	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2014-05-23

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