Formally protected forest land, voluntary set-asides, consideration patches and unproductive forest land
Statistics of forest land within the four forms Formally protected forest land, Voluntary set-asides, Consideration patches and Unproductive forest land. Where possible, the statistics are reported by county level or by geographical regions. The information is produced in collaboration between four Swedish authorities; Statistics Sweden, the Swedish Forest Agency, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the Swedish National Forest Inventory.
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2025-06-26
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.
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Name Type Date Formally protected forest land, voluntary set-asides, consideration patches and unproductive forest land. Areas and share for total Sweden 2024 Table 2025-06-26 Formally protected forest land by form of protection aggregated 2024 Excel file 2025-06-26 Formally protected forest land by form of protection detailed 2024 Excel file 2025-06-26
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Publications
| Title | Language | Type | Date |
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| Formally protected forest land, voluntary set-asides, consideration patches and unproductive forest land 2024 | Swedish | Report | 2025-06-26 |
| Formally protected forest land, voluntary set-asides, consideration patches and unproductive forest land 2023 | Swedish | Report | 2024-06-27 |
| Formally protected forest land, voluntary set-asides, consideration patches and unproductive forest land 2022 | Swedish | Report | 2023-06-29 |
| Formally protected forest land, voluntary set-asides, consideration patches and unproductive forest land 2021 | Swedish | Report | 2022-06-30 |
| Formally protected forest land, voluntary set-asides, consideration patches and unproductive forest land, 2020 | Swedish | Report | 2021-06-30 |
| Formally protected forest land, voluntary set-asides, consideration patches and unproductive forest land, 2019 | Swedish | SM | 2020-06-25 |
| Formally protected forest land, voluntary set-asides, consideration patches and unproductive forest land, 2018 | Swedish | SM | 2019-06-27 |
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