A colorful insect on a finger. Photo.
Agrilus planipennis, or emerald ash borer, is a significant pest of ash and is categorized as a quarantine pest in plant protection legislation. Photo: promiseminime, Flickr,CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Report regulated pests

Page reviewed:  14/03/2025

If you suspect an attack by a quarantine pest, you are obliged to report it to the Swedish Board of Agriculture by filling in a report form. Here you will also find more information about new and regulated plant pests.

Quarantine pests

Which species are considered quarantine pests? The Swedish Board of Agriculture has a list of the quarantine pests in Sweden and EPPO Global Database provides information about quarantine pests worldwide.

 Plant pests that already exist in Sweden

Do you want to know more about the plant pests we already have in forestry and agriculture in Sweden? Take a look at the links below!

  • Do you want report observations of native forest pests? At SLU Skogsskada you can submit a report and also find information about many forest pests.
  • Växtskyddsnotiser – Factsheets about plant protection written mainly by researchers at SLU
  • Växtskyddsfaktablad – Here you can order the fact sheets Växtskydd-trädgård and Fakta Trädgård-fritid.
  • Read more about other invasive alien species at SLU Artdatabanken and report species observations at Artportalen (pages in Swedish).

Contact

  • SLU Risk Assessment of Plant Pests 


    Niklas Björklund, Analyst
    niklas.bjorklund@slu.se, +4618672879 , +46705082879

    Johanna Boberg, Analyst
    johanna.boberg@slu.se, +4618-671804 , +4670-6074769