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Den svenska rödlistan

March 2026

Metadata

Identifier
DOI
Funding agency
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Keywords
Endangered animal species, endangered plant species, endangered species, IUCN, nature conservation, biodiversity, near-threatened species, Red List assessment, the Red List, threatened species
Data citation

Information on how to cite individual datasets can be found in each dataset’s catalogue entry.

File format
csv, xlsx
Language
Swedish
Subject area
  • Biology
Habitat type
  • Mountainous landscapes
  • Coast and sea
  • Agricultural landscapes
  • Lakes and streams
  • Forest
  • Wetlands
  • Urban environments
Species group
  • Algae
  • Mammals
  • Fish
  • Birds
  • Amphibians and reptiles
  • Invertebrates
  • Vascular plants
  • Lichens
  • Mosses
  • Fungi
Swedish environmental objectives
  • A rich diversity of plant and animal life
Related tools and applications

Information on the species on the Red List is available in Artfakta - facts and information about Swedish species.

Swedish Species Information Centre at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Contact

rodlista@slu.se

Red listing is a method developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to assess species’ risk of extinction. The Swedish Red List is compiled by the Swedish Species Information Centre at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and is a compilation of the extinction risk of species in Sweden. The Red List provides an important knowledge base for monitoring environmental objectives and for identifying and prioritizing nature conservation efforts.

To date, six Red Lists have been published for Sweden using the IUCN's categories and criteria for red listing. The 2025 Red List was adopted on 24 March 2026 and will remain valid until the next Red List is published.

The 2020 and 2025 Red List datasets are available via the Researchdata.se portal. The published datasets include information on:

  • Species that are categorized as red-listed
  • The criteria leading to the red-list category and supporting documentation
  • The categories they are listed in: Regionally Extinct (RE), Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN), Vulnerable (VU), Near Threatened (NT) or Data Deficient (DD)
  • Factors that may have a negative impact on the species’ survival in Sweden
  • Information about the species' regional occurrence, and their association with landscape types, biotopes and substrates.

Artfakta.se displays the current Red List status of species, as well as previous assessments dating back to 2000. As Artfakta.se is updated continuously based on new knowledge and taxonomic changes, the taxonomy of species and their association with landscape types, biotopes, and substrates may differ over time from the datasets on Researchdata.se.

Further information about the Red Lists and the Red List assessment process is available on the Artdatabanken website (In Swedish).

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