Coniferous forest. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner, SLU.

Official statistics from SLU

Page reviewed:  21/05/2025

Here you'll find official statistics on the state and development of Swedish forests provided by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

SLU is responsible for official statistics on Swedish forests and their state and development. The Swedish National Forest Inventory (NFI, Riksskogstaxeringen) is responsible for the production of these statistics.

The statistics are published online annually in the form of tables, diagrams and maps.

The statistics are summarised in the publication Skogsdata and it is also possible to search among and compile NFI statistics interactively by using the Taxwebb web service.

NFI-statistics are openly available through the PX-web, simplifying customised searches and making statistics accessible via an API. 

The National Forest Inventory has 100-year-old time series of forest data making it possible to study forest development since the 1920’s, on a county level.

Official statistics provided by SLU:

JO0801 - Skogsdata - current statistics about the Swedish forests
JO0802 - Area conditions
JO0803 - Standing volume and tree biomass
JO0804 - Annual volume increment
JO0805 - Vegetation and site conditions
JO0806 - Forest damage.

In the publishing calendar of SCB you find the coming publishing dates. Select the "Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences" in the list of organisations.

Facts

All official statistics from SLU have the designation Sweden's official statistics or are marked with the symbol below.

Please note that the designation or symbol may not be used in your own processing of the official statistics.

Related links

The Swedish National Forest Inventory

SLU's Forests program

SLU's open environmental monitoring and assessment data

More about official statistics on the Statistics Sweden (SCB) website

 

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