Swedish National Forest Inventory

SLU's official forest statistics are now even easier to find – available on Sweden’s and the EU’s data portals!

SLU's official statistics on the state and changes of forests produced by the Swedish National Forest Inventory have long been accessible as open data in machine-readable formats in PxWeb. Now, we’ve

Database led to breakthrough in forest research

Collaboration can be the catalyst for groundbreaking research, as demonstrated by the GFBI database, which has led to major breakthroughs in biodiversity science. Systematic forest data have been

ENFIN network becomes formal organisation

For more than 20 years, European forest inventories have collaborated under the ENFIN umbrella. The ENFIN network has now become a formal organisation, marking a milestone on the road to a common NFI

Official statistics

Here you'll find official statistics on the state and development of Swedish forests. SLU is responsible for official statistics on Swedish forests and their state and development. The Swedish

Swedish NFI book launched at IUFRO

During the IUFRO World conference, SLU launched an abbreviated English version of the book about Swedish forests over the last century. The book describes the history of the Swedish National Forest

Webbinarium: Skogsdata 2024

henrik.j.persson@slu.se Ny statistik och resultat från Riksskogstaxeringens artinriktade inventeringar. Fotograf: Åke Bruhn, SLU. Artinventering i Ydre, Östergötland. SLU Riksskogstaxeringen

EU:s nya markdirektiv har potential men kräver ändringar

The European Commission's proposal for a directive to protect and restore soil, the Soil Monitoring Law, has the potential to contribute to more sustainable land use. In the long term, it would

TaxWebb modified

TaxWebb is the popular interactive analysis tool from the Swedish NFI that enables customized statistics for any user. Until now, TaxWebb has enabled estimates for productive forest land outside

New maps enable tracking of carbon stocks

Data and maps on carbon stocks are hard to come by and typically require processing by expert researchers. Thanks to a joint project between SLU and National forest data lab, these are now available

How the Swedish NFI handles open data

The Swedish national forest inventory – Riksskogstaxeringen – with its uniquely long time series, has developed its own way of working with open data, combining openness with confidentiality. 2023

ICP Forests: pioneers on tree health monitoring

A fear of dying and declining forests kickstarted ICP Forests – a 40-year-old programme for monitoring air pollution, and a great example of how global programmes can be harmonised with national ones

The Swedish National Forest Inventory

SLU National Forest Inventory About the Swedish NFI 101 years of experience in forest inventory The Swedish National Forest Inventory has the task of describing the state and changes in Sweden's