Swedish Forest Agency

The Swedish Forest Agency
Spring in Sweden

A winding forest road through a spruce forest

About us

The Swedish Forest Agency is the national authority in charge of forest-related issues. Our main function is to promote the kind of management of Sweden's forests that enables the objectives of forest policy to be attained.

A hand holding a compass by a forest road.

Laws and regulations

The Swedish Forest Agency work to implement the forest policy. Supervision of the Forestry Act is an important part of upholding the legislation. If you are uncertain about the demands placed on your forests by the Forestry Act, please contact the forest officer in your district.

Organisation

The Forest Agency has offices in approximately 80 places in the country, with the head office in Jönköping.

International activities

The Swedish Forest Agency has been assigned the task by the Swedish government to enable an active Swedish involvement in international forest policy processes and reporting.

Statistics

The Swedish Forest Agency is a statistical agency and we are responsible for three forest statistical areas included in The Official Statistics of Sweden; "Forestry production", "Employment in forestry" and "Environment and social values in forestry".

Forest & Forestry in Sweden

This booklet provides an overview of the values and goals that are embodied in Swedish forest policy and practice today. It is produced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry in close cooperation with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå University, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation, the Federation of Swedish Family Forest Owners, the Swedish Forest Agency and the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden.