Unchanged area of notified fellings in August

Nyhet | Statistik - 16 September 2025

The most recent statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency show that the area notified or applied for felling in August was unchanged, compared to August 2024. The area regarding applications for permits for felling in montane forests decreased 46 percent, compared to the same month last year.

Experience has shown that statistics regarding notifications and applications can vary from month to month due to the forestry planning of various stakeholders. It is therefore important to be careful when analyzing the monthly data and to not draw conclusions about the planned felling.

The area of received notifications and applications for permits for felling was 18,964 hectares in August, which was unchanged, compared to August 2024. Of this area, applications for permits for felling of montane forests represented 137 hectares, compared with 255 hectares in the same month last year.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country in August over the previous five years, this is a decrease of 20 percent. Compared to the average area in August for the previous ten years, this is a decrease of 23 percent.

Notifications and applications on the regional level in August

The area of notifications and applications increased in three out of four regions, compared to the same month last year.

• Northern Norrland – increase of 674 hectares (+15 percent)
• Southern Norrland – increase of 143 hectares (+3 percent)
• Svealand – decrease of 1,097 hectares (-20 percent)
• Götaland – increase of 190 hectares (+5 percent)

A 14 percent increase in the area covered by notifications and applications so far this year

From January to August, the area of notifications and applications for permits for felling was 164,798 hectares, which is an increase of 14 percent compared to the same period last year. So far this year, the area concerning applications for permits for felling of montane forests is 2,742 hectares, for the corresponding period last year the area was 2,561 hectares.

In Northern Norrland, the area notified and applied for has increased by 25 percent, in Southern Norrland by 33 percent, in Svealand by 13 percent and in Götaland by 10 percent.

Compared to the average area of notifications and applications for the country for the corresponding period for the previous five years, this is an increase of 5 percent. Compared to the corresponding period for the previous ten years, this is an increase of 4 percent.

Explanation

An increase or decrease in notifications and applications for permits for felling does not necessarily mean that the area of actual felling has increased or decreased to the same extent.

Statistics refer to total notifications for felling and applications for permission on productive forest land for felling in montane forest and valuable broad-leaved forest.

The statistics are part of the Official statistics of Sweden.

We publish all results in our statistical database.