Forest owners notified and applied for final felling on 252,438 hectares of forest land in 2025, up 3% from 2024, with the notified area for regeneration felling in normal forest under Section 14 of the Forestry Act up 6% and the area of applications for regeneration felling in montane forests down 47%, according to the Swedish Forest Agency.
The Swedish Forest Agency received 59,582 notifications of regeneration felling in normal forest covering 241,646 hectares in 2025, up 6% from 2024 and about the same level as in 2023.
In Southern Norrland and Northern Norrland, the area covered by received notifications increased 21% and 10%, respectively, compared with 2024, while the area decreased 2% in Svealand and 3% in Götaland.
Jämtland county recorded the largest regional increase at 35%, followed by Gävleborg and Västerbotten counties at 13% each, while the largest decrease was in Gotland county at 19%, followed by Södermanland and Jönköping counties at 17% each.
Individual forest owners notified 135,033 hectares for regeneration felling in 2025, up 1% from 2024, while other forest owners notified 106,613 hectares, up 15%.
The average area per notification of regeneration felling was 4.1 hectares in 2025, matching the average for the previous ten years.
The area of applications for permits for regeneration felling in montane forest fell 47% to 4,763 hectares, compared with a ten-year average of 7,360 hectares, and the area of applications for permits for regeneration felling of valuable broad-leaved forest fell 22% to 975 hectares, compared with a ten-year average of 1,282 hectares.
Forest owners notified and applied for final felling on 5,056 hectares in 2025 for purposes other than timber production, including 4,705 hectares in normal forest, 199 hectares in montane forest, and 152 hectares in valuable broad-leaved forest.
Compared with 2024, the notified area for non-timber purposes fell 41% in normal forest, while the area applied for increased almost threefold in valuable broad-leaved forest and rose to just over double in montane forest.
