Sweden! - International Federation of Agricultural Journalists
Sweden! - International Federation of Agricultural Journalists
Sweden! - International Federation of Agricultural Journalists
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SOLUTIONS FOR A GREEN FUTURE 37<br />
rests <strong>of</strong> beech and oak in the southern part<br />
<strong>of</strong> the country. In <strong>Sweden</strong>, it is predominantly<br />
the conifers spruce and pine that are<br />
used in the industry, which is in contrast<br />
to, for example, the Baltic countries, where<br />
a lot <strong>of</strong> deciduous trees are used.<br />
In <strong>Sweden</strong>, business involving deciduous<br />
trees has the potential to be further<br />
developed.<br />
38 percent <strong>of</strong> forest owners are female<br />
Approximately half <strong>of</strong> the forest land in<br />
<strong>Sweden</strong> is owned by individuals. There are<br />
more than 330,000 individual forest owners<br />
who own about 228,000 forest farms.<br />
Around 38 percent <strong>of</strong> the forest owners are<br />
women.<br />
It is common that forest land is owned<br />
collectively by several family members,<br />
such as siblings or cousins. One trend is<br />
that more and more people own forest<br />
without living on the land. Out <strong>of</strong> all the<br />
forest farms in <strong>Sweden</strong>, 26 % are owned by<br />
persons who do not live on the farms but<br />
in towns or cities instead. 6 % are owned<br />
partly by persons not living on the farm.<br />
A lot <strong>of</strong> the people who live on their forest<br />
land also have agriculture.<br />
The forest owners are divided as follows:<br />
50 percent individuals, 26 percent privately-owned<br />
limited companies, 14 percent<br />
state-owned limited companies, 6 percent<br />
other private owners, 3 percent state and 1<br />
percent other community owners. 4
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