Areas of national interest, hectares 1999
Region
For nature conservation
For outdoor recreation
Nature conservation
Outdoor protection
No.
Area
Protected (NP, NR, NVO)
Not protected
Protected
Stockholm County
53
490 200
9
474 600
84 678
405 522
66 444
408 156
Uppsala County
83
134 200
2
34 000
26 663
116 537
2 720
31 280
Södermanland County
80
190 000
12
211 500
37 117
152 883
31 725
179 775
Östergötland County
106
212 800
7
151 900
40 741
172 059
28 861
123 039
Jönköping County
143
134 800
6
32 900
15 275
119 525
7 567
25 333
Kronoberg County
63
82 300
4
71 500
11 569
70 731
12 155
59 345
Kalmar County
101
315 700
13
176 800
35 132
280 568
17 680
159 120
Gotland County
93
138 900
72 900
87 320
51 580
7 290
65 610
Blekinge County
42
75 300
49 600
11 967
63 333
7 440
42 160
Skåne County
91
297 300
180 100
69 084
228 216
11 440
168 660
Halland County
56
181 100
15
146 500
16 881
164 219
10 255
136 245
Västra Götaland County
194
775 300
34
652 500
169 317
605 983
94 764
557 736
Värmland County
73
188 800
224 300
101 099
87 701
74 019
150 281
Örebro County
78
67 800
3
65 400
25 481
42 319
17 658
47 742
Västmanland County
54
51 700
50 200
39 157
12 543
25 602
24 598
Dalarna County
158
395 400
20
608 100
237 214
158 186
133 782
474 318
Gävleborg County
262 100
276 500
29 678
232 422
2 765
273 735
Västernorrland County
94
453 700
10
127 300
27 468
426 232
7 638
119 662
Jämtland County
128
1 265 800
16
1 487 500
442 919
822 881
223 125
1 264 375
Västerbotten County
131
1 324 300
1 311 600
785 952
538 348
682 032
629 568
Norrbotten County
72
3 367 500
4 492 400
1 499 534
1 867 966
853 556
3 638 844
Sweden
1 999
10 405 000
215
10 898 100
3 799 084
6 614 916
2 397 582
8 500 518
Source: Statistics Sweden and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
NP National park, NR Nature reserves, NVO Nature management areas