Protected area

Present Timeline Index

Last update: 2024-05-27

Explanation

The purpose of the statistics is to give a collected overview of the situation as regards protected areas in Sweden, and to present certain revisions and analyses of the protections status. The statistics have been produced in collaboration between The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Statistics Sweden.

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Protected areas 2023-12-31

Halland County
	Number	Total area, hectares	of which land area, hectares	Land areal of total area, %
National park	0	0	0
Nature reserve	201	28 466	17 041	59,9
Nature conservation areas	3	3 830	885	23,1
Wildlife sanctuary	25	548	88	16,1
Forest biotope protection area	222	864	862	99,8
Biotope protection area	1	2	2	100

Sweden
	Number	Total area, hectares	of which land area, hectares	Land areal of total area, %
National park	30	743 228	633 499	85,2
Nature reserve	5 544	5 207 661	4 157 250	79,8
Nature conservation areas	89	148 947	109 385	73,4
Wildlife sanctuary	1 641	103 103	63 607	61,7
Forest biotope protection area	8 840	34 278	34 207	99,8
Biotope protection area	141	620	354	57,1
Source: Statistics Sweden

Protected areas 2003-2023

Halland County
Total area, hectares
Year	National park	Nature reserve	Nature conservation areas	Wildlife sanctuary	Forest biotope protection area	Biotope protection area	Total
2003		13 333	5 111	568	181		19 193
2004		13 413	5 111	568	209		19 301
2005		13 317	5 290	568	244		19 419
2006		18 858	5 130	649	311		24 948
2007		18 891	4 954	648	358	2	24 853
2008		19 713	4 960	649	387	2	25 711
2009		19 710	4 746	648	403	2	25 509
2010		20 345	4 748	648	452	2	26 195
2011		20 593	4 745	649	483	2	26 472
2012		22 214	3 848	649	531	2	27 244
2013		23 341	3 848	649	549	2	28 389
2014		23 770	3 848	649	596	2	28 865
2015		25 081	3 848	649	630	2	30 210
2016		25 168	3 848	649	694	2	30 361
2017		25 303	3 849	649	726	2	30 529
2018		25 672	3 848	649	770	2	30 941
2019		25 942	3 848	538	796	2	31 126
2020		26 122	3 849	548	796	2	31 317
2021		26 498	3 849	548	837	2	31 734
2022		28 391	3 848	548	851	2	33 640
2023		28 466	3 830	548	864	2	33 710
of which land area, hectares
Year	National park	Nature reserve	Nature conservation areas	Wildlife sanctuary	Forest biotope protection area	Biotope protection area	Total
2003		9 867	1 500	202			11 569
2004		9 941	1 500	202			11 643
2005		9 805	1 560	202			11 567
2006		10 570	1 400	192			12 162
2007		10 644	1 400	185			12 229
2008		11 487	1 354	185			13 026
2009		11 498	1 351	185			13 034
2010		12 002	1 353	185			13 540
2011		12 252	1 366	191	483	2	13 809
2012		13 159	902	191	529	2	14 252
2013		14 214	902	191	547	2	15 307
2014		14 581	902	189	594	2	15 672
2015		15 009	902	189	628	2	16 100
2016		15 090	902	189	692	2	16 181
2017		15 224	904	189	724	2	16 317
2018		15 581	902	189	768	2	16 672
2019		15 849	902	86	794	2	16 837
2020		16 027	902	88	794	2	17 017
2021		16 470	904	88	835	2	17 462
2022		16 967	904	88	849	2	18 810
2023		17 041	885	88	862	2	18 878

Sweden
Total area, hectares
Year	National park	Nature reserve	Nature conservation areas	Wildlife sanctuary	Forest biotope protection area	Biotope protection area	Total
2003	699 830	4 021 851	200 644	107 506	10 655		5 040 486
2004	699 865	4 043 836	199 306	107 506	12 575		5 063 088
2005	699 863	4 103 085	162 740	107 506	14 825		5 088 019
2006	699 899	4 083 893	161 850	93 978	16 616		5 056 236
2007	699 396	4 196 321	133 404	93 841	18 271	191	5 141 424
2008	699 657	4 233 599	132 873	93 887	19 586	191	5 179 793
2009	737 956	4 264 107	117 996	95 267	20 245	189	5 235 760
2010	738 096	4 327 608	118 337	97 387	21 383	193	5 303 004
2011	739 448	4 397 843	108 144	94 748	22 340	220	5 362 743
2012	739 449	4 417 108	107 691	101 482	23 312	228	5 389 270
2013	739 449	4 500 875	106 942	101 476	24 131	238	5 473 111
2014	739 448	4 572 546	106 619	103 321	25 270	242	5 547 446
2015	739 450	4 599 280	108 826	103 299	26 124	246	5 577 225
2016	739 450	4 638 018	108 364	102 817	27 447	277	5 616 373
2017	741 365	4 729 954	109 761	103 211	28 598	280	5 713 169
2018	743 235	4 808 590	149 161	112 663	30 392	314	5 844 355
2019	743 238	4 850 271	148 466	112 778	30 942	336	5 886 031
2020	743 501	5 010 404	149 606	113 807	31 227	346	6 048 891
2021	743 502	5 040 985	149 346	106 858	32 713	475	6 073 879
2022	743 237	5 148 009	149 292	106 865	33 519	616	6 181 538
2023	743 228	5 207 661	148 947	103 103	34 278	620	6 237 837
of which land area, hectares
Year	National park	Nature reserve	Nature conservation areas	Wildlife sanctuary	Forest biotope protection area	Biotope protection area	Total
2003	632 475	3 416 408	141 797	60 670			4 251 350
2004	632 505	3 429 199	142 068	60 670			4 264 442
2005	632 640	3 463 008	119 950	60 670			4 276 268
2006	632 640	3 436 797	119 083	60 549			4 249 069
2007	632 568	3 519 939	85 355	64 541			4 302 403
2008	629 840	3 564 660	85 504	64 640			4 344 644
2009	631 252	3 587 354	75 972	61 053			4 355 631
2010	631 394	3 645 059	76 184	61 924			4 414 561
2011	632 165	3 685 500	71 640	60 206	22 289	219	4 472 019
2012	632 264	3 702 964	71 450	61 451	23 259	227	4 491 615
2013	632 253	3 725 834	71 159	61 321	24 075	238	4 514 880
2014	631 324	3 753 091	70 945	61 654	25 212	241	4 542 467
2015	631 325	3 771 090	73 104	61 859	26 066	243	4 563 687
2016	631 315	3 804 891	72 634	61 480	27 386	252	4 597 958
2017	633 159	3 888 516	73 508	61 815	28 535	255	4 685 788
2018	633 651	3 939 158	109 471	72 442	30 326	264	4 785 312
2019	633 653	3 974 299	108 836	72 521	30 879	285	4 820 473
2020	633 923	4 001 347	109 883	73 491	31 160	294	4 850 098
2021	633 808	4 024 449	109 611	66 655	32 643	312	4 867 478
2022	633 532	4 119 487	109 554	66 623	33 449	350	4 962 995
2023	633 499	4 157 250	109 385	63 607	34 207	354	4 998 302
Source: Statistics Sweden

Protected areas in 2003-2023. Index year 2003=100

Halland County
Total area, index year 2003=100
Year	National park	Nature reserve	Nature conservation areas	Wildlife sanctuary	Forest biotope protection area	Biotope protection area	Total
2003		100	100	100	100		100
2004		101	100	100	115		101
2005		100	104	100	135		101
2006		141	100	114	172		130
2007		142	97	114	198	100	129
2008		148	97	114	214	100	134
2009		148	93	114	223	100	133
2010		153	93	114	250	100	136
2011		154	93	114	267	100	138
2012		167	75	114	293	100	142
2013		175	75	114	303	100	148
2014		178	75	114	329	100	150
2015		188	75	114	348	100	157
2016		189	75	114	383	100	158
2017		190	75	114	401	100	159
2018		193	75	114	425	100	161
2019		195	75	95	440	100	162
2020		196	75	96	440	100	163
2021		199	75	96	462	100	165
2022		213	75	96	470	100	175
2023		214	75	96	477	100	176
of which land area, index year 2003=100
Year	National park	Nature reserve	Nature conservation areas	Wildlife sanctuary	Forest biotope protection area	Biotope protection area	Total
2003		100	100	100			100
2004		101	100	100			101
2005		99	104	100			100
2006		107	93	95			105
2007		108	93	92			106
2008		116	90	92			113
2009		117	90	92			113
2010		122	90	92			117
2011		124	91	95	100	100	119
2012		133	60	95	110	100	123
2013		144	60	95	113	100	132
2014		148	60	94	123	100	135
2015		152	60	94	130	100	139
2016		153	60	94	143	100	140
2017		154	60	94	150	100	141
2018		158	60	94	159	100	144
2019		161	60	43	164	100	146
2020		162	60	44	164	100	147
2021		167	60	44	173	100	151
2022		172	60	44	176	100	163
2023		173	59	44	178	100	163

Sweden
Total area, hectares
Year	National park	Nature reserve	Nature conservation areas	Wildlife sanctuary	Forest biotope protection area	Biotope protection area	Total
2003	100	100	100	100	100		100
2004	100	101	99	100	118		100
2005	100	102	81	100	139		101
2006	100	102	81	87	156		100
2007	100	104	66	87	171	100	102
2008	100	105	66	87	184	100	103
2009	105	106	59	89	190	99	104
2010	105	108	59	91	201	101	105
2011	106	109	54	88	210	115	106
2012	106	110	54	94	219	119	107
2013	106	112	53	94	226	125	109
2014	106	114	53	96	237	127	110
2015	106	114	54	96	245	129	111
2016	106	115	54	96	258	145	111
2017	106	118	55	96	268	147	113
2018	106	120	74	105	285	164	116
2019	106	121	74	105	290	176	117
2020	106	125	75	106	293	181	120
2021	106	125	74	99	307	249	121
2022	106	128	74	99	315	323	123
2023	106	129	74	96	322	325	124
of which land area, hectares
Year	National park	Nature reserve	Nature conservation areas	Wildlife sanctuary	Forest biotope protection area	Biotope protection area	Total
2003	100	100	100	100			100
2004	100	100	100	100			100
2005	100	101	85	100			101
2006	100	101	84	100			100
2007	100	103	60	106			101
2008	100	104	60	107			102
2009	100	105	54	101			102
2010	100	107	54	102			104
2011	100	108	51	99	100	100	105
2012	100	108	50	101	104	104	106
2013	100	109	50	101	108	109	106
2014	100	110	50	102	113	110	107
2015	100	110	52	102	117	111	107
2016	100	111	51	101	123	115	108
2017	100	114	52	102	128	116	110
2018	100	115	77	119	136	121	113
2019	100	116	77	120	139	130	113
2020	100	117	77	121	140	134	114
2021	100	118	77	110	146	142	114
2022	100	121	77	110	150	160	117
2023	100	122	77	105	153	162	118
Source: Statistics Sweden