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.
Protected areas 2022-12-31
Skåne County
Number
Total area, hectares
of which land area, hectares
Land areal of total area, %
National park
3
2 056
1 953
95,0
Nature reserve
354
156 525
33 632
21,5
Nature conservation areas
8
5 688
5 513
96,9
Wildlife sanctuary
90
10 216
2 338
22,9
Forest biotope protection area
545
1 163
1 160
99,7
Biotope protection area
13
32
31
97
Sweden
30
743 237
633 532
85,2
5 440
5 148 009
4 119 487
80,0
89
149 292
109 554
73,4
1 576
106 865
66 623
62,3
8 737
33 519
33 449
99,8
139
616
350
56,8
Source: Statistics Sweden
Protected areas 2002-2022
Year
Total
2002
1 964
64 204
6 476
9 181
341
82 166
2003
2 073
65 082
6 415
406
83 157
2004
65 153
457
83 279
2005
65 670
6 444
514
83 882
2006
65 892
2 317
624
77 241
2007
2 070
67 992
5 456
2 315
687
78 520
2008
69 519
5 462
724
80 095
2009
2 058
69 430
5 058
2 254
740
79 540
2010
71 247
2 280
794
81 437
2011
2 057
71 994