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IV.
FORESTRY.
1. FORESTS.
Of the 41 million hectares constituting the total area of Sweden, if the
inland waters be neglected, it is estimated that, at the present moment, 21-6
million, i. e. about 52 %, or somewhat more than half, is covered by forests.
Among all the countries of Europe it is seen that only Finland has a larger
proportion of its surface covered with timber than Sweden. The average
figure for Europe as a whole is 33 %; that for the western portion of the
continent not more than 25 %.
On an average, Europe has about 74 hectares of forest-land for every
100 inhabitants. Western Europe, however, has only 37, while the figure
for Sweden is 392. In this respect, too, Sweden stands next to Finland
among the countries of Europe. A comparison between Sweden and some
other countries from this point of view is given by the diagram on page
167.
If we deduct from the total land-area of Sweden that part which is
employed for higher cultural purposes than the production of timber,
viz. for building sites and gardens, cultivated land and natural
meadow-land — altogether 5 million hectares — there remain, in round numbers, 36
million hectares of "cutfieW-lanld.1 Of this area, about 7 millions hectares
lie above the pine-forest limit in the Läns of Kopparberg, Jämtland,
Västerbotten, and Norrbotten. By far the greater part of this soil is the
property of the State; fell-land belonging to private individuals is found
1 Outfield land is that part of the total area of the country which remains after the
deduction of arable land and natural meadows.
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