Public Forests.
The greater part of the public forests, including those not belonging to
the State, are either managed by, or stand under the superintendence of
the Crown Lands Board, which also has the administration of the agricultural
domains belonging to the State.
The area of the public forests amounted to 8 964663 hectares in 1913.
The corresponding figure for 1911 (for which year more complete returns
are available) was 8 958 448 hectares, 4 988 912 hectares of this consisting
of timber-producing land, and 3 969 536 hectares of irreclaimable land.
Among these forests are included such as belong to hundreds and communes
viz.:
Forests belonging to the Hundreds etc. (Commons) 98 937 hectares
> > > > T o w n s ................................................ 34 947 >
» » > » Parishes ( ru r a l) ................................. 559 601 >
Total (1913) 693 485 hectares
A) The State Forests, in the wide sense of the word in which the term
has been employed, above, were distributed as follows, the areas being given
in hectares. (The irreclaimable land is, as a rule, included.)1
In 1890 In 1900 In 1913
Crown P a r k s ........................................
Crown lands not yet organized8 . . .
Forests of the Crown Domains . . .
> 1 1 civil tenures3 . . . .
Plantations on drift-sands....................
3 408 751
1049 249
240 710
16 920
1397
4 518 066
927 671
171518
14 055
1333
4 679 968
1204 051
136 565
12105
1349
Total A 4 717 027 5 632 643 6 034 038
Forests let to Mining Cos....................
Forests let to Saw-mill Cos.4 . . . .
Belonging to ecclesiastical benefices .
> > public institutions . . .
> > Crown farms6 ................
40 604
269 070
342 083
33 379
1472 907
32 572
119 835
348 952
43 347
1128 044
36 109
52 959
353 655
40 844
699 300
Total B 2 158 043 1672 750 1 182 867
Grand total hectares 6 875 070 7 305 893 7 216 905
In addition to the above, there are the forests on the reindeer grazing-
grounds on the fells, which grounds embraced 1 051 065 hectares in 1913.
Of this area, however, 887 398 hectares consisted of naked fells and other
irreclaimable land, while 3 208 hectares were smaller plots of Crown
lands let on lease (Sw- “kronolagenheter”), islands, and skerries. The
diminution in the area of the forests belonging to the State as shown by
1 In part tbere are also included in these figures other public forests than those of the
State; cf. the text. — 3 (Sw. “overloppsmarker”) Grounds left in possession of the State
after delimitation (y. p. I, 226.), or which have not been delimitated but which are considered
to remain State property after the delimitation is completed, & 8 Held by Civil
Servants of various classes. ¡Si 4 The “stockSngst" forests as they are called. — 6 Inclusive
of the woods belonging to new settlements. Crown farms (Sw. “kronohemman”) are
Area of Forests.
1913.
By Ians.
The green circles
show the areas
under forest within
each lan, on
the same scale as
farms held on lease from the Crown, against payment of special dues. Gen.Srab:Lit A nsr Stockholm