Data description

Forest attribute maps

Last changed: 16 August 2024

Forest attribute maps are digital maps that describe the condition of forests and soils. The maps include volume, basal area, basal area weighted mean height, basal area weighted mean diameter and biomass. The map products are raster maps with cells of 12.5 x 12.5 metres.

Forest attribute maps are used by private forest owners, forest officials and public authorities, among others. Data can be downloaded, maps can be viewed using interactive web tools and data can be read in various GIS programmes.

The maps are produced by processing data from Lantmäteriet's national laser scanning and sample areas from the National Forest Inventory.

The maps are continuously updated as new laser data is added.

Download data

Data can be downloaded from the website of the The Swedish Forest Agency: Ladda ner geodata (In Swedish) .

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Contact

Mats Nilsson

Metadata

Funding agency SLU, the Swedish Forest Agency
Keywords forest, forest land, trees, tree species, environment, production, timber stock, tree biomass, growth, forest damage, maps, GIS data, geodata
File format geotif
Limitations with regard to usage

Where the ground surface weighted average height is lower than 3 metres, no estimates have been made and the cell values are set to 0 in all maps.
Data access service Yes
Subject area
  • Biology
Habitat type
  • Forest
Species group
  • Vascular plants
Swedish environmental objectives
  • Sustainable forests
Related datasets

Statistics from the Swedish National Forest Inventory