Results from 2017 year population estimate shows that there are about 2900 Bears in Sweden.
There are about as many bears as it was years 2013 when the last national population calculation was done and showed a profit of about 2800 bears. Bear population is thus still above the reference value of the favorable conservation status, at least 1400 individuals.
The confidence interval for the population calculation is 2771 – 2980. The range shows the uncertainty in population estimates. The external values in the intervals are less likely than the average is 2877.
DNA to bear in Scandinavia
Under 2017 shot just 300 bears in protection- and hunting license corresponding to approximately 10 percent of population 2017.
- Overall, for the whole country keeps bear population stable. Neither the national or regional level shows no statistically significant change between 2013 och 2017, saysJens Andersson, officer at the Environmental Protection Agency's game analysis.
> Facts bear on naturvardsverket.se