There are approximately 375 wolves in Sweden today, according to the inventory from winter 2023/24. This is a decrease compared to the previous winter, when there were around 450 wolves.
The change was expected, and it matches the number of wolves that have been culled during hunting and licensing.
"We have today's management tools that create a function to track the number of wolves and influence development in a controlled manner towards the decided political goals," says Mona HansErs, head of the wildlife analysis unit at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, in a press release.
The inventory shows that even though the total population has decreased, the establishment in southern Sweden continues. In the spring of 2021, wolf cubs were born in Skåne and Jönköping counties for the first time in over 150 years. Although the total number of territories in southern Sweden has not increased, more counties in southern Sweden have received wolf territories, writes the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
