The largest allocation is in Örebro County, where 18 animals may be shot. In Södermanland County, the quota is 12 wolves and in Västmanland, Dalarna and Västra Götaland counties, 6 wolves each may be shot, the county administrative board writes in a press release.
The hunt continues until the county administrative board cancels it, or at the latest until February 15th.
However, the Värmland County Administrative Board has decided that there will be no wolf hunting in 2026. The reason is that the population in the county has decreased.
This means that the estimated hunting harvest for the winter hunting season will take place elsewhere in the management area where the concentration of wolves is greater, says Hanna Kekkonen, game officer at the Värmland County Administrative Board, to NWT .
The latest inventory shows that there are approximately 355 wolves in Sweden. The government has decided that the so-called reference value for wolves should be 170.
The reference value means the lowest number of individuals that is deemed necessary at the national level without the species becoming extinct.
The reduction in the wolf population will take place "gradually and in a controlled manner", in a first step to 270 wolves after the licensed hunt in 2026, the county administrative board writes.
Last winter, the allocation in the country was 30 wolves, of which 25 were shot.
