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Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland · country dossier

Sweden

Investors attributed to Sweden reported holding 707K acres of US agricultural land as of 2024-12-31 — 1.5% of all foreign-held US farmland, across 176 holdings.

Acres (2024)
706,985
Share of foreign-held
1.5%
Holdings
176
Held as ownership
79%

Fifteen-year trend

Reported Sweden holdings grew from 86K acres in 2010 to 707K in 2024. Figures are reported holdings under AFIDA — self-reported minimums that include leases of ten years or longer.

YearReported acres
2024706,985
2023696,702
2022698,228
2021688,801
2020354,093
2019357,581
2018217,554
2017248,583
2016248,583
2015165,584
2014160,967
2013154,586
2012156,062
201185,678
201085,678

Where, and what kind of land

Largest states

Texas367,416 ac
Oregon156,763 ac
Colorado47,367 ac
Arkansas39,487 ac
Washington28,391 ac
Louisiana20,781 ac
Wisconsin10,271 ac
Georgia8,210 ac

Land use (acres)

Forest596K
Cropland58K
Pasture10K
Other agricultural25K
Non-agricultural18K

Aggregated from the USDA FSA AFIDA detailed holdings files (public domain) — see the full dataset, methodology, and the register's documented defects at Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland. Country is the reported first-tier investor, not a verified ultimate parent. Aggregate-level only; no record-level owner names. Keyless JSON for all countries: /foreign-farmland/index.json. CC0.