List of superlative trees in Sweden

Sweden's superlative trees have been ranked by various factors. Records have been kept for trees with superlative height, wood volume, age, and stoutness. This last one means trunk diameter or girth.

Oldest clonal tree

Oldest pine

Stoutest larch

Tallest spruce

Tallest pine

Most massive deciduous tree

S. and o. juniper

S. ash

T. tree

T. juniper

S. elm

S. oak and o. tree

S. beech

S. pine

S. spruce

Tallest beech

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Superlative trees of Sweden. S= stoutest, T=Tallest, O= Oldest.

Stoutest larch

Tallest spruce

Tallest pine

Most massive deciduous tree

Stoutest and oldest juniper

Tallest tree (silver fir)

Stoutest ash

Tallest juniper

S. elm

S. oak and o. non-clonal tree

Stoutest beech

Stoutest pine

Stoutest spruce

Tallest beech

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Superlative trees in Southern Sweden. S= stoutest, O= oldest.

List of superlative trees in Sweden

Species	Record	Tree name	Location	Picture	References
Norway spruce	Oldest clonal tree in Sweden, 9500 years	Old Tjikko	Fulufjället, Älvdalen, Dalarna County		[1]
Scots pine	Oldest non-clonal pine, at least 747 years old. Formerly it was thought a pine in Muddus National Park was the oldest.	n/a	Hornslandet, Hudiksvall, Gävleborg County		[2][3]
European larch	Stoutest larch, 5.19 m.	n/a	Gävle, Gävleborg County		[4]
Scots pine	Tallest pine in Sweden, 37.8 m	n/a	Gräsmark, Sunne, Värmland County		[2]
Norway spruce	Tallest tree in Sweden, 49.3 m	n/a	Mölnbacka, Forshaga, Värmland County		[5]
Common oak	Largest deciduous tree in Sweden by volume	Ekeby oak	Ekerö, Stockholm County		[6]
Common juniper	Stoutest and oldest juniper in Sweden, 2.8 m and about 600 years old.	n/a	Rå, Askersund, Örebro County		[3]
Silver fir	Tallest tree in Sweden, 49.5 m. Rival spruces exists in Skåne (44 m) and Värmland (49.3 m). The tree is still growing and has a diameter of 3,3 m.	n/a	Omberg, Ödeshög, Östergötland County		[7][5][8]
Common ash	Stoutest ash in Sweden, 9.97 m	n/a	Djursö, Söderköping, Östergötland County		[9]
Common juniper	Tallest juniper in Sweden, 18.5 m. A 17.17 m high rival exists in Ryd, Vaggeryd.[10]	n/a	Hannäs, Åtvidaberg, Östergötland County		[11][12]
Wych elm	Stoutest wych elm in Sweden, circumference of 7.8 m	n/a	Svensbo, Torpön, Ydre, Östergötland County		[13][14]
Hybrid, likely between Nordmann fir and silver fir	Stoutest hybrid fir in Sweden, 5.3 m	n/a	Asby, Ydre, Östergötland County		[13][15]
Common oak	Oldest non-clonal tree in Sweden. Stoutest oak in Sweden, more than 1000 years old	Rumskulla oak / Kvill oak	Vimmerby, Kalmar County		[16][3]
Common beech	Stoutest beech, 8.1 m	n/a	Nääs Castle, Lerum, Västra Götaland County		[17]
Scots pine	Stoutest pine, 4.5 m	n/a	Strängsered, Ulricehamn, Västra Götaland County		[3]
Norway spruce	Stoutest pine, 5.83 m	n/a	Lindhult, Falkenberg, Halland County		[15]
Common beech	Tallest beech, 41 m.	n/a	Maltesholm, Kristianstad, Skåne County		[3]

References

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