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Farm subsidies in Sweden: summary

Data from Sweden is of a very high quality, all recipients are identified with a unique life time id that is used over all years.

Amount: SEK 69 930 522 131
Payments: 2 055 797
Recipients: 114 700
Years: 2000 - 2007
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Sweden scores 81% in farmsubsidy.org's transparency league table

Sweden: Snapshot Statistics (2006)Rank*
Total CAP spending in EU:€49 799 million (€304 per citizen)
Sweden national budget contribution to CAP:€1 310 million (€145 per citizen)8th (6th)
Total CAP spending in Sweden:€925 million (€103 per citizen)14th (8th)
Net budgetary gain or loss:-€386 million (-€43 per citizen)20th (22nd)
Total direct aid to farmers:€669 million10th
Average direct aid payment per farm:€8 8028th
Average direct aid per farm worker:€6 8546th
Average direct aid per hectare of farmland:€22211th
Proportion of farm payments going to top ten per cent of recipients:44%16th
Export subsidies:€64 million12th
Rural development:€165 million14th
*position out of 25 countries in descending order of metric
Source: farmsubsidy.org analysis based on European Commission statistics.
(1) The agricultural situation in the European Union (2006);
(2) EU budget 2006 - Financial Report;
(3) Indicative figures on direct aid payments to producers (2005).


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Top recipients for Sweden

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NameTotal payment to date (SEK)(conversion*)
DANISCO SUGAR AB1 099 458 642(€120 390 577)
ARLA FOODS AB1 023 476 810(€112 804 359)
SVERIGES STÄRKELSEPROD FÖRENING379 232 184(€41 983 190)
UHRENHOLT288 619 617(€31 541 401)
SVENSKA LANTMÄNNEN EK FÖR213 371 071(€23 149 459)
MILKO SVERIGE AB158 993 960(€17 448 505)
LÄNSSTYRELSEN I VÄSTRA GÖTALAND156 789 518(€17 190 761)
LÄNSSTYRELSEN I SKÅNE LÄN153 387 873(€16 826 395)
NORRMEJERIER135 361 409(€14 929 454)
SVENSKA LANTMÄNNENS RIKSF EK FÖR123 195 946(€14 431 568)
KORN OG FODERSTOF KOMPAGNIET A/S103 727 924(€11 998 566)
STIFTELSEN LANTBRUKSFORSKNING94 000 000(€10 260 776)
STATENS JORDBRUKSVERK93 554 852(€10 630 833)
SYDGRÖNT EK FÖR90 530 331(€9 910 080)
LANTBRUKARNAS EKONOMI AB87 779 304(€9 590 282)
EWALCO FOOD TRADING AB84 774 753(€9 503 186)
HOOGWEGT INTERNATIONAL BV82 341 833(€9 020 387)
KRAFT FOODS SVERIGE AB82 031 383(€9 050 324)
SKOGSSTYRELSEN79 979 025(€8 878 178)
LÄNSSTYRELSEN I KALMAR LÄN68 975 016(€7 584 102)
*converted at yearly mean conversion rates

Regional Breakdown for Sweden

| ALL | BLEKINGE LÄN | DALARNAS LÄN | GÄVLEBORGS LÄN | GOTLANDS LÄN | HALLANDS LÄN | JÄMTLANDS LÄN | JÖNKÖPINGS LÄN | KALMAR LÄN | KRONOBERGS LÄN | NORRBOTTENS LÄN | ÖREBRO LÄN | ÖSTERGÖTLANDS LÄN | SKÅNE LÄN | SÖDERMANLANDS LÄN | STOCKHOLMS LÄN | UPPSALA LÄN | VÄRMLANDS LÄN | VÄSTERBOTTENS LÄN | VÄSTERNORRLANDS LÄN | VÄSTMANLANDS LÄN | VÄSTRA GÖTALANDS LÄN | OUTSIDE SWEDEN |