The World of Apples

Apples of Sweden

22 varieties in the atlas came from Sweden. The oldest is Åkerö, dated mid-18th century.

Map of where the apple varieties in the atlas came from A map of the world on the Equal Earth projection, with a dot for each variety at its place of origin.

Harvest

Sweden grew 30,900 tonnes of apples in 2024, 0.03% of the world's harvest; it ranked 68th among the world's producers.1

1961 2024
The figures
YearTonnes
2024 30,900
2023 32,170
2022 31,540
2021 32,230
2020 29,360
2019 22,210
2018 30,610
2017 22,130
2016 26,280
2015 25,350
2014 24,580
2013 27,400
2012 23,390
2011 20,684
2010 23,500
2009 21,000
2008 22,200
2007 21,000
2006 24,000
2005 17,683
2004 18,500
2003 21,515
2002 18,005
2001 19,900
2000 21,900
1999 18,000
1998 16,000
1997 19,000
1996 17,000
1995 18,000
1994 18,000
1993 18,000
1992 17,000
1991 17,000
1990 16,883
1989 165,000
1988 130,000
1987 86,000
1986 134,000
1985 136,100
1984 121,000
1983 133,000
1982 129,523
1981 145,450
1980 119,026
1979 171,373
1978 121,700
1977 136,600
1976 144,300
1975 155,300
1974 114,000
1973 131,700
1972 132,500
1971 147,900
1970 145,500
1969 117,000
1968 152,000
1967 169,000
1966 117,000
1965 115,000
1964 183,000
1963 136,000
1962 161,000
1961 100,000

Estimated or imputed by FAOSTAT, not a figure the country reported.

Varieties from Sweden, oldest first

  • Photograph of Åkerö apples at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, on the tree.

    Åkerö

    Named after a Södermanland manor where its 18th-century mother tree still stood in 2020; described by Eneroth in 1858

    Sweden, mid-18th century

  • Photograph of Aroma apples at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, on the tree.

    Aroma

    Crossed in 1947 from Ingrid Marie and Filippa and released by Balsgård in 1973; second in Swedish orchards in 2023

    Sweden, 1947

And 20 more in the catalogue, A to Z

Sources

  1. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Updated 31 December 2025. Supports: each country's apple harvest by year (item 515, apples, in tonnes, 1961 to 2024), the shares of the world's harvest and the ranks worked out from them, and which figures FAOSTAT estimated or imputed.