European Animals Sweden

The Scandinavian country of Sweden stretches along the Baltic Sea. It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the East. It is the third-largest country in Europe and has a milder climate than the other Scandinavian countries. However, since it is located on the Arctic Circle it had long and harsh winters. Sweden welcomes visitors with unspoiled forests and scenic Alpine lakes.

Official National Animal

The Moose

Official National Bird

Blackbird

Native Animals

Reindeer which are also called caribou are a species of deer found in the northernmost parts of the globe. You can expect to see deer from northern Alaska and Canada to Siberia and northern Scandinavia.

Eurasian lynxes are a species of wild cats that are native to northern, central, and eastern Europe even as far as the Himalayas, Siberia, and the Tibetan Plateau. These animals hide at great elevations in the mountains. The hunting of Eurasian lynxes is controlled in Sweden and the country has about 1,250 of these animals.

European rabbits are also known as coneys, a species of rabbit native to western France, the Iberian Peninsula, and northwestern Africa. They have been introduced to many other parts of Europe including Sweden. Unfortunately, these rabbits are threatened by predators like lynxes and eagles as well as habitat loss.

Arctic foxes are also called polar foxes, white foxes, or snow foxes. These are native to Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They adapt to living in extremely cold environments due to their thick, warm, white fur, There are fewer than 200 adult foxes in Sweden, Norway, and Finland combined.

Eurasian otters are also referred to as European otters, river otters, and Old World otters. They are a species of semi-aquatic mammal that are native to much of Eurasia. They can be found all over Sweden making their homes near freshwater ways.

Wolverines are also known as carcajous and are the largest terrestrial species of mustelid. They make their homes in the northern parts of Sweden and there are a couple of hundred living in the country.

Eurasian beavers are also referred to as European beavers and are native to much of Europe as well as western and central Asia. Unfortunately, they’ve been hunted to near extinction, They make their homes around rivers in hilly mountainous areas.

Brown bears are one of the largest species of bears in the world. They also count as one of the largest carnivores in the world and are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. These are omnivores that feed on anything they can.

Red squirrels are native to both Europe and Asia. They are herbivorous and arboreal feeding on nuts and seeds. Squirrels are common in Sweden and were even part of Norse mythology.

Raccoon dogs are also called Asian raccoon dogs or Chinese raccoon dogs. They are abundant in Sweden and other northern countries like Norway and Denmark.

Gray wolves are a large species of canines native to the Northern Hemisphere. They feed on hoofed mammals like reindeer and other deer.

Eurasian badgers are a species of mustelids native to practically all of Europe. These animals are omnivores and feed on small mammals, tubers, cereals, and carrion, They make their homes in deciduous and mixed woodlands, pasturelands, and shrublands.

European pine martens are also called sweet martens or European martens. These are a species of mustelids native to Europe, the Middle East, and western Asia. They feed on birds, bird eggs, nuts, and seeds.

Birds

Eurasian cranes or common cranes are birds native to much of Eurasia. Sweden has one of the largest breeding populations of these birds.

Razorbills are also known as lesser auks. They are a species of seabirds native to the coastlines of the Atlantic. 

White-tailed eagles are a large species of eagles native to temperate Eurasia and can be found in southernmost Sweden, They make their homes around bodies of water.

Marine Animals

Harbor seals are a species of seals that are native to temperate and Arctic coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. They live in the southern and western parts of Sweden.

Harbor porpoises are the only species of whale that breed in Swedish waters.

Ringed seals are a species of seals that are native to the sub-Arctic and the Arctic regions in the world.

Long-finned pilot whales are a large species of oceanic dolphin native to the southernmost parts of the world as well as the northern half of the Atlantic Ocean and the Baltic Sea and Sweden,

Endangered Animals

European bison

European otter

Musk Ox

Fin whale

Two bat species – the pond bat and Bechstein’s bat

European bison