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Wildfires in Gävleborg
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 230 km² of Gävleborg at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 21 km², ranking 3rd of 21 regions of Sweden.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2018, with 138 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 8.9 km². The 2021–2025 average is 16% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
May, June and July together hold 52% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 18 July 2018, with detections in 97 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 230 km² with at least one detection, 3.1% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 220 | 96% |
| 2 years | 3.0 | 1.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1.8 | 0.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.8 | 0.8% |
| 11 years or more | 3.6 | 1.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 60.75, 16.75 and holds 59% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9.0 | 105 |
| 2013 | 17 | 108 |
| 2014 | 13 | 115 |
| 2015 | 9.0 | 117 |
| 2016 | 11 | 117 |
| 2017 | 9.1 | 107 |
| 2018 | 138 | 597 |
| 2019 | 8.9 | 100 |
| 2020 | 17 | 115 |
| 2021 | 12 | 117 |
| 2022 | 13 | 100 |
| 2023 | 13 | 89 |
| 2024 | 17 | 88 |
| 2025 | 13 | 84 |
Other regions of Sweden
- Västra Götaland31 km² in an average year
- Norrbotten24 km² in an average year
- Dalarna20 km² in an average year
- Skåne16 km² in an average year
- Västmanland16 km² in an average year
- Västerbotten13 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Dalarna61 km
- Finland Proper, Finland306 km
- Gotland352 km
- Västra Götaland376 km
- Telemark, Norway423 km
- Sør-Trøndelag, Norway479 km