Sweden has among the highest consumption of organic foods - 53% of Swedes buy organic food sometimes and 19% buy it as often as they can.
The Government’s target that 25% of public procurement should be organic by 2010 was not met - in 2009 they reached 9.3%.
Many Swedish cities are setting their own targets for organic: Malmö – 100% by 2020 and Södertälje - 50% by 2012.
14% of land farmland is currently organic – the Government target was 20% by 2010
New targets for organic production are being developed by the Board of Agriculture and will be included in the Rural Development Program 2014-2020.
ICA is the leading food retail company in Sweden - in 2011, sales of their organic line “I love Eco” products rose by 23%.