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Geological mapping surveys

SGU is mapping Sweden's bedrock, soil and groundwater. We have the responsibility to fulfil society’s need for geological information.

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Väderöarna are a group of islands and islets in the archipelago outside of Fjällbacka.

Photo: Henrik Trygg/imagebank.sweden.se

New decision-making procedures for permits to explore the continental shelf

An amendment to the Swedish Continental Shelf Ordinance will enter into force on 1 July 2022. The amendment means that, with a few exceptions, the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) will become the decision-making authority for applications relating to surveying of the continental shelf.
6 July 2022
Sample with sediment core from Utsjön.

Photo: Sara Josefsson/Olof Larsson, SGU

New report on contaminants in Swedish sea areas

SGU has since 2003 investigated the levels of metals and organic contaminants in sediments on the Swedish sea floor, both in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The results, including the latest survey in 2020/2021, are now published in a new report. Among the results are unexpectedly high levels of fluorinated compounds, so called PFASs, in the Gulf of Bothnia.
29 June 2022
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17 March 2022
New version of BetterGeo mod for Minecraft
22 December 2021
The FRAME project shows the potential for critical raw materials in Europe
10 November 2021

Geological information for mineral exploration

A very important part of SGUs responsibility is to survey and document the geology of Sweden – not least with a view to facilitate mineral exploration.

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Critical raw materials

Critical materials are defined according to two main criteria for each individual raw material: its economic importance for the European industry and its supply risk, that is, the risk of interruptions in the supply to Europe.

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