We've been wondering how many Swedes have motorhomes, but now we don't have to wonder anymore... On the information company InfoTorg, we found an article from July 2009, which states that there are 19,000 privately owned motorhomes in Sweden (if you want, you can compare this to 270,000 caravans!).
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On average, there are 2 motorhomes per 1000 inhabitants in Sweden. For some reason, motorhomes seem to be most popular on islands. On Orust there are 8 motorhomes/1000 inhabitants and on Gotland 4.5 motorhomes/1000 inhabitants.
Less common in Stockholm
Stockholmers, however, do not seem to be particularly interested in motorhomes... In the capital, there is only 1 motorhome/1000 inhabitants. The most disinterested are the residents of Solna, who have only 0.4 motorhomes per inhabitant. We also found statistics on motorhome ownership in all counties and municipalities on Infotog (update: these statistics no longer seem to exist), but can anyone explain why Stockholmers don't use motorhomes?
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Margareta Jonilson says:
Hi Helena,
I have just spoken to the Swedish Transport Agency, which says that the number of motorhomes registered in Sweden is 43,983. If you remove the cars that are owned by a legal entity and have floating insurance (i.e. those that are with dealers), there are 40,355 motorhomes left.
Of these, 11,500 have been cancelled, but we are still not down to 19,000 motorhomes on the road in Sweden, but rather 30,000.
Just wondering how InfoTorg has arrived at its figure. Haven't got hold of them today, but continue to search for them.
Have fun!
Margareta/Nomadliv
22 September 2009 - 13:51
admin says:
Hi Margareta!
Very interesting! The difference in the figures is really remarkably large, so now you wonder how InfoTorg got their data. Please return if you get more clarity in the matter, and I will follow up on the blog! /Helena
22 September 2009 - 16:40
Margareta Jonilson says:
Hello again,
Although I have not yet been in contact with InfoTorg, I have been in contact with the Swedish Caravan Industry Association. They believe that InfoTorg has simply made a typing error.
At the end of last year, Statistics Sweden stated that there were 49,186 motorhomes in Sweden. This includes those that are cancelled and those that are in the hands of dealers.
So why does the Swedish Transport Agency say that it is less than 44,000? Well, because they only take into account newly registered cars and in the case of new registration of directly imported cars (a phenomenon that was huge until last autumn's fall of the krona), only the last three model years are counted.
In May 2008, about 240 mobile homes were imported into Sweden via direct import, but only ninety of these were included in the Transport Agency's statistics.
In other words: There are more like 50,000 motorhomes in Sweden than 20,000!!!!
Greetings, Margareta
22 September 2009 - 19:26
admin says:
It seems that the figures from InfoTorg can't be correct... But on the other hand, it can hardly be a typo either, they state the number of motorhomes for each county, and when these are added up they get the total of 19,000... It would be interesting to follow up on this! Let me know if you get in touch with InfoTorg tomorrow! /Helena
22 September 2009 - 22:05
Ama de casa says:
Hello!
Will definitely check the blog tomorrow!
Though I will probably never give up camping 🙂 .
Sleep well 🙂
22 September 2009 - 22:40
admin says:
Tents also seem cosy 😉 And travelling around with a car and a tent must also give you a sense of freedom...!
23 September 2009 - 7:14
me and the pygmy pony says:
Stockholmers are generally not very vehicle orientated. And of the categories of motorhomes available, the Stockholmers don't really fit in. New ones cost millions and city dwellers have other things to spend their money on. Used motorhomes at a tenth of the price often need mechanics, something the city dweller lacks.
27 August 2011 - 10:31