Black grouse hunting season 2026/27
General hunting season for black grouse in the hunting year 2026/27: cocks: 1 January to 31 January. Below: the law text per animal, the counties with other dates, and the decisions the county boards have published.
General season, whole country
- cocks
1 January to 31 January
Exceptions per county
Where a county has its own line in the Hunting Ordinance, it replaces the national dates. The dates below apply instead of the table above.
Stockholm County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Uppsala County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Södermanland County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Östergötland County
- All animals
25 August to 30 September
- cocks
1 January to 31 January
Jönköping County
- All animals
25 August to 30 September
- cocks
1 January to 31 January
Kronoberg County
- All animals
25 August to 30 September
- cocks
1 January to 31 January
Kalmar County
- All animals
25 August to 30 September
- cocks
1 January to 31 January
Blekinge County
- All animals
25 August to 30 September
- cocks
1 January to 31 January
Skåne County
- cocks
1 September to 15 September
Halland County
- All animals
25 August to 30 September
- cocks
1 January to 31 January
Västra Götaland County
- All animals
25 August to 30 September
- cocks
1 January to 31 January
Värmland County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Örebro County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Västmanland County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Dalarna County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Gävleborg County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Västernorrland County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Jämtland County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Västerbotten County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Norrbotten County
- All animals
25 August to 15 November
- cocks
16 November to 15 February
Frequently asked questions
- When does the black grouse season open in Sweden in 2026/2027?
- The general black grouse season opens on 1 January and runs 1 January to 31 January in the whole country, with exceptions in some counties.
- When does the black grouse season close?
- The general black grouse season closes on 31 January.
- Is the black grouse season the same in the whole of Sweden?
- No. 20 counties have other dates than the rest of the country: Stockholm County, Uppsala County, Södermanland County, Östergötland County, Jönköping County, Kronoberg County, Kalmar County, Blekinge County, Skåne County, Halland County, Västra Götaland County, Värmland County, Örebro County, Västmanland County, Dalarna County, Gävleborg County, Västernorrland County, Jämtland County, Västerbotten County and Norrbotten County. The dates per county are in the table above.
The seasons for your own ground, in the app
Jaktli shows what may be hunted right now on the team's own ground, with the county's exceptions and the team's own rules, and marks the openings in the hunting calendar. 90 days free, no card required.
Hunting year 2026/27. Data according to SFS 2026:835, dataset 2026/27.4.
This table is guidance, not the law, and may contain errors or become outdated. It is always the hunter's own responsibility to verify current seasons and decisions with Naturvårdsverket and the county board before hunting. Jaktli accepts no legal responsibility for the content.