Fine wool sheep

Swedish Finewool sheep, (06)

The Swedish finewool sheep is of Finnish origin. It has served mostly for production of meat as it is the most fertile breed in Sweden. The sheep have short tails and are mostly white, with a small proportion of black sheep (5%). Both rams and ewes are polled. The wool is uniform, very soft, glossy and elastic and is used for fine knitting yarns and handicraft work. The adult live weight of rams is 75 kg and of ewes 50 kg. The mean litter size is 2.7 lambs at birth. The population size is around 1.450 sheep and is decreasing (year 2000).

Local name: Svenskt finullfår
References: Sven Jeppsson, Jordbruksverket, 551 82, Jönköping, Sweden.
Photographs: Jordbruksverket, 551 82, Jönköping, Sweden.


Origin and diversity of North European sheep breeds

	Swedish Finewool sheep, (06) The Swedish finewool sheep is of Finnish origin. It has served mostly for production of meat as it is the most fertile breed in Sweden. The sheep have short tails and are mostly white, with a small proportion of black sheep (5%). Both rams and ewes are polled. The wool is uniform, very soft, glossy and elastic and is used for fine knitting yarns and handicraft work. The adult live weight of rams is 75 kg and of ewes 50 kg. The mean litter size is 2.7 lambs at birth. The population size is around 1.450 sheep and is decreasing (year 2000). Local name: Svenskt finullfår References: Sven Jeppsson, Jordbruksverket, 551 82, Jönköping, Sweden. Photographs: Jordbruksverket, 551 82, Jönköping, Sweden.	List of North European sheep breeds: Ålands sheep Cheviot sheep Dala sheep Dala fur sheep Danish landrace sheep Estonian Ruhnu sheep Faeroe sheep -Fine wool sheep Finnish Grey landrace Finnsheep Forest sheep Fuglestad sheep Gotland sheep Greenland sheep Grey Troender sheep Gute sheep Icelandic leader sheep Icelandic sheep Latvian darkheaded sheep Lithuanian coarse wool sheep Norwegian feral sheep Norwegian Old Spael sheep Norwegian Spael sheep Romanov sheep Roslags sheep Russian Viena sheep Rya sheep Rygja sheep Steigar sheep Texel sheep White faced Marsh

Created by ThEP and EE Edited by Emma Eythorsdottir for the North SheD group. Agricultural Research Institute of Iceland.