/r/Sweden

StarvingPupil at 2023-07-04 19:27:47+00:00 ID: jqo3vhm

Hello 👋 Never run from a bear, the bear tries to avoid you 8/10 times. If they charge at you, make yourself big and yell.

Other smart things to do is to sing when you hike or think out loud. Bears have bad eyesight but good smell and hearing. Bears are opportunistic and wants easy food and try to avoid humans.

EDIT: Also.. bears during this time is not as aggressive and hungry like they are during spring.

Learned all this from my uncles and grandpa who are and were hunters

PRESWEDENT at 2023-07-04 12:25:43+00:00 ID: jqmiaxl

A bear is a bear, idk what to tell you

__v1ce at 2023-07-04 15:37:13+00:00 ID: jqn6o6e

I'm 25, I unironically just learned that we have bears in Sweden like 2-3 years ago

SymbolicDom at 2023-07-04 16:25:16+00:00 ID: jqndndb

Attacks are super rare. They hide, so i have never seen any. On the off chance you see one, you should respect them and walk away. Shooting at any only make them more dangerous.

clickYyz at 2023-07-04 08:12:57+00:00 ID: jqlydte

There are very few bears, very far apart. You wouldn’t see them even if you were actively looking.

Eriandor at 2023-07-04 08:27:15+00:00 ID: jqlzf2k

I have a cabin in the most bear-dense part of sweden. I have a neighbour there who spends at least 4-5 hours a Day, 3-4 weeks a year trying to spot a bear. Hes done this for 30+ years and so far the closest he got to seeing a bear was some poop.

Of the 61 attacks reported in Sweden the last 45 years only a handful were related to trekking and/or foraging. The remainder were either different types of hunting or disturbing the bear while it was hybernating.

3 deaths have been reporter over the last 120 years. All related to shooting but not killing the bear.

You do not need to worry. Hope this helps.

Pain_potato at 2023-07-04 10:29:58+00:00 ID: jqm86a2

Bring a salami in your pants so you can throw it away if the bear attacks

sussyBakaAt3am at 2023-07-04 11:06:19+00:00 ID: jqmb1gf

If its Brown lay down if its black fight back if its white night night

Spiced_out at 2023-07-03 20:49:34+00:00 ID: jqjw6wr

The only legal protection you're allowed to use is a condom.

randomperson32145 at 2023-07-04 02:54:33+00:00 ID: jql5zpl

Bears are actually nasty when they attack because they dont kill you, they just start eating you. They put a paw on your chest so your ribs cracks like a bag of chopsticks under a car and then just takes bites from your soft parts, stomache theighs, pelvis. Lol, that being said we do not got grizzly and we do not have polar bears, we got brown bear wich isnt winnie the poo. There are parts of Sweden that has quite alot but like someone said unless you actively try and look for them, Chances are very rare that you encounter them. They found one just the other week on an island just outside Stockholm, in the archipelagio so they are pretty much everywhere but extremely rare that south, They like the north west parts of Sweden more so than other parts. Unless you go to those remote places, dont think about it ;)

dr_s_falken at 2023-07-03 20:07:21+00:00 ID: jqjpzlx

I'we lived in Sweden for 50+ years and been in the woods a lot. I have never even seen a bear in the wild.

I would say you are safe :-)