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From 2010 to 2024, the share of cats in Swedish households was higher than the share of dogs. In 2019, ** percent of households owned at least one cat, while there were ** percent of dog-owning households. In 2024, the share amounted to ** percent of cat owners as well as ** percent of dog owners. The number of the popular pet animal cats grew in this period.

Most popular cat breeds 

The Ragdoll cat breed came first in the popularity ranking measured by number of purchased animals in Sweden in 2021. In this year, nearly animals of this breed were bought. The Maine Coon ranked second with a number of around purchased cats, ahead of the Siberian Cat cat and the Norwegian Forest cat.

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In Sweden in 2010, there were *** thousand pet dogs. This number increased by almost *** thousand and, in 2022, peaked at about **** million animals. As of 2019, the Labrador Retriever was the most purchased dog breed in the country, reaching over *** thousand animals. It was followed by approximately **** thousand purchased Golden Retriever dogs as well as German Shepherd dogs.