I was on holiday in Sweden en met G?ran Torin.
this man, (with a big graybeard) wrote a book on tree's in Sweden with a story.
he told me there are more then 1100-1200 protected trees (forgot the exact number) and next to these trees he found more special trees, so his total of special tree's is about 1800 or so.
unfortunately the book was in Swedish, but I would like to
share his website over the books with you.
website translated with google gives, but it has a few of his story's.