[lpghatguy]

There are lots of places, including many national forests, where you can cut your own firewood for free.

If you live near the Flathead National Forest in Montana in the US, for example, you can cut firewood for a campsite without a permit. You can also get a free permit that allows you to cut 4 to 12 cords of wood per adult per year.

I don't know anything about firewood laws in Sweden or the rest of Europe. From first glance they look quite a bit more restrictive.