The exploitation of northern Sweden's forests began in about the 1830s and continued expanding northwards over the following decades. A key factor that enabling the exploitation of these forests was the natural infrastructure, such as the network of rivers, creeks and flooding during the summer, which made it possible to float timber from the forests to the sawmills on the coast. The overall aim of this work is to analyze timber floating on the river Ångermanälven, highlighting the log drivers’ role in timber supply to the industry and how timber floating was integral to local society. The timber floating in northern Sweden was a complex process, involving technical, ecological, economic, and social factors, which also evolved over a long p...
Water related problems are highlighted as a challenge to sustainable development and the topic of fo...
The Swedish forest owners own more than half of the productive forest land in Sweden. Interest in in...
The article is combining historical facts with fiction to tell the history of salmon fishing and nat...
The forests in Götaland, the most southern part of Sweden, are dominated by Norway spruce (Picea ab...
Forestry supply chains are a significant part of the Swedish economy. These supply chains are highly...
The scarcity of qualified forest machine operators as well as the increased competition for competen...
Today, around 55% of the world’s forests are already managed for timber pro-duction and other values...
Forest work has traditionally been narrated from men’s perspectives and experiences. This research ...
Nordic wood procurement is customer-oriented and involves real-time steering of the procurement acco...
Thinning is the partial removal of trees in a forest stand prior to final harvest. The term can be d...
The life cycle of the anadromous Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) can span large geographic, political,...
After the last is age there was a long period when there was no shortage of forest for peoples needs...
Running water-pathways have played an important roll in Sweden and frequently been manipulated. One...
About a quarter of the Swedish land area is covered with shallow or thick peat. There is a potential...
Riparian zones are important for many ecological functions such as for providing shade to streams an...
Water related problems are highlighted as a challenge to sustainable development and the topic of fo...
The Swedish forest owners own more than half of the productive forest land in Sweden. Interest in in...
The article is combining historical facts with fiction to tell the history of salmon fishing and nat...
The forests in Götaland, the most southern part of Sweden, are dominated by Norway spruce (Picea ab...
Forestry supply chains are a significant part of the Swedish economy. These supply chains are highly...
The scarcity of qualified forest machine operators as well as the increased competition for competen...
Today, around 55% of the world’s forests are already managed for timber pro-duction and other values...
Forest work has traditionally been narrated from men’s perspectives and experiences. This research ...
Nordic wood procurement is customer-oriented and involves real-time steering of the procurement acco...
Thinning is the partial removal of trees in a forest stand prior to final harvest. The term can be d...
The life cycle of the anadromous Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) can span large geographic, political,...
After the last is age there was a long period when there was no shortage of forest for peoples needs...
Running water-pathways have played an important roll in Sweden and frequently been manipulated. One...
About a quarter of the Swedish land area is covered with shallow or thick peat. There is a potential...
Riparian zones are important for many ecological functions such as for providing shade to streams an...
Water related problems are highlighted as a challenge to sustainable development and the topic of fo...
The Swedish forest owners own more than half of the productive forest land in Sweden. Interest in in...
The article is combining historical facts with fiction to tell the history of salmon fishing and nat...