The spruce bark beetle has already done as much damage to Sweden’s forests so far this year as in all of 2019, when the species ate through record amounts of wood in the largest Nordic economy.

The deep, dark forests of northern Europe supplied people with wood, timber and food for millennia. They gave rise to myths, legends and fairy tales, and offered refuge to the persecuted. Over time, ...

The dry summer of 2018 hit Swedish forests hard -- and hardest affected were the managed secondary forests. The dry summer of 2018 hit Swedish forests hard -- and hardest affected were the managed ...

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In a cottage nestled deep in a Swedish forest, three couples recently spent four days whispering and without phones as part of a campaign about the dangers of noise pollution and promoting quiet ...

Forests with few tree species pose considerably higher risk of being damaged and especially vulnerable is the introduced lodgepole pine. This is shown in a new study by researchers from Umeå ...

In a snow-draped forest in northern Sweden, hundreds of soldiers in white-camouflage uniforms built dugouts, patrolled on skis and laid mock ambushes to test their readiness to fight in Arctic ...

Sweden is unlike anywhere else. It is a country of unique natural abundance, where the land itself provides a wealth of luxurious ingredients for those who know where to look. The Original Sweden ...

Forests with few tree species pose considerably higher risk of being damaged and especially vulnerable is the introduced lodgepole pine. Forests with few tree species pose considerably higher risk of ...