Keyword: Sweden

Evolution of Sweden’s forest industry companies in the pandemic year

    The Swedish forest industry companies' quarterly reports for the third quarter of the year have been [...]

Sweden: Autonomous forest machine ready for testing in Sweden

     In Sweden, researchers at Luleå University of Technology (LUT) have designed and built an autonomous forest [...]

Downward trend in roundwood prices in Sweden continues in Q3/2020

    The trend of decreasing delivery roundwood prices continued during the third quarter of 2020 in Sweden [...]

Sawmills in Sweden defy coronavirus crisis

Current situation of the Swedish forest industry     Swedish demand for sawn wood products has decreased by [...]

Sweden: Record volumes of damaged wood caused by the bark beetles

The spruce bark beetle has already done as much damage to Sweden’s forests so far this year as in [...]
September 28, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Sweden’s forest companies receive lower credit ratings

    One of Sweden's largest forest industry groups has its credit rating lowered by the credit [...]

Swedish sawmills to take advantage of opportunities in the US market

Danske Bank's head of the forestry and agriculture business area, Johan Freij, summarizes the situation in the timber market [...]

Fears of a second wave of bark beetles in Sweden after dry August

The Swedish Forest Agency and the forestry have been monitoring the swarms of spruce bark beetles, and their observations show [...]
September 14, 2020 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Europe

Strong demand and rising prices for Sweden’s sawmill industry

The recent strengthening of the Swedish krona and the ongoing pandemic are two factors that have changed the conditions in [...]

Sweden: Decline in roundwood prices continues in Q2/2020

The second quarter of 2020 shows dropping sawlog prices in Sweden on a yearly basis. Pine sawlogs are cheaper by [...]