The end of the timber frontier in northern Sweden

• Main Author: Cosatti, Alice
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Forestry production; Forest injuries and protection; Nature conservation and land resources; Piteälven; Tjeggelvas; Fennoscandian; Northern Sweden; sami
• Online Access: https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17482/1/cosatti_a_220121.pdf

The Fennoscandian forests experienced drastic changes in the 19th century. The high demand for timber during the European industrialization pushed the timber companies towards increasingly remote forest landscapes for resource extraction. This study explores the concept of the so-called timber front...