Forests and Forestry in Sweden 
Methods of Dealing with Privately Owned Forests: Supervision 
by Community Committees 
The Scandinavian peninsula is the wood 
yard of Europe. Sweden and Norway are both 
countries of limited area and lying as far 
north as they do are restricted in the crops 
that can be produced. But they can grow 
great forests. Consequently the export of 
lumber and other forest products, including 
pulp, ranks high in the industrial life of both 
nations and brings in a very considerable 
proportion of their annual income. 
This fact is generally understood and ap- 
preciated by the people of both countries, so 
that it is only natural that provision has been 
made to perpetuate the forests. The purpose 
of the present letter is to indicate certain 
features of forestry as it is practiced in 
Sweden, with particular reference to phases 
of the work that have a bearing on American 
conditions, 
Sweden is the larger of the two countries. 
and covers about 58 percent of the Scandi- 
navian peninsula, constituting its eastern part, 
It is roughly comparable in size to the com: 
pined land areas of the states of New York, 
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, 
or to the state of California. It lies between 
55° and 69° north latitude and between 10° and 
24° east longitude. The total area is 110,770,000 
acres. The mountainous ‘backbone of the 
peninsula separates Sweden from Norway, the 
higher elevations being in the north. From 
this range the country slopes gradually east- 
ward to the Baltic sea while in its central and 
southern parts Sweden has a relatively level 
topography. The population is in the neigh- 
borhood of 6,000,000. The most important 
cities are Stockholm, the capital, Goteborg and 
Malmo. 
THE LAST THINNING 
WAS IN 1915 
STAND OF PINE. 
STAND OF PINE. WHITE CROSSES MARK 
CALIPER HEIGHT 
(18) 
