Mellanskog

From one generation to the next we have cared for a Swedish treasure. Mellanskog is 32 000 private forest owners in the heart of Sweden. Together we own more than 1,7 million hectares of forest land. We have the privilege of living where conditions for forestry are unusually favourable. Thanks to the ideal climate and soil, trees in our part of Sweden grow slowly enough to provide the very best quality of wood. We who own the forests act accordingly. By managing and harvesting our forests in harmony with nature we have been able to live on what the forest provides - generation after generation. And we still do. Today our forest management continues on a small scale. Most of us have inherited the land from our parents. Now we are keeping it for our children who will eventually take over. This creates a special relationship with the forest; although we own it, we must care for it as though it were on loan. What we take from the forest we must carefully return to it.