Torsdag for den 27. august 2026
8:45 a.m. – Registration and distribution of participant materials
Kl. 15.00 – Ankomst til Hotel Randers og Hotel Kronjylland
Kl. 18.30 – Fælles middag i restauranten på Hotel Randers, Torvegade 11, 8900 Randers
Kl. 20.00 – Møde i samarbejdsgruppen bestående af repræsentanter fra de nordiske skovmuseer og de nordiske skovhistoriske selskaber m.fl. Mødet finder sted i konferencelokale på hotellet.
Kl. 21.45 – Danmarks 7 minutters indlæg v. Niels Elers Koch, formand for Skov- og Jagthistorisk Selskab
Program for Friday, August 28, 2026
Kl. 8.00 – Bus afgår fra Hotel Randers/Hotel Kronjylland til Det Grønne Museum
8:45 a.m. – Registration and distribution of participant materials
9:00 AM – Welcome by museum director Anne Bjerrekær, The Green Museum
9:15 AM – Iceland: 25 min. presentation and 10 min. for questions
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9:50 AM – Norway: 25 min. presentation and 10 min. for questions
Anders Q. Nyrup, professor at Forestry and Renewable Energy Section, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU
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10:25 a.m. – Coffee break
11:00 AM – Sweden: 25 min. presentation and 10 min. for questions
Harald Säll, Associate professor at Linnaeus University
The power of reforestation. The Swedish example
Thanks to conscious reforestation, southern Sweden today has 4 times more forest than 100 years ago and Sweden has twice as much forest. In the county of Halland the volume of timber is 8 times higher and the harvest 16 times greater than in 1900. The benefit of this is that it gives us a variety of bio-based products and other values. In addition, it provides an enormous climate benefit due to substitution effects, both in Sweden and in the countries that import forest products from Sweden.
11:35 AM – Finland: 25 min. presentation and 10 min. for questions
Reetta Karhunkorva, Head of Research at the Finnish Forest Museum Lusto
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12:10 PM – Greenland: 25 min. presentation and 10 min. for questions
Henrik Meilby, professor at Section for Environment and Natural Resources, University of Copenhagen
Trees, thickets and plantations of Greenland – human impact in recent centuries
Greenland is known as a country of ice and snow, but the interior parts of South Greenland’s fiords offer climatic conditions suitable for tree growth. Thickets of mountain birch have provided fuelwood for centuries. Tree planting experiments with exotic species started in the 19th century, and a few coniferous forest plantations have been established since the 1950s. The largest planted area is the approx. 150 ha Greenlandic Arboretum, the first parts of which are now 50 years old.
12:45 PM – Lunch in Madens Hus, introduction to the museum's historical kitchens and the work with living cultural heritage by museum educator Rasmus Amtkjær
1:30 p.m. – Tour of the museum's exhibition "STORT - man and the forest" by museum curator Helle Serup
2:00 PM – Faroe Islands: 25 min. presentation and 10 min. for questions
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2:35 PM – Denmark: 25 min. presentation and 10 min. for questions
Mathias Nielsen, Historian, ph.d.-student at the University of Copenhagen
Skovtvangen and the Climatic Concern: Danish Forestry Politics and Climate Concerns in the 1860s
In the 1860s, fierce debate over Danish forest regulations emerged. While some wanted to liberalize and abolish what they called Skovtvangen, others feared that loosening regulations would cause widespread deforestation. A major concern was that such deforestation would have severe consequences for the Danish climate. This ignited questions about the role of the state in regulating the environment, as well as the balance between individual freedom and the common good – questions that are still echoing today.
3:10 p.m. – Coffee break
Kl. 15.30 – Fælles session: Kort fremlæggelse af den aktuelle situation i skovene i hvert af de nordiske lande, herefter fælles drøftelse (indlæg af 7 minutters varighed, derefter plenumsamtale – det danske bidrag blev holdt torsdag aften)
5:00 PM – Tour of the museum's newest exhibition "Under the Sun - 80 Years of Pursuit of the Good Life" by Head of Communication Maria Berg Briese
5:30 PM – The program ends and there is an opportunity to see the museum's other exhibitions.
7:00 PM – Conference dinner in the museum's restaurant Den Gamle Stald
Kl. 22.00 – Bustransport til Hotel Randers/Hotel Kronjylland
Program for Saturday, August 29, 2026
Kl 9.00 – Afgang fra Hotel Randers/Hotel Kronjylland
Kl. 9.40 – Besøg i Fussingø Naturnationalpark (Vasevej 9, 8920)
Hosts: Project manager and special consultant for the Danish Nature Agency, Matilde Raahede and historian Christian Stærmose Chandler
Fussingø Nature National Park, Denmark's first nature national park, was established in the summer of 2025. Fussingø was previously an estate with a mosaic landscape of wetlands, meadows, fields, Fussing Sø and Skals Å surrounded by forest. Now agriculture and forestry have ceased, and large grazers have been introduced.
At 11.30 – Lunch with sandwiches
12:15 PM – Departure from Fussingø Nature National Park
1:00 PM – Visit to Løvenholm Manor
Hosts: Estate inspector Jens Chr. Dahl and forester Daniel Hintz
The foundation-owned Løvenholm Gods operates a 2,860-hectare forestry based on sustainability criteria around people, the environment and the economy. The visit ends at the Eldrupgård Forestry School.
3:30 p.m. – Coffee break
4:00 PM – Tour of the Eldrupgård Forestry School
The Djursland Forestry School is a relatively newly established part of the University of Copenhagen, where, among other things, forestry and landscape engineers are educated.
5:30 PM – Tour ends
