Nordic forestry

Forest technology news from Sweden, Finland and Norway: Metsä, Södra, SCA, Skogforsk, Luke, NIBIO and the Nordic startup scene.

Satellite monitoring

Metsä prices forest work with AI, Finland audits subsidies from orbit | #064

Sep 22, 2026

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Metsä prices forest work with AI, Finland audits subsidies from orbit | #064

Also: a digital twin for Swedish timber haulage, RIEGL's five-return drone lidar, and a free forest risk tool for US landowners

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Sveaskog tests load-measuring crane, Södra forest plans update from satellite | #063

Sep 15, 2026

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2 min read

Sveaskog tests load-measuring crane, Södra forest plans update from satellite | #063

Also: Sentinel volume model moves from Norway to Finland, windthrow AI fails abroad, ForestrySA adds a Pano AI fire camera

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Romania tracks timber lorries by permit, Skogforsk's Autoplant planting machine | #062

Sep 8, 2026

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Romania tracks timber lorries by permit, Skogforsk's Autoplant planting machine | #062

Also: SenseNet buys N5 Sensors' wildfire unit, Metsä orders Valmet's 3D Fiber line, a model predicts heat-treated wood outcomes

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Muon Space banks $250M for FireSat, Sweden's electric timber trucks now a fleet | #060

Aug 25, 2026

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Muon Space banks $250M for FireSat, Sweden's electric timber trucks now a fleet | #060

Also: SLU counts moose with thermal drones, Ponsse harvester laser guidance adds 1 to 3 percent, backpack lidar works leaf-off only

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

FGI lidar IDs nine tree species, Mai Intelligence plans bark beetle CubeSat | #058

Aug 11, 2026

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FGI lidar IDs nine tree species, Mai Intelligence plans bark beetle CubeSat | #058

Also: Vigo IDs seven species from ground lidar, Fraunhofer wires Bavarian forest with mioty sensors, WoodComp opens a free mill database

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Skogforsk digital timber passport, Allianz wildfire detection net over Spain | #057

Aug 4, 2026

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2 min read

Skogforsk digital timber passport, Allianz wildfire detection net over Spain | #057

Also: SLU optimiser doubts inventory data, phones beat headsets in forestry AR, rebuilt vegetation index doubles biomass signal

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Metsä runs wood procurement on Qutwo AI, SCA wires Tunadal fans with sensors | #054

Jul 14, 2026

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Metsä runs wood procurement on Qutwo AI, SCA wires Tunadal fans with sensors | #054

Also: Lund maps Götaland tree species from satellite, Mila's BIRCH-Trees reads tree height and species from drone photos

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

OroraTech satellites go live in Greece, Bezos Earth Fund gives FireSat $26M | #053

Jul 7, 2026

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OroraTech satellites go live in Greece, Bezos Earth Fund gives FireSat $26M | #053

Also: Skogforsk measures stem sweep from the harvester, Ecobase registers with Verra and builds Forestry OS for Swedish foresters

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Jul 2, 2026

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4 min read

Nordic Forestry Automation raises SEK 48M for harvester automation, deep dive | #052

Sponsored deep dive: what the round funds, Generation 2 semi-automation for thinning harvesters, and the stand data NFA collects

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

NFA closes SEK 48M harvester round, Arboreal IDs logs from end-grain photos | #051

Jun 30, 2026

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NFA closes SEK 48M harvester round, Arboreal IDs logs from end-grain photos | #051

Also: Norway puts 90M kroner into FAO's SEPAL satellite platform, Canada commits $130M across 56 forest-sector projects

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Nordluft wins BVLOS forest drone permit, Kanop puts forest carbon data in Claude | #050

Jun 23, 2026

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Nordluft wins BVLOS forest drone permit, Kanop puts forest carbon data in Claude | #050

Also: Umeå teaches a forwarder crane multi-log grabs, ForestBioFacts adds an AI assistant, pine bark cleans wastewater

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Södra scales Viking Analytics AI to 3 mills, SweTree robot picks tree embryos | #049

Jun 16, 2026

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Södra scales Viking Analytics AI to 3 mills, SweTree robot picks tree embryos | #049

Also: Logscom marks logs in the harvester for traceability, New Dawn Bio grows wood in bioreactors, Treebula hires CXO and CTO

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Sweden's third national lidar scan begins, New Zealand maps forests by species | #048

Jun 9, 2026

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2 min read

Sweden's third national lidar scan begins, New Zealand maps forests by species | #048

Also: Skogshubben files felling notifications direct to Skogsstyrelsen, Idemitsu and Morisora make jet fuel from Japanese wood

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

AirForestry drone thinning gets SEK 20M pilots, NIBIO AI rates forest roads | #047

Jun 2, 2026

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2 min read

AirForestry drone thinning gets SEK 20M pilots, NIBIO AI rates forest roads | #047

Also: Arboair's first UK drone forest survey at the Duchy of Cornwall, and NUS uses AI bioacoustics to map rainforest biodiversity

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

AirForestry drone fells first live tree, SLU lidar maps 117 million trees | #046

May 26, 2026

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AirForestry drone fells first live tree, SLU lidar maps 117 million trees | #046

Also: SCA's AI cassette check at Bogrundet nursery, Ponsse's Buffalo Planter, and SkogsAI signs its first customer

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Kodiak driverless log trucks for West Fraser, AI reads tree age from lidar | #045

May 19, 2026

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Kodiak driverless log trucks for West Fraser, AI reads tree age from lidar | #045

Also: Sleipner Robotics lines up unmanned forest and mine pilots, and western US utilities scale Pano AI wildfire cameras

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

AirForestry leads SEK 48M drone consortium, SLU detects pesticides by sound | #043

May 5, 2026

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3 min read

AirForestry leads SEK 48M drone consortium, SLU detects pesticides by sound | #043

Also: Metsä and Stora Enso frame AI as baseline infrastructure, Biodiv raises SEK 2.75M, and Mongabay's ten forces reshaping forests

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Weyerhaeuser adopts NFA harvester AI, Södra closes venture arm Södra Ädla | #042

Apr 28, 2026

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3 min read

Weyerhaeuser adopts NFA harvester AI, Södra closes venture arm Södra Ädla | #042

Also: Dryad hangs 1,100 wildfire sensors in Colorado, 3Dtrees.earth opens a forest lidar pipeline, Billerud's electric timber truck

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Södra AI classifies pulpwood from GPV cameras, ICEYE SAR tracks deforestation | #041

Apr 21, 2026

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2 min read

Södra AI classifies pulpwood from GPV cameras, ICEYE SAR tracks deforestation | #041

Also: DroneWild WildTAK thermal drones for Forestry and Land Scotland, Skogforsk extends postdocs.ai, and free FORVAL-XL

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Mellanskog Skogstorget hits 25% of clearing, Nordic BioPower starts biochar | #040

Apr 14, 2026

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Mellanskog Skogstorget hits 25% of clearing, Nordic BioPower starts biochar | #040

Also: Jobba Grönt recruits gamers as harvester operators, Alabama's forestry accelerator, and Canada funds a robotic truss plant

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Skogforsk maps root rot with harvester data, Komatsu acquires Malwa Forest | #039

Apr 7, 2026

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4 min read

Skogforsk maps root rot with harvester data, Komatsu acquires Malwa Forest | #039

Also: Canadian Forest Service maps large old trees with airborne lidar, and Mast delivers first biomass burial carbon credits

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

Thermal drones replace pellet counts, SMHI proves satellite wildfire alerts | #038

Mar 31, 2026

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5 min read

Thermal drones replace pellet counts, SMHI proves satellite wildfire alerts | #038

Also: Mellanskog picks Skogshubben for planning, Skogforsk's 10 m national biomass map, Wageningen AI decodes tropical forest loss

Axel Wretemark

Satellite monitoring

SLU audits satellite forest estimates, Treebula Plus adds timber price data | #037

Mar 24, 2026

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SLU audits satellite forest estimates, Treebula Plus adds timber price data | #037

Also: AI projects 20% more European forest damage, Emission Twin and GoClimate climate data deal, California's 300 wildfire projects

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Mar 17, 2026

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5 min read

Kopparfors storm salvage by drone and ML, Treemetrics launches Crann AI | #036

Also: LumberScan and Södra digitise log yard inventory, smart forestry market to double by 2032, Komatsu MaxiXT on TimberPro

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Feb 24, 2026

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4 min read

Skogforsk boom-tip control speeds harvesters, Canada rebuilds growth models | #033

Also: EcoVibes turns forest sound into biodiversity data, DeepForest drone cameras see through canopy, Triona's protected forest map

Axel Wretemark

Nordic forestry

Metsä prices forest work with AI, Finland audits subsidies from orbit | #064

Sveaskog tests load-measuring crane, Södra forest plans update from satellite | #063

Romania tracks timber lorries by permit, Skogforsk's Autoplant planting machine | #062

Muon Space banks $250M for FireSat, Sweden's electric timber trucks now a fleet | #060

FGI lidar IDs nine tree species, Mai Intelligence plans bark beetle CubeSat | #058

Skogforsk digital timber passport, Allianz wildfire detection net over Spain | #057

Metsä runs wood procurement on Qutwo AI, SCA wires Tunadal fans with sensors | #054

OroraTech satellites go live in Greece, Bezos Earth Fund gives FireSat $26M | #053

Nordic Forestry Automation raises SEK 48M for harvester automation, deep dive | #052

NFA closes SEK 48M harvester round, Arboreal IDs logs from end-grain photos | #051

Nordluft wins BVLOS forest drone permit, Kanop puts forest carbon data in Claude | #050

Södra scales Viking Analytics AI to 3 mills, SweTree robot picks tree embryos | #049

Sweden's third national lidar scan begins, New Zealand maps forests by species | #048

AirForestry drone thinning gets SEK 20M pilots, NIBIO AI rates forest roads | #047

AirForestry drone fells first live tree, SLU lidar maps 117 million trees | #046

Kodiak driverless log trucks for West Fraser, AI reads tree age from lidar | #045

AirForestry leads SEK 48M drone consortium, SLU detects pesticides by sound | #043

Weyerhaeuser adopts NFA harvester AI, Södra closes venture arm Södra Ädla | #042

Södra AI classifies pulpwood from GPV cameras, ICEYE SAR tracks deforestation | #041

Mellanskog Skogstorget hits 25% of clearing, Nordic BioPower starts biochar | #040

Skogforsk maps root rot with harvester data, Komatsu acquires Malwa Forest | #039

Thermal drones replace pellet counts, SMHI proves satellite wildfire alerts | #038

SLU audits satellite forest estimates, Treebula Plus adds timber price data | #037

Kopparfors storm salvage by drone and ML, Treemetrics launches Crann AI | #036

Skogforsk boom-tip control speeds harvesters, Canada rebuilds growth models | #033

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