Per Jonsson
477 posts
I started my first own chainsaw in 1978. After that I have been working as logger, both with chainsaw and harvesters/forwarders, export salesman, marketing manager and project manager for the Elmia forestry shows. Along the way I also graduated as forester. I joined the NordicWoodJournal.com team as a freelance editor in January 2020.
December 29, 2023
AirForestry and Sveaskog enter into partnership
The Swedish State Forest, Sveaskog, has signed an agreement with the Swedish start-up company AirForestry to do thinning…
December 26, 2023
Vimek 470 – a new, larger harvester from Vimek
For almost a year an unusual Vimek harvester has been operating somewhere in the north Swedish forest. Now,…
December 21, 2023
I got to try the Husqvarna 540XP Mk III
The Husqvarna 540XP Mk III – “the saw everybody heard of, but nobody saw” … until now. We wrote…
December 13, 2023
Germany – the share of spruce in the new forests decreases
During the last five years, climate change has struck Germany hard. Storms, drought, and the bark-beetle have since…
December 6, 2023
Hard- or softwood – What’s your choice?
What is the best to grow on your forest land? Hard- or softwood species? A biologist would say…
November 30, 2023
Longer trucks in Sweden from the 1st of December
The maximum length for trucks within the EU (European Union) is 18 meters. However, Sweden and Finland have…
November 22, 2023
Risutec – yet another planter underway
Mechanized planting seems to be the thing nowadays and now, yet another planter is underway. The Finnish company…
November 16, 2023
Better price and performance for Wood-Mizer’s budget models
Wood-Mizer has sold many sawmills since the start in 1982. As more and more private forest owners dream about having…
November 13, 2023
Chainsaw euphoria – it’s time to hit the forest
Some say that the best thing about November is that it ends. But there is another thing that…
November 8, 2023
The Swedish forwarder market breaks record in 2023(?)
So far, 310 new forwarders with a payload of over 9 tons have been registered* in Sweden in…