Biodiversity in boreal forests is limited because of the low temperatures in winter. In winter only trees and heavy animals survive.

We have learned about bears, moose, deers and raindeers. About the differences between Sami culture and Swedish culture.  In northern Sweden hunting is considered a traditional activity and an important part of forest management. 

We also got to try moose meat, to recognise big birds and to shooting with hunting rifle in the shooting cinema.

During the day “Sunpine” also informs about their extraction of, among other things tall oil. “Sunpine” is the first company in Sweden to produce oil from from tall oil from pinewood.

This company is a success story of an entrepreneur who is now a sharesholder of the company. 

It all begins with timber. Timber is mainly used in paper companies like Smurfit Kappa. Tall oil is a residual product that has many applications. At Sunpine also explain that the surface of trees in Sweden has increased thanks to forestry. 

They take the tall oil and they transform it into oil applying a process invented by an engineer on the idea of the founder of the company. 

We also visited this factory of Wooden houses. Timber is used to build houses in central and northern Europe. Boreal woodlands produce this wood. This company has made an effort to produce efficiently and sustainably and the manager explained that they also insist in gender equality.

        Production process

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Smurfit Kappa is one of the most modern paper mill factory in Scandinavia and one of the largest in Europe, with their own water filtration and heating system. It is located at the Pitea harbour. 

Smurfit exports 90% of its production by ship and train mainly.