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Explore our articles on continuous-cover forestry (hyggesfritt skogsbruk), selective logging (plockhuggning), and stay up to date with Hyggligt.

4 Sept 2025

A financial comparison: clearcutting vs. selective logging

Which approach is actually more profitable—clearcut forestry (kalhyggesbruk) or selective logging (plockhuggning)? With risin...

2 min read

Trädstubb i en solbelyst skogsglänta, omgiven av höga träd och grönt undervegetation, med fläckigt solljus på marken.

6 Aug 2025

Are there forests that are well-suited for selective logging?

There’s a lot being written right now about Swedish forest management—especially about alternatives to clearcut forestry (kal...

2 min read

25 Jun 2025

Swedish Forest Agency: Selective cutting supports biodiversity

The Swedish Forest Agency (Skogsstyrelsen) concludes in a research overview on how continuous-cover forestry affects biodiver...

2 min read

19 Jun 2025

High timber prices, the perfect time for selective logging

Today’s historically high timber prices—beating expectations again and again—highlight how hard it is to time the market. But...

2 min read

A sunlit forest with tall pines and scattered understory. A high stump in the foreground.

22 Apr 2025

What is centered selective cutting?

Centered selective cutting (centrerad plockhuggning) is a form of crown thinning where harvesting decisions are tailored to e...

3 min read

A small stand in a continuous-cover forest in Småland.

17 Apr 2025

Transition to continuous-cover forestry

Transitioning from clearcut forestry (trakthyggesbruk) to continuous-cover forestry (hyggesfritt skogsbruk) is possible in al...

3 min read

24 Mar 2025

Testing positioning hardware with John Deere ahead of selective cutting

Rasmus, KA Skog, and Erik, Hyggligt We’ve been visiting John Deere Forestry in Emmaboda frequently in recent weeks. Ahead of ...

1 min read

18 Mar 2025

FAQ: selective cutting and continuous-cover forestry

Continuous-cover forestry (hyggesfritt skogsbruk) is attracting growing interest among forest owners—but also questions and m...

6 min read

13 Mar 2025

Different ways to sell timber

As a forest owner, you can sell timber in several ways—depending on how much work you want to do yourself and how much contro...

2 min read

13 Mar 2025

Selective cutting and the Swedish Forestry Act

Is the Swedish Forestry Act (skogsvårdslagen) an obstacle to managing forests with continuous-cover forestry (kontinuitetssko...

2 min read

30 Oct 2024

Will an old forest rot if it’s left alone?

What happens to a forest that’s left to develop freely—i.e., “just left standing”—comes up in many forestry discussions. Does...

3 min read

20 Sept 2024

Forestry meetup with Handelsbanken and Hyggligt

This week, Handelsbanken and Hyggligt hosted a joint forestry meetup with curious forest owners. The event was organized for ...

1 min read

5 Jun 2024

Strong net income for the forest owner from the very first selective harvest

Continuous-cover harvests can generate significant income for forest owners. This is shown by the selective harvest Hyggligt ...

2 min read

8 Jan 2024

Data and AI are the key to continuous-cover forestry at scale

With precision data and optimized tree selection, continuous-cover forestry (hyggesfritt skogsbruk) becomes both simple and e...

4 min read

26 Dec 2023

5 financial benefits of harvesting with continuous-cover forestry—using Hyggligt

Erik shares five financial benefits of the Hyggligt Method and explains how continuous-cover forestry (hyggesfritt skogsbruk)...

4 min read

A heart-shaped lake surrounded by forest, photographed from above.

15 Dec 2023

Proposal: Increase the share of continuous-cover forestry on state land

As part of a joint government assignment, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the Swedish Forest Agency have prop...

2 min read

12 Nov 2023

Field test ahead of the first harvest

We visited our harvester operator in the field for a final test before the very first harvest using Hyggligtmetoden.

1 min read

1 Oct 2023

What is continuous-cover forestry?

Continuous-cover forestry (hyggesfritt skogsbruk) is an umbrella term for forest management where the land stays tree-covered...

2 min read

A red house with white trim overlooking the Småland highlands.

30 Aug 2023

Preserving property value with continuous-cover forestry

With clearcut forestry (kalhyggesbruk), a forest property’s value can drop sharply at harvest because the forest disappears. ...

2 min read

30 Aug 2023

Lower logging and silviculture costs

Hyggligt’s continuous-cover forestry method (hyggesfritt skogsbruk) minimizes machine driving in the forest—and thus logging ...

2 min read

30 Aug 2023

Making better use of the forest’s ecosystem services

The benefits forests provide to society are called ecosystem services (ekosystemtjänster) and include everything forests can ...

3 min read

30 Aug 2023

More timber in higher-paid assortments with Hyggligt

With Hyggligtmetoden, the proposed harvest is always aligned with current timber prices—so removals are focused, as far as po...

2 min read

24 Aug 2023

A steadier income stream with continuous-cover forestry

Timber prices can swing widely. By harvesting more frequently with continuous-cover forestry (hyggesfritt skogsbruk), forest ...

2 min read

8 Aug 2023

Biodiversity

Continuous-cover forestry (hyggesfritt skogsbruk) is, in every way, substantially better for biodiversity than traditional ma...

6 min read

7 Aug 2023

Climate impact

Thanks to photosynthesis, trees can be part of the solution to climate change. Globally there are about 3 trillion trees, and...

4 min read