The Swedish Forest
Skogen, kalhygge, allemansrätt — the forest as landscape, industry and idea.
The forest at industrial and spiritual depth: harvesters and nyckelbiotoper, the eighty-year gamble, skogsbad silence — varje svensk har en skog.
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skogen
the forest
Tip: lit. the same — seventy percent of Sweden.
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en granskog
a spruce forest
Tip: lit. the same — dark and dense.
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en tallskog
a pine forest
Tip: lit. the same — lighter, drier.
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en blandskog
a mixed forest
Tip: lit. the same.
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en urskog
an old-growth forest
Tip: lit. the same — very little left.
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en naturskog
a continuity forest
Tip: lit. the same.
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en produktionsskog
a plantation
Tip: lit. the same — what most of it is.
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ett kalhygge
a clear-cut
Tip: lit. the same — and it's the great argument.
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avverka
to fell
Tip: lit. the same.
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en skördare
a harvester
Tip: lit. the same — one machine, one operator.
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en skotare
a forwarder
Tip: lit. the same.
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en timmervälta vid vägen
a log pile by the road
Tip: lit. the same.
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en timmerbil
a timber lorry
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett massabruk
a pulp mill
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett sågverk
a sawmill
Tip: lit. the same.
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en skogsägare
a forest owner
Tip: lit. the same — often a private family.
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en familjeskog
a family holding
Tip: lit. the same.
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en pension i skogen
a pension in the trees
Tip: lit. the same — that's how many see it.
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återplantera
to replant
Tip: lit. the same — required by law.
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en planta
a seedling
Tip: lit. the same.
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åttio år till avverkning
eighty years to maturity
Tip: lit. the same.
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en skog ditt barnbarn avverkar
a forest your grandchild fells
Tip: lit. the same.
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en gallring
a thinning
Tip: lit. the same.
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biologisk mångfald
biodiversity
Tip: lit. the same.
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en nyckelbiotop
a key habitat
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett skyddat område
a protected area
Tip: lit. the same.
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en rödlistad art
a red-listed species
Tip: lit. the same.
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död ved är viktigt
dead wood matters
Tip: lit. the same — for the species that need it.
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en intressekonflikt
a conflict of interests
Tip: lit. the same — industry against conservation.
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en kolsänka
a carbon sink
Tip: lit. the same.
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och en råvara
and a raw material
Tip: lit. the same — both arguments are used.
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en skogsbilväg
a forest road
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett dike
a ditch
Tip: lit. the same.
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utdikad våtmark
drained wetland
Tip: lit. the same — a century of it.
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och som nu återställs
and now being restored
Tip: lit. the same.
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allemansrätten
the right of public access
Tip: lit. the same — you may walk anywhere.
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plocka bär på vems mark som helst
to pick berries on anyone's land
Tip: lit. the same.
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men inte skada något
but not to damage anything
Tip: lit. the same.
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en skogsstig
a forest path
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett vindskydd
a wind shelter
Tip: lit. the same.
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en eldstad med ved framlagd
a fireplace with wood provided
Tip: lit. the same — and it's normal.
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en markerad led
a marked trail
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett skogsbad
a forest bath
Tip: lit. the same — a recent loan, but the practice is old.
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tystnad mellan stammarna
silence between the trunks
Tip: lit. the same.
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en doft av kåda och mossa
a smell of resin and moss
Tip: lit. the same.
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ljuset genom granarna
the light through spruce
Tip: lit. the same.
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någonstans att tänka
somewhere to think
Tip: lit. the same.
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och någonstans att försvinna
and somewhere to disappear
Tip: lit. the same.
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varje svensk har en skog
every Swede has a forest
Tip: lit. the same.
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även om de aldrig går dit
even if they never go
Tip: lit. the same.