Program Council and Steering Committee

Page reviewed:  02/05/2025

The Program Council of the National Forest Inventory is a user advisory group discussing forest statistics. It also unofficially serves as the Program Council for the Soil Inventory. The Program Steering Committee handles the scientific and strategic leadership.

he National Forest Inventory carries out the work assigned to SLU as the responsible statistical authority for "Forest Condition and Change."

"The statistical authority should adapt the content and scope of the statistics to societal developments and base this adaptation on environmental monitoring, including dialogue with users, such as through user councils, direct interactions with individual users, and systematic user studies." (Guidelines established by the Official Statistics Council, 2003-10-30)

The Council meets twice a year, once in the spring and once in the autumn. The Program Steering Committee of the National Forest Inventory prepares the meetings for the Program Council.

 
Members of the National Forest Inventory Program Council
Göran Ericsson (Chair)
SLU
Dean, Faculty of Forest Sciences
Goran.Ericsson[at]slu.se

Brita Asplund
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Forest Expert
Brita.Asplund[at]naturskyddsforeningen.se

Sofia Backéus
LRF Forest Owners
Expert, Forest Management and Climate
Sofia.Backeus[at]lrf.se

Tina Nilsson
County Administrative Board
Program Director, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten
Tina.Nilsson[at]lansstyrelsen.se

Svante Claesson
Swedish Forest Agency
Unit Manager, Unit for Statistics and Data Collection
Svante.Claesson[at]skogsstyrelsen.se

Ola Inghe
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Responsible for Environmental Monitoring: Forests, Mountains, Landscape, and Biodiversity
Ola.Inghe[at]naturvardsverket.se

Jonas Jacobsson
KSLA (Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry)
Consultant, JJ Forestry
Jonas.Jacobsson[at]telia.se

Karl Duvemo
Swedish Forest Industries
SCA
Karl.Duvemo[at]SCA.com

Karin Hedeklint
Statistics Sweden (SCB)
Department for Regions and Environment
Karin.Hedeklint[at]scb.se

Johan Vinterbäck
Swedish Energy Agency
Bioenergy
Johan.Vinterback[at]energimyndigheten.se

 
Permanent Adjunct Members from SLU

Cornelia Roberge (Secretary)
Program Manager for the National Forest Inventory
Cornelia.Roberge[at]slu.se

Göran Ståhl
Chair of the Program Steering Committee for the National Forest Inventory
Goran.Stahl[at]slu.se

Johan Stendahl
Program Manager for Soil Inventory
Johan.Stendahl[at]slu.se

Per-Erik Wikberg
Reporting Manager for the National Forest Inventory
Per-Erik.Wikberg[at]slu.se

 
Members of the National Forest Inventory Program Steering Committee
Program Chair (Göran Ståhl)
Program Manager (Cornelia Roberge)
Reporting Manager (Per-Erik Wikberg)
Representative for Forest Mathematical Statistics (Anton Grafström)
Representative for Forest Inventory and Sampling (Hans Petersson)
Representative for Remote Sensing (Mats Nilsson)

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