Historical forest photographs
The forest photo archive consists of about 17,000 historical photographs taken between 1900 and 1963. A large part has been digitised and made available in the SLU Media Bank.
The photographs are a documentation of Swedish forest history, where you can follow the development of, for example, various forestry methods, tools, machines, etc., and also the benefits of their use.
About 5,000 images from the SLU Library photo archive, from the Forestry Museum in Lycksele and from other collections have been digitised and made available in the SLU Media Bank. Most of them are black and white photos taken between 1900-1963, but the database was later supplemented with newer images taken up to the 1990s. Many of these are in colour.
The selection has taken place in collaboration with researchers from the Faculty of Forest Sciences and staff at the Forestry Museum in Lycksele. The Kemp Foundation, the Royal Library and the Faculty have funded the project.
The images are freely available unless otherwise stated. However, the source must always be stated. When used for commercial purposes, approval from the SLU library is required.