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Forestry association membership cards 2024-2025

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The forestry association membership card is now electronic. The card is valid for as long as a member is registered in a forestry association but is updated annually. It has been updated for the current year (i.e. for the period 2024-2025).  

Users with an active membership card in their phone wallet need not download it again. The card should update automatically on Android phones when it is opened in the wallet, but you can also press the “circle” button at the bottom right to update the card. iPhone users need to go into the wallet and on the “back” side of the card (the three points in the upper right corner), click on “Pass details” and then stroke down the screen and the card should then update. 

Members who do not already have an electronic card can contact us to check if an active e-mail address is registered with us and get a link sent to access the cvard. Contact us by e-mail at rf@skog.is or call 551-8150. 

Forestry Encouragement Award: Call for nominations

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The Forestry Encouragement Award will be awarded for the first time on the International Day of Forests, 21st of March. The Award will be given annually to individuals, groups, companies, associations or institutions that have carried out selfless work in the interests of forestry in Iceland.
The award is presented by the Icelandic Forestry Association, Land and Forest and the Icelandic Farmers Association.
The deadline for nominations is February 14th. The nomination can be completed on the website of the Icelandic Forestry Association: https://www.skog.is/hvatningarverdlaun-skograektar/ 

If you know a person or people who are doing really good things within forestry and deserve encouragement – please submit a nomination!

 

                

Happy New Year!

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The Icelandic Forestry Association wishes everyone a Happy New Year!

Special thanks to all the forestry associations in Iceland – and all our other friends, partners and supporters – for their cooperation this past year.

Settle down roots with Rótarskot!

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Rótarskot is for anyone who wants to reduce the amount of fireworks purchased or who doesn’t want to buy fireworks, but for each Rótarskot purchased a tree will be planted by volunteers from search & rescue services and forestry associations. With the purchase of Rótarskot, you support the work of the search & rescue services and forestry in the country.

Rótarskot can be bought at the fireworks markets of search & rescue services all over the country and on the website of Landsbjörg: https://www.landsbjorg.is/verslun/rotarskot

Merry Christmas!

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The Icelandic Forestry Association wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2023 and we hope to see you in the forest in 2024!

Forestry associations’ Christmas tree sales in the last few days before Christmas

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There are some forestry association’s that are still selling Christmas trees in the last few days before Christmas:

The Árnesingar Forestry Association is holding a Christmas tree sale in Snæfoksstaðir until 23 December, 11-16. See: https://www.facebook.com/snaefokstadir

The Eyfiirðinga Forestry Association has a Christmas tree sale in Kjarnaskógur until 23 December. See: https://www.kjarnaskogur.is/jolatre

The Hafnarfjörður Forestry Association, at Gróðrarstöðin, Þöll, on Kaldárselsvegur until 23 December, 10-18. See: https://www.skoghf.is

The Mosfellsbær Forestry Association, in Hamrahlíð until 23 December, 12-17 every day except for Þorláksmessa, which is open 10-16. See: https://www.facebook.com/SkogMos/

See also: http://www.skog.is/jolatrjaavefurinn/

Forestry association’s Christmas tree sales 2023

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It is a Christmas tradition for many families to go out to the forest during advent to select their Christmas tree and Christmas forests can be found in most parts of Iceland. Those less interested in a walk in the forest can also find sellers of already cut Icelandic Christmas trees.

The first forestry associations will be up and selling at the beginning of advent. Further information can be found online (in Icelandic) – http://www.skog.is/jolatrjaavefurinn/ – and on the website/Facebook pages of individual forestry associations.

Shop locally!

Icelandic Christmas trees are freshly cut and environmentally friendly with a lower carbon footprint and by buying an Icelandic Christmas tree you support reforestation efforts in the country, because for every tree sold dozens more can be planted. There is no need to have a guilty conscience for felling the tree!

Office closed August 31 – September 4

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The office of the Icelandic Forestry Association will be closed from Thursday, August 31 to Monday, September 4, due to the Association’s Annual General Meeting, held in Patreksfjörður, from September 1 to 3. We will be back at the office on Tuesday, September 5.

Icelandic Forestry Association Annual General Meeting

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The annual general meeting of the Icelandic Forestry Association will be held in Patreksfjörður September 1-3, with three forestry associations – in Bíldudalur, Patreksfjörður and Tálknafjörður – as  joint hosts of the meeting.

The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, will give an address at the start of the meeting, where he will be presented with a first copy of a new book – Frændur fagna skógi – which details forest-related relations between Norway and Iceland. For this reason, Tønnes Svanes, chargé d’affaires at the Norwegian Embassy in Iceland, will also speak.

In addition to the usual general meeting activities a number of presentations on variable forestry topics will be given and field trips taken to forest and other interesting places in the area.

The highlight of the meeting is a celebration on Saturday night where, amongst other things, local people will be honoured for their contributions to forestry.

The programme for the meeting, the Icelandic Forestry Association’s Annual Report and other information will be available on the Icelandic Forestry Associations website:

https://www.skog.is/adalfundur-2023/

For updates during the meeting see the Icelandic Forestry Associations Facebook and Instagram:

https://www.facebook.com/skograektarfelag

https://www.instagram.com/skograektarfelagislands/