Icelandic Forest Research, located at Mógilsá near Reykjavík, is the research division of the Iceland Forest Service. Applied forest research on silviculture, growth and yield and choice of forest reproductive material has been the main emphasis of the organisation since its establishment in 1967. These areas of research are still important however forest ecology and management have become increasingly important fields of study with a wide range of topics, including carbon and nutrient cycles, solving establishment problems in afforestaton on derlict land, insect pests and pathogens and the effects of afforestation on plant and animal communities. Forest inventory has also increased in importance, not the least due to the need for knowledge about carbon stocks and sequestration. Other recent research topics include climatic mapping, vegetation history and social aspects of forestry.
For the majority of research projects, emphasis is placed on applied research for the purpose of advancing sustainable forest management planning and practice in Iceland. Icelandic Forest Research currently has a staff of 12 persons.
Visiting address and telephones
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Icelandic Forest Research, Mógilsá,
116 Reykjavik, Iceland
Switchboard: +354-4702000
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Staff at Icelandic Forest Research
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Aðalsteinn Sigurgeirsson
Ph.D in Forestry
Employed since 1991. Director since 1998
E-mail: adalsteinn[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-8987862
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- Director of Icelandic Forest Research, Mógilsá
- Research in forest genetics and ecological genetics
- Silvicultural research
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Arnór Snorrason
M.Sc in Forestry
Employed since 1997
E-mail: arnor[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-8941453
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- Deputy Director
- Research on growth and growth potential of tree species used in forestry in Iceland
- Icelandic Forest Inventory: National inventories on woodland and forests in Iceland (distribution, carbon-stock, biomass, and wood volume of forests)
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Bjarki Þ. Kjartansson
B.Sc. in Geography, Ph.D student
Employed since: 2002
Ph.D. student at Lund University, Sweden
E-mail: bjarki.kjartansson[at]nateko.lu.se
Mobile phone: +70958671 (Sweden)
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- Research on growth and growth potential of tree species used in forestry in Iceland.
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Björn Traustason
M.Sc in Geography
Employed since: 2007
E-mail: bjorn[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-8635169
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- Geographical Information Systems – Data capture, consulting and teaching.
- Cartography – Thematic mapping for other scientists
- Remote sensing – Experiments on RS and Icelandic forests
- Icelandic Forest Inventory
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Brynhildur Bjarnadóttir
Ph.D in Biology
Employed since: 2003
E-mail: brynhildur[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-8634085
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Brynja Hrafnkelsdóttir
M.Sc in Forestry
Employed since: 2005
E-mail: brynja[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-8679574
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- Forest ecology
- Forest entomology
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Edda S. Oddsdóttir
M.Sc in Biology, Ph.D. student
Employed since: 1997
E-mail: edda[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-8924503
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Research fields:
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- Soil biology
- Ecology
- Forest entomology
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Halldór Sverrisson
Ph.D in Biology
Employed since: 2003
E-mail: halldors[at]lbhi.is
Mobile phone: +354-6943722
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- Forest and tree diseases and beneficial microorganisms
- Provenance and species trials
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Hrefna Jóhannesdóttir
M.Sc in Forestry
Employed since: 2000.
Location: Mógilsá division at Akureyri,
E-mail: hrefna[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-8987325
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- Plant production (container stock) and afforestation.
- Service to forest plant producers in Iceland
- Secretary for the Committee of Senior Officials for Agriculture at Norden (The Nordic co-operation)
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Ingibjörg F. Ragnarsdóttir
Financial manager
E-mail: inga[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-8697058
Location: Egilsstaðir
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Kjartan Kjartansson
Building maintainer and outdoor environment
E-mail: kjartan[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-8949488
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Ólafur Eggertsson
Ph.D in Quaternary Geology
Employed since: 2000
E-mail: olie[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-6904724
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- Palaeoecology
- Dendrochronology
- Wood anatomy and wood properties
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Þorbergur H. Jónsson
B.Sc.in forestry
Employed since: 2006
E-mail: torbergur[at]skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354-6619431
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- Salt problem and salt tolerance of tree species in Iceland
- Ecology and growth of the Icelandic native Betula sp. forests
- Silviculture and forest management
- Forest economy and Forest operations
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