Icelandic Forest Research, located at Mógilsá in the vicinity of Reykjavík, is the research division of the Icelandic Forest Service. Applied forest research on silviculture, growth and yield as well as choice of forest reproductive material has been the main emphasis of the division 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 afforestation on derelict 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.
Mógilsá
162 Reykjavik, Iceland
Switchboard: +354 470 2000
Director: Edda S. Oddsdóttir Ph.D.
Employed since 1997
E-mail: arnor@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 894 145
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Employed since: 2002
E-mail: bjarki@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 862 9961
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Employed since: 2012
E-mail: brynjar@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 899 8755
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Employed since: 2007
E-mail: bjorn@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 863 5169
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Employed since: 2005
E-mail: brynja@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 867 9574
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Edda S. Oddsdóttir
Ph.D. in Biology
Director of Icelandic Forest Research
Employed since: 1997. Director since 2016
E-mail: edda@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 892 4503
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Elísabet Atladóttir
B.Sc. in geology
Assistant researcher
Employed since 2020
E-mail elisabet@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 846 3368
Employed since: 2014
E-mail: johanna@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 892 2240
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Employed since: 2000
E-mail: olie@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 690 4724
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Employed since 2019
E-mail: olstar@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 822 2599
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Employed since 2008
E-mail: rakel@skogur.is
Mobile phone +354 844 5548
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Employed since: 2006
E-mail: thorbergur@skogur.is
Mobile phone: +354 661 9431
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