SmartForest – We will work smarter, more efficiently and with more precision in forestry

Bringing Industry 4.0 to the Norwegian Forest Sector

The primary objective of SmartForest is to improve the efficiency of the Norwegian forest sector by enabling a digital revolution transforming forest information, silviculture, forest operations, wood supply and the overall digital information flow in the sector.

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Katrin Zimmer 28. September 202628. September 2026

From planting to precise digital forest management

We are proud to see the SmartPlanter featured by NRK and Glommen Mjøsen Skog — both as...

Katrin Zimmer 25. August 202625. August 2026

A comparison of single-photon lidar, conventional lidar, and digital aerial photogrammetry for area-based forest inventory

Can single-photon lidar (SPL) make forest inventories more cost-efficient? More than...

The SFI SmartForest is a part of the Centres for Research-based Innovation scheme of the Research Council of Norway, with a project period from 2020 – 2028.

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