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 26. February 202626. February 2026

ForestryBoost workshop

Last week, SmartForest Postdoctoral fellow Alexander Scharf presented his work on the...

Katrin Zimmer 13. February 202623. February 2026

A precise deep learning approach for timber traceability along the forest value chain

How can we trace timber from its harvest site to the end product? Our SmartForest PhD...

Katrin Zimmer 9. February 20269. February 2026

New to the team – Jeroen Van Houtte

Welcome to Jeroen Van Houtte, the newest member of the SmartForest team! Jeroen joined...

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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