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Sections & Committees

Three sections and a Unit for Forest and Agricultural History 

The Academy daily work is carried out within three sections:

  • the General section
  • the Agricultural section
  • the Forestry section

Each section consists of Swedish fellows, overseas fellows and honorary fellows. They follow the development in their fields of interest through boards, committees and working parties, and through meetings, conferences and seminars. Both Academy fellows and external forces are involved in the work and the Academy endeavours to gather the best available expertise for constructive debate.

In addition to these there is the Unit for Forest an Agricultural History which runs a library and an archive specializing in agrarian history.

The General section

deals at an overall level with questions concerning natural resources, nature conservation, environment, countryside, research policy, dissemination of knowledge, and social planning. The section also deals with industries and sciences that do not relate specifically to agriculture and forestry, such as fisheries and tourism, and other use of natural resources.
Chairman: Olle Markgren, tel +46 521 72 55 01.
Secretary: Eva Ronquist, tel +46 8 54 54 77 06.

Committees of the General section

  • The Committee for fishery issues
  • The Committee for research policy
  • The Committee for sustainable development
  • The Committee for rural development

The Agricultural section

deals with issues relating to production, processing and marketing in theory and practice, including specific educational and advisory questions within agriculture, horticulture and veterinary medicine as well as environmental issues that are associated with the responsibilities of this sector.
Chairman: Göran Dalin, tel +46 18 67 10 84.
Secretary: Magnus J Stark, tel +46 8 54 54 77 24.

Committees of the Agricultural section

  • The Committee for international agricultural issues
  • The Committee for development of profitable agricultural production
  • The Committee for food quality and health
  • The Committee for water issues

The Forestry section

deals with issues that directly relate to silviculture and utilisation of the forest as a natural resource, including pulp and paper mills and saw mills and marketing in theory and practice, together with specific educational and advisory questions, hunting and the environmental issues that are associated with the responsibilities of this sector.
Chairman: Linda Hedlund, tel +46 8 787 58 98.
Secretary: Bo Carlestål, tel +46 8 54 54 77 07.

Committees of the Forestry section

  • The Committee for energy issues
  • The Committee for international forestry issues
  • The Committee for forest technics and logistics
  • The Committee for silviculture

The Unit for Forest and Agricultural History

specializes on historical projects, advice and publishing. The projects are run in association with historical researchers and fellows of the Academy.
Chairman of the Standing committee of the Unit for Agricultural and Forest History: Ulrich Lange, tel +46 31 786 63 41.
Chief librarian: Lars Ljunggren, tel +46 8 54 54 77 15.