Bureau of Nordic Family Forestry
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2025 | Matthieu Moulonguet Cabinet member | LULUCF and carbon removals and carbon farming certification framework (CRCF) | — |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Matthieu Moulonguet Cabinet member | LULUCF and carbon removals and carbon farming certification framework (CRCF) | SRC |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Ilaria Flores Martin Cabinet member | Bioeconomy Strategy | — |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Ilaria Flores Martin Cabinet member | Bioeconomy Strategy | SRC |
Mission & Goals
The Nordic Family Forestry Alliance (NSF) is the network of the family forest owner organizations of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. The Danish Forest Association, the Federation of Family Forest Owners and Farmers of Sweden (LRF), the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners in Finland (MTK), Norwegian Forest Owners' Federation had been cooperating since 1946 and have been active in Brussels-based EU policy discussions since the EU accession of Sweden and Finland in 1996. The Icelandic Forest Farmers Association joined NSF in 2025. NSF follows and advocates on forest-related policy developments in the European Commission, the European Parliament the European Council and the Economic and Social Committee, as well as relevant processes on pan-European and global level with special focus areas on climate, biodiversity, and circular bioeconomy.
EU Legislative Interests
EU Bioeconomy Strategy; EU Forest Strategy; Climate Change mitigationand LULUCF; CAP and Rural Development; Renewable Energy Directive; Soil Monitoring Law; EU Biodiversity Strategy; Natura 2000; EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR); Carbon Removals Certification Framework (CRCF); Horizon Europe; Forest ecosystem services; Sustainable Finance and Taxonomy;
Communication Activities
NSF Manifesto for the 2024-2029 EU political cycle: "The Nordics - A Region of Forests" downloadable from here: https://www.nordicforestry.org/page/nordic-family-forestry
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
NSF is partner organisation of the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) - https://www.cepf-eu.org/ All NSF member organisations are full member organisations of CEPF. Please see further information here: https://www.cepf-eu.org/about-us/members
Organisation Members
Danish Forest Association - https://www.danskskovforening.dk/ National Forest Cooperative Organisation in Sweden (LRF) - https://www.lrf.se/ Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners in Finland (MTK) - https://www.mtk.fi/ Norwegian Forest Owners' Federation (Norges Skogeierforbund) - https://skog.no/ The Icelandic Farmers Association (Bændasamtök Íslands) - https://www.bondi.is/
Additional Information
NSF is the network of four national forest owner's association. The regular 'staff' of NSF consist of the 4 forestry directors (NSF Directors' Group) from each NSF member organisatons as well as 4 liaison policy advisor from each member organisations (NSF Policy Group). Both the members of the Directors' Group and the Policy Group dedicate part time of their work hours to dedicated 'NSF activities' on an ad-hoc basis, depending on EU policy developments and events in Brussels. Their related staff costs are incorporated in the budgets of their respective organisations, their work dedicated to NSF activities is not remunerated from the dedicated NSF budget, but from their organisations' respective budgets. The Brussels-based NSF Policy Advisor's (contact point) position is financed from the NSF annual budget.