The Wood Market in Karlstad

The Wood Market in Karlstad will be held at the Elite Stadshotellet, Kungsgatan 22 in Karlstad. 

Swedish Wood will be on our stand distributing printed material on Wednesday November 18th from 12 noon and on Thursday, November 19th.

On the Thursday 19 November, we will be holding a  morning seminar focused on issues facing the market. You can also view the seminar live here. The seminar will be held in English. Swedish Wood has no events in the afternoon.

Morning session with market information – starts at 08:45

• Welcome
• Christian Nielsen, the global market situation
• USA/North America - Paul Jannke  
• TBD
• Macroeconomics, Klas Eklund, Chief Strategist at Dahlgren Capital, a renowned economist with a background in both public and private sectors
• UK, Iain McIlwee, STA
• Announcement of the Knight of the Woodmarket  

Afternoon program (in Swedish) – starts at 14:15

• Information on industry-wide agreements, Johanna Albihn, adLegus
• The timber business in the digital world, Bernt Olausson, Swedish Wood/Tanico
• Pause
• Wood quality: past and present, Thomas Thörnqvist 
• Additional lectures may be added

The Wood Market Dinner

On Thursday evening, 19 November, we invite you to book a table for the Wood Market Dinner at 7 pm, for your company and your customers/guests. 

The event includes a welcome drink, three-course meal with wine, plus entertainment. During the dinner, the prestigious award "Knight of the Order of the Wood Market" will also be awarded.

Dinner bookings: Booking and invoicing is done through restaurant manager Julia Björkman. Please contact her directly Julia.bjorkman@elite.se , for dinner bookings.  

Dinner tickets costs SEK 1,495 including VAT.  

A brief history of the Wood Market in Karlstad

From its inception in 1962 until 1999, the Wood Market was organised by the Värmland Sawmills Association. The Association’s board quickly realised that enabling close contact between buyers and sellers of wood products could bring mutual benefits, and it was in the early 1960s, when thoughts turned to how this might be achieved, that the idea of the Wood Market in Karlstad was born. In 2005, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation/Swedish Wood took over lead responsibility for organising the Wood Market.

The wood industry’s award – Knight of the Order of the Wood Market

The year’s Knight of the Order of the Wood Market is traditionally announced at the Wood Market in Karlstad, one of the leading meeting places for Swedish and international players in the wood industry. Issued annually since 1962, the award recognises the people who have successfully taken the industry to new heights.