The deep, dark forests of northern Europe supplied people with wood, timber and food for millennia. They gave rise to myths, legends and fairy tales, and offered refuge to the persecuted. Over time, ...

Birgitta Velander’s forest is her retirement fund, a source of income, and an inheritance she hopes to one day pass on to her children. The 81-year-old’s family has cared for the 200-hectare (500-acre ...

On an early morning in northern Sweden, Nila Jannok, a local Sámi reindeer herder, was out walking through one of the country’s last remaining old-growth forests when he stumbled upon something ...