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August Renvall (email), Aarne Boman

Tilastollisia tutkimuksia yhtiöiden maanomistuksesta Suomessa III

Renvall A., Boman A. (1921). Tilastollisia tutkimuksia yhtiöiden maanomistuksesta Suomessa III. Acta Forestalia Fennica vol. 19 no. 3 article id 7060. https://doi.org/10.14214/aff.7060

English title: Statistical studies on the landholdings of companies in Finland

Abstract

The timber companies began acquiring forest land in 1890s which raised concerns about decrease of the number of private farms and agricultural land, as had happened in Sweden earlier. This was not considered to be a major problem in Finland, but the sale of homesteads on former state lands for sawmill companies was considered to be against their objective. One reason for the sale of farms was the farmers’ poor conception of the value of the land. In 1915 three decrees that restricted the right of companies that use timber to buy land were approved. The article discusses in detail the arguments that led to the legislation and compares it to the situation in Sweden.

A survey was commissioned to study the of landholdings of the companies, and to compare it with farming in private and company owned farms. The article includes a study about individual farms in the municipalities of Multia, Heinävesi, Sulkava, Ruokolahti and Luumäki, and about land use in the areas.

The PDF includes a summary in German.

Original keywords
maatalousmaa; maanomistus; metsäyhtiö; puutavarayhtiö; puutavaranhankinta

English keywords
forest land; timber harvesting; agricultural land; landholding; timber companies

Published in 1921

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