%0 Article %T A century of Finnish state forestry 1859-1959. %A Laitakari, Erkki %D 1961 %J Silva Fennica %V %N 112 %R doi:10.14214/sf.a14230 %U https://silvafennica.fi/article/4699 %X
This paper is a short presentation in English of the activities of the Finnish Forest Service, organization responsible for the management of the State Forests of Finland, during its first century. The article gives a short history of the Forest Service and description of the forest property, development of the Forest Service, forest conservation work and business activity of the organization.
A complete presentation of the history and activities of the organization since its establishment in 1859 up to the present time is published in Finnish in Silva Fennica No. 107.