Öland

Öland is an island in the Baltic sea at the south eastern coast of Sweden. The ground is mainly limestone. Historically Öland was an important source area for [Quercus|oak] wood. Almost all buildings except the churches was burnt down by danish troupes 1677, why old wood is rare. A source for dendrochronological samples are the great amount of post mills (more than 300). Most of them are made of oaks felled in the 18'th century.

There are also some [Pinus sylvestris|pine] forrests on the island. The most important is the Böda area at the very northern part. A smaller pine forest is also at central west coast (Rälla tall)

Dendrochronological collections

• OlandQUSP, Central part of the island of Öland, 1428-2004, by Torbjörn Axelson.
• Swed313 ITRDB: swed313.rwl info Rälla Tall on the island of Öland, south east Sweden, 1858-2006 by Torbjörn Axelson. Good correlations towards Stockholm area, for instance Swed308 as well as to the quite nearby SE003.

external pages

• Wikipedia (English) article about Öland
• http://www.sveaskog.se/PageFiles/1867/B%C3%B6da_webb.pdf