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The Norwegian Embassy in Stockholm recently hosted a seminar for the forestry and wood industry in Norway and Sweden. The aim was to highlight the specific cross-border cooperation initiatives that have been put in place over the past 18 months. Great attention was paid to the role of clusters.

The Circular Bioeconomy Arena - a project to develop tomorrow's circular forest products and services - is underway. On Monday and Tuesday, all the players from Sweden and Norway gathered to talk about how startups and established businesses can find new ways together.

Last week, the architectural and consulting firm OsloTre was named the winner of the construction industry's climate prize for 2023. Over the past 13 years, OsloTre has specialized in wooden structures and has unique expertise in the field.

It's 25 years since the iconic terminal building at Gardermoen was opened. At an interesting seminar organized by the National Conference for Wood Architecture and NSW Architecture in Oslo on 5 December, we got the story behind why the Gardermoen terminal building was built in wood.

- "The Norwegian Wood Cluster has developed into an interesting arena for knowledge sharing and collaboration on innovation and development to strengthen the competitiveness of wood construction. We therefore look forward to becoming part of the cluster," says CEO Erland Løkken of Bergene Holm.