Känn igen trä (Recognise Wood) (book)

Our ancestors knew wood and how to exploit the properties of each species. They used oak for ships, ash for tool handles, hornbeam for wooden mallets, spruce for light interior floors, birch for joinery and rowan for rake tines.

Using our senses, a few tricks and some experience, we can learn to recognise different woods just by studying their surface and structure. The book first looks at the characteristics of different woods, then describes the appearance of some 30 species that grow in the Nordic countries. It ends with a glossary and a subject index. The book is in Swedish.