Martin Svensson is the new forwarder double champion
Martin Svensson from Rimforsa, Sweden is the best forwarder operator in the world and also in the Nordic region! He captured the two titles at the Elmia Wood international forestry fair on 5 June.
“The competition was really tough, with many skilled operators,” he says.
WebTV coverage of the Forwarder Cup
Martin operates forwarders for the company of Bröderna Svensson Skogsentreprenad in Horn, Sweden. But he does more than just that. He is an unusually highly trained operator, with a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management, which means he also does other kinds of forest work.
“Winning a competition at this level is especially exciting and a stimulus for my work,” says Martin, who has competed for seven years and won the Swedish Forwarder Cup in both 2006 and 2008.
In the semi-final Martin met and beat another Swede, Mattias Paulsson, and then won the nerve-wracking final against Finland’s Timo Nieminen. Brad Ackerman of the USA beat Mattias in the face-off for third prize. But Mattias had a consolation prize in being the bronze medal winner of the Nordic competition.
Martin had a chance at becoming triple champion by also winning at the Swedish national Forwarder Cup on the following day, 6 June, but ended up finishing in (a still highly respectable) third place.