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About NORGIG
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The NORGIG web site
The NORGIG web site opened in November 2006 as a show room for
image-based presentations about old, big and extraordinary trees in the northern countries.
NORGIG is an abbreviation for 'Nordens Giganter', which means 'The Northern Giants'.
The background
They are the largest land-living beings we have.
Many rare organisms depend on them. Often they are part of our history and culture.
They play a role
in our relation to nature.
But for a long time, big and old trees are under threat.
What will happen with these giants and the fungi, lichens, insects and birds that need them?
A national Swedish inventory of giant trees
made the idea grow of an image-based old tree web resource.
Positive feedback from experts in a few countries boosted the project.
The trees
The NORGIG web site is dedicated to old trees and virgin forests in the North, particularly those above
the 55th degree of latitude.
Often the biggest and oldest deciduous trees are products of a
cultivated landscape – a result of livestock needs, land owners tree planting and preindustrial
human care for these trees. They and their needle counterparts have played roles in folklore, religion, love, death and as meeting places.
In the past, the northern giants have been closely connected to human culture.
 The organization
NORGIG was developed by UP Creative Support in 2006 to 2009. The project has remain idle since. The website
was transferred to and narrowed by Heliorite AB in 2025. There is a significant
photo archive connected to the project. Most photos have never been published and their fate is unclear.
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