Nature’s solution to carbon emissions
View on the Carbon RegistryCertified and registered Forest Carbon Code, Enviance, International Carbon Registry
1,041,852
trees planted
The official count of autumn 2023 plus 430,891 seedlings on Álfadalur/Álfheimar according to its validation report, replacement planting included. Planting there finished on 31 May 2025.
Sources: Official count, autumn 2023 · Álfadalur/Álfheimar validation report, 2026
Skógálfar owns all the land the trees stand on, south of Laugarvatn.
Distances as the crow fliesOpen in maps
Third-party certification
We plant the forest. Others set the rules, check the work and keep the record of the units. All three of our projects are certified under the Forest Carbon Code.
01Sets the rules
Land og skógur’s standard for carbon capture in new forests, the only one of its kind in Iceland.
Among its rules: the land must have been treeless for at least 25 years, and 20% of units are set aside as a buffer.
skogarkolefni.is02Checks the work
An outside validation body, accredited to ISO 14065, checked Álfabrekka in 2024 and Álfadalur/Álfheimar in 2026 and published a report on each.
Álfabrekka Recommended for registration
Álfadalur/Álfheimar Meets the Forest Carbon Code’s requirementsÁlfabrekka’s report is based on a site visit on 15 June 2023, and Álfadalur/Álfheimar’s on a site visit on 9 February 2026.
03Keeps the record
All three projects are listed there, Álfabrekka as no. 57 since 9 February 2024.
The registry issues the units on a public ledger, the Polygon blockchain, so anyone can trace when they are issued, change hands and are retired, that is, used for offsetting.
Pending units can change hands, but can’t be retired until they are verified.
Álfabrekka on the public ledgerSource: Carbon Registry documentation
Documents
The projects’ afforestation plans, carbon forecasts and validation reports are published here in full, along with maps and land parcel plans. Read the sources behind the figures.
Our projects
Three certified projects on four adjoining parcels of heathland in Grímsnes, drawn from the surveyed boundaries. Álfadalur and Álfheimar are registered together as one project.
52,120 t CO₂e
Carbon forecast, 50 years · Validated forecast
Álfabrekka: 140 of 589 football pitches
Each cell is one football pitch (105 × 68 m) of the three projects’ land.
Sources: Final forecast 2023 · Count, autumn 2023 · Project description (PDD) · Boundary map, Dec 2023 · Land no. 233248
69,257 t CO₂e
Carbon forecast, 50 years · Final forecast 2023
Álfaskeið: 198 of 589 football pitches
Each cell is one football pitch (105 × 68 m) of the three projects’ land.
Sources: Final forecast 2023 · Count, autumn 2023 · Boundary map, Dec 2023 · Land no. 233749
65,279 t CO₂e
Carbon forecast, 50 years · Validated forecast
Álfadalur/Álfheimar: 251 of 589 football pitches
Each cell is one football pitch (105 × 68 m) of the three projects’ land.
Sources: Validation report 2026 · Project description (PDD) · EIA notification · Boundary map, Dec 2023 · Land no. 236324, 236615
In perspective
3,733186,656t CO₂e
One average year of those forecasts: 186,656 ÷ 50Carbon forecast for all three projects, each over its own 50 years
Few people have a feel for numbers this big. Here the three projects’ 50-year forecasts are set beside things we know, as one average year or all 50.
CO₂ at 0 °C and 1 atm weighs 1.977 kg/m³. 50 years: 94,400,000 m³, a cube 455 m on each side. One year: 1,888,000 m³, 124 m. Hallgrímskirkja is 74.5 m tall, the Empire State Building 443 m to the tip.
Each line is 4,000 passengers
Keflavík–Copenhagen and back in economy: 0.2985 t CO₂ per passenger, 2 × 2,142 km (CO₂ only). 186,656 ÷ 0.2985 ≈ 625,313; 3,733.1 ÷ 0.2985 ≈ 12,506. Rounded down.
Álfabrekka and Álfaskeið leave their first five years out as a precaution. Álfadalur/Álfheimar’s forecast counts them.
Yearly figures for Álfabrekka and Álfaskeið are from their final forecasts (2023, pp. 8–9). Álfadalur/Álfheimar’s validation report gives seven periods, not years (pp. 23–24); each period is spread evenly over its years, from 2025. The years add up to 52,122 · 69,259 · 65,279 t; the sources round each year.
After the 20% buffer, about 149,000 t of the three forecasts can be used for offsetting. The rest is held back until each project ends, 2071–2074.
Sources: Álfabrekka final forecast, 2023 · Álfaskeið final forecast, 2023 · Álfadalur/Álfheimar validation report, 2026 · NIST, CO₂ density · Vísindavefurinn · Empire State Building · ICAO Carbon Emissions Calculator, 2026 . Accessed 28 Sept 2026.
Why it matters
At settlement, about 1,150 years ago, birch woodland and scrub covered a large part of Iceland. Grazing, wood-cutting and charcoal making cleared most of it, and today Iceland is the least forested of the Nordic countries.
Sources: World Bank, FAO data, 2023 · Icelandic Forest Service, history of forests in Iceland
About us
Skógálfar has invested in land in Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur to grow forests for carbon sequestration. The projects bring environmental, economic and social benefits and contribute to the fight against climate change.
A multipurpose forest: internationally certified carbon sequestration, soil conservation, outdoor recreation, timber production and other ecosystem services.
Contact
The forest isn’t a roadside stop: visits are arranged in advance. Anyone who’s interested, or has an enquiry, is welcome. Just send us a request.
Ásmundur SkeggjasonOwnerArranges visits and answers enquiriesas@hofdi.is+354 895 3000Updates
News from the forest, the certification and the carbon market.
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Carbon units
Our carbon units come from forest on our own land in South Iceland, certified under the Forest Carbon Code and registered on the International Carbon Registry.