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Robertho Settergren makes a selection of Christmas trees in Lindome, in the municipality of Mölndal, south of Gothenburg.
He believes that Christmas tree sales spiked early, even before First Advent last weekend.
– We really have seen a corona effect. During the weekends of November, we have had twice as many visitors compared to what we usually have, says Robertho Settergren to Göteborg Direkt.
This year, he runs the fir plantation for the fifth year in a row and estimates that 300 to 400 fir trees will be cut.
“Much more”
He says that in previous years there were three visitors, maybe four, during a normal Saturday in November, but that during this COVID-19 year there were more than that.
– Many more want to get out into nature and experience the sensation of cutting their own fir. It’s a good excursion, says Robertho Settergren to Göteborg Direkt.
In addition to the cultivation in Lindome, he also has another fir cultivation in Tidaholm, from where he transports firs in case the Lindome ones aren’t enough.
Annually, around three million Christmas trees are sold in Sweden.
