Mar 16, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. In conjunction with the termination of the partnership between Södra and Norske Skog in 2009, Södra will establish Södra Skog AS on April 1, 2009, for the purchase of wood and chips in Norway, as the company informed Lesprom Network. The organisation will be headed by Stein Altern, currently mill manager at the Södra Cell Tofte and Södra Cell Folla pulp mills. Altern has a great deal of experience working in Södra Cell mills and a broad contact network in the Norwegian wood market from his many years at Norske Skog and Södra. Altern takes up the position on April 1, 2009. At the same time, Per Kosberg moves from production manager to mill manager at Södra Cell Folla. Jonas Eriksson becomes acting mill manager at Södra Cell Tofte. Eriksson currently also manages Södra Cell Värö.