ABSTRACT
Around 1560, severe sand drift problems hit the coastal areas of north Sealand and northwest and west Jutland. They persisted, and it took 150–300 years to overcome the negative effects (Terslin, 1940; Pragensis, 1989). The causes were intensely debated then but appear more evident today: the forests that had long existed along the coastlines in question were cut down in an effort to increase land for agricultural cultivation and animal husbandry. This changed the wind profile during the windy periods that are abundant under Danish conditions.
