Patrick Bellan works as a tree specialist in the City of Malmö, Sweden, and is responsible for the management and development of an urban stand of more than 100 000 trees. His work includes strategic questions about diversity and resilience in the stand of trees, as well as detailed assesments of the variety of species, site adaptation and technical solutions. Parallel to this he has his own business supporting places and architectural practices in the field of urban greenery.

Patrick leads the Swedish Tree Association and is in the board of The Nordic Urban Tree Fund. In both positions he works to strenghten the knowledge exchange aroud tree questions between nordic places.