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This thesis examined the views and assessment methods of profitability in forestry used by the Finnish private forest owners and analysed the differences in these in relation to the theory of forest economics. The study provides in-depth and analytically generalized information on the phenomenon. The data were collected in the spring of 2019 and consists of 52 responses to a semi-structured survey sent to private forest owners. This is an extensive and collective case study based on a mixed methods design. The key findings include an in-depth description of the phenomenon and a typology of the assessment methods for profitability. To explain the phenomenon, the csQCA-technique based on Boolean algebra was used. Some multiple conjunctural causations were identified concerning the assessment of relative profitability and the lack of the assessment of profitability. The thesis provides also information on the effects of non-market values on the phenomenon.