FORM 4

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*          

Burandt,       Michael            C.   

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION (GP)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
                  (Check all applicable)

Director

10% Owner

   X

Officer (give
title below)

Other (specify
below)

President - N.A. Consumer Products

      133 Peachtree Street, N.E.

1/31/03

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

   X

Form filed by One Reporting Person

Atlanta,         Georgia 30303 

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)                      (State)                  (Zip)

Table I --Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
    (Instr. 3)

2. Trans-
    action
    Date



  (Month/
    Day/
   Year)

2A.
Deemed
Execution
Date, if
any

  (Month/
    Day/
   Year)

3. Trans-
    action
    Code
    (Instr.8)

4. Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed of (D)
    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    Following
    Reported
    Transaction(s)

    (Instr. 3 and 4)

6. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct
    (D) or
    Indirect
    (I)

  (Instr. 4)

7. Nature of
    Indirect
    Beneficial
    Owner-
    ship



   (Instr. 4)

Code

V

Amount

(A)
or
(D)

Price

 Georgia-Pacific Common Stock

4,480.000
(1)(2)

D

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*

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II --Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative
    Security
    (Instr. 3)

2. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
   Security

(Month/
 Day/
Year)

  (Month/
   Day/
  Year)

4. Trans-
    action
    Code
    (Instr.8)

5. Number of Deriv-
    ative Securities Ac-
    quired (A) or Dis-
    posed of (D)
    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exer-
    cisable and
    Expiration
    Date
    (Month/Day/
    Year)

7. Title and Amount of
    Underlying Securities
    (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price
    of
    Deriv-
    ative
    Secur-
    ity
    (Instr.
    5)

9. Number
   of deriv-
   ative
   Secur-
   ities
   Bene-
   ficially
   Owned
   Follow-
   ing
   Reported
   Trans-
   action(s)
   (Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
     ship
     Form of
     Deri-
     vative
     Security:
     Direct
     (D) or
     Indirect
     (I)
     (Instr. 4)

11. Nature
     of
     Indirect
     Benefi-
     cial
     Owner-
     ship
     (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date
Exer-
cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or
Number of
Shares

EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION (right to buy GP) -- 1997 SVIP

 $26.420

(3)

 02/02/07

Georgia-Pacific Common Stock

15,600.000

15,600.000

D

EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION (right to buy GP) -- 1998 LTIP

 $28.205

(4)

 01/28/08

Georgia-Pacific Common Stock

11,880.000

11,880.000

D

EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION (right to buy GP) -- 1999 LTIP

 $32.170

(5)

 01/27/09

Georgia-Pacific Common Stock

22,000.000

22,000.000

D

EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION (right to buy GP) -- 2000 LTIP

$41.590

(6)

 01/20/10

Georgia-Pacific Common Stock

19,300.000

19,300.000

D

EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION (right to buy GP) -- 2001 LTIP

 $29.470

(7)

 01/28/11

Georgia-Pacific Common Stock

32,050.000

32,050.000

D

EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION (right to buy GP) -- 2002 LTIP

$24.440

01/31/03
(8)

01/30/12

Georgia-Pacific Common Stock

44,200.000

44,200.000

D

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT - 2003

$15.220

01/31/03

A

157,950.000

01/31/04

01/30/13

Georgia-Pacific Common Stock

157,950.000

157,950.000

D

Explanation of Responses:

     See continuation page(s) for footnotes.

 /s/ Michael C. Burandt

 February 4, 2003

**

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**Signature of Reporting Person

Date

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

MICHAEL C. BURANDT

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Michael C. Burandt
133 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Georgia-Pacific Corporation (GP)
January 31, 2003

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(1)

Includes award of shares pursuant to performance rights granted under the Georgia-Pacific Corporation/Georgia-Pacific Group 1997 Long Term Incentive Plan.

(2)

Includes 352 shares acquired under the Georgia-Pacific Corporation 2001-2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan in June 2002.

(3)

Under the terms of the Georgia-Pacific Corporation 1995 Shareholder Value Incentive Plan, these options vested effective 02/03/00.

(4)

Under the terms of the Georgia-Pacific Corporation/Georgia-Pacific Group 1997 Long Term Incentive Plan, granted options vest in three annual installments beginning January 29, 1999, and may be exercised (to the extent vested) beginning on such vesting date and continuing to January 28, 2008.

(5)

Under the terms of the Georgia-Pacific Corporation/Georgia-Pacific Group 1997 Long Term Incentive Plan, granted options vest in three annual installments beginning January 28, 2000, and may be exercised (to the extent vested) beginning on such vesting date and continuing to January 27, 2009.

(6)

Under the terms of the Georgia-Pacific Corporation/Georgia-Pacific Group 1997 Long Term Incentive Plan, granted options vest in three annual installments beginning January 21, 2001, and may be exercised (to the extent vested) beginning on such vesting date and continuing to January 20, 2010.

(7)

Under the terms of the Georgia-Pacific Corporation/Georgia-Pacific Group 1997 Long Term Incentive Plan, granted options vest in three annual installments beginning January 29, 2002, and may be exercised (to the extent vested) beginning on such vesting date and continuing to January 28, 2011.

(8)

Under the terms of the Georgia-Pacific Corporation/Georgia-Pacific Group 1997 Long Term Incentive Plan, granted options vest in three annual installments beginning January 31, 2003, and may be exercised (to the extent vested) beginning on such vesting date and continuing to January 30, 2012.