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Strandskydd i Sverige, Danmark och Finland: En komparativ analys

Chojnacki Berglund, Lucas LU (2024) LAGF03 20241
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
During the 20th century, there has been a significant shift in the need to pre-serve and make beaches accessible. With the growth of large cities and the increasingly active construction of holiday homes along beaches, legislators in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden have seen an increasing need to protect beaches despite the restrictions on property rights in their respective national constitutions and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
To a large extent, these countries have undertaken a similar legislative journey with similar results. Today, all three countries apply a general beach protection rule where individuals must apply for an exemption. They all have similar purposes behind the legislation, namely, to ensure... (More)
During the 20th century, there has been a significant shift in the need to pre-serve and make beaches accessible. With the growth of large cities and the increasingly active construction of holiday homes along beaches, legislators in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden have seen an increasing need to protect beaches despite the restrictions on property rights in their respective national constitutions and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
To a large extent, these countries have undertaken a similar legislative journey with similar results. Today, all three countries apply a general beach protection rule where individuals must apply for an exemption. They all have similar purposes behind the legislation, namely, to ensure recreational needs, envi-ronmental protection, landscapes, and wildlife.
However, when delving deeper, one discovers that our Nordic neighbors may not always be as similar as one might think. Denmark applies a very broad beach protection line of 300 meters along the coast, but applies, for example, 150 meters for lakes of a certain size and watercourses designated by law. Sweden has 100 meters as a rule and applies it to both coasts, watercourses, and lakes, with the possibility to extend it to 300 meters if the County Admin-istrative Board deems it necessary to ensure various purposes. Finland, like Sweden, has a general beach protection zone which, however, is not set to a specific length but is instead adapted to local and regional needs as well as the environment at the specific location.
There have also been proposals in Sweden to make the beach protection legis-lation in Sweden more similar to Denmark’s, with divided protection lines. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Under 1900-talet har en stor förändring skett i behovet av att bevara och till-gängliggöra strand. Med storstädernas framväxt och allt livligare fritidshus-bygge bland stränder så har lagstiftare i Danmark, Finland och Sverige sett ett alltmer ökat behov av att skydda stranden trots dess inskränkningar i egen-domsskyddet i respektives stats grundlag och EKMR.
Till stor del har länderna gjort en liknande lagstiftningsresa med liknande re-sultat. Alla tre länder tillämpar idag en generell strandskyddsregel där den enskilde får ansöka om dispens. De har alla liknande syften bakom lagstift-ningen, nämligen att trygga rekreationsbehov, miljön, landskap och djur.
Men när man börjar djupdyka alltmer så upptäcker man också att våra nor-diska... (More)
Under 1900-talet har en stor förändring skett i behovet av att bevara och till-gängliggöra strand. Med storstädernas framväxt och allt livligare fritidshus-bygge bland stränder så har lagstiftare i Danmark, Finland och Sverige sett ett alltmer ökat behov av att skydda stranden trots dess inskränkningar i egen-domsskyddet i respektives stats grundlag och EKMR.
Till stor del har länderna gjort en liknande lagstiftningsresa med liknande re-sultat. Alla tre länder tillämpar idag en generell strandskyddsregel där den enskilde får ansöka om dispens. De har alla liknande syften bakom lagstift-ningen, nämligen att trygga rekreationsbehov, miljön, landskap och djur.
Men när man börjar djupdyka alltmer så upptäcker man också att våra nor-diska grannländer kanske inte alltid är så lika som man tror. Danmark tilläm-par en väldigt bred strandskyddslinje på 300 meter längst med kusten, men tillämpar exempelvis 150 meter för sjöar av viss storlek och vattendrag som pekats ut av lag. Sverige har 100 meter som en allmän huvudregel och gäller vid både kust, vattendrag och sjöar, med möjlighet att utvidgas till 300 meter ifall länsstyrelsen finner att det behövs för att säkerställa olika syften. Finland som, likt Sverige, har en allmän strandskyddszon som de dock inte sätter längd på utan istället lämnar det till att anpassas efter lokala och regionala be-hov samt miljön just på platsen.
Vi har även lagt fram förslag i Sverige som skulle få strandskyddslagstift-ningen i Sverige att likna mer Danmarks med uppdelade skyddslinjer. (Less)
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Chojnacki Berglund, Lucas LU
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LAGF03 20241
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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förvaltningsrätt, administrative law, strandskydd
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Swedish
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9153429
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  abstract     = {{During the 20th century, there has been a significant shift in the need to pre-serve and make beaches accessible. With the growth of large cities and the increasingly active construction of holiday homes along beaches, legislators in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden have seen an increasing need to protect beaches despite the restrictions on property rights in their respective national constitutions and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
To a large extent, these countries have undertaken a similar legislative journey with similar results. Today, all three countries apply a general beach protection rule where individuals must apply for an exemption. They all have similar purposes behind the legislation, namely, to ensure recreational needs, envi-ronmental protection, landscapes, and wildlife.
However, when delving deeper, one discovers that our Nordic neighbors may not always be as similar as one might think. Denmark applies a very broad beach protection line of 300 meters along the coast, but applies, for example, 150 meters for lakes of a certain size and watercourses designated by law. Sweden has 100 meters as a rule and applies it to both coasts, watercourses, and lakes, with the possibility to extend it to 300 meters if the County Admin-istrative Board deems it necessary to ensure various purposes. Finland, like Sweden, has a general beach protection zone which, however, is not set to a specific length but is instead adapted to local and regional needs as well as the environment at the specific location.
There have also been proposals in Sweden to make the beach protection legis-lation in Sweden more similar to Denmark’s, with divided protection lines.}},
  author       = {{Chojnacki Berglund, Lucas}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Strandskydd i Sverige, Danmark och Finland: En komparativ analys}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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