A differentiated shoreline protection framework with increased municipal and local influence
Greater municipal influence over shoreline protection
What's at stake: The decision affects how much power municipalities get over where building near water should be allowed, concerning both rural landowners and businesses wanting to develop their operations, as well as local nature conservation.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether shoreline protection should be fundamentally overhauled with greatly increased municipal decision-making power over protected areas, or whether the government's current relaxations together with a forthcoming inquiry are sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee considers that the government has already taken clear steps to make shoreline protection more purposeful and locally adapted, both through the bill the committee endorses and through an announced inquiry into further relaxations, and therefore rejects the motions calling for a more differentiated framework and increased municipal influence.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 8 (C)
The reservation (C) wants to abolish general shoreline protection entirely and replace it with strengthened local power for municipalities to designate especially valuable areas themselves, arguing that municipalities know local conditions best and that this would ease building and business activity while strengthening residents' local influence.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
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YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 8 by C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
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Abstain 3/0/16/5
S
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Abstain 0/0/92/14
MP
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Yes 15/0/0/3
Cown reservation
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No 0/20/0/4
L
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Yes 12/0/0/4
KD
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Yes 16/0/0/3
M
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Yes 59/0/0/9
SD
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Yes 62/0/0/10
Broke with the party line
VAndreas Lennkvist Manriquez(V, Stockholms kommun)
Yes — party line: Abstain
VKarin Rågsjö(V, Stockholms kommun)
Yes — party line: Abstain
VLorena Delgado Varas(V, Stockholms kommun)
Yes — party line: Abstain
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2024/25:46 by Martina Johansson (C) demand 1,
2024/25:200 by Kjell-Arne Ottosson (KD),
2024/25:615 by Gudrun Brunegård (KD),
2024/25:1018 by Kerstin Lundgren (C),
2024/25:1061 by Christofer Bergenblock and Anders Karlsson (both C),
2024/25:1454 by Tobias Andersson et al. (SD) demand 11,
2024/25:1675 by Ludvig Ceimertz (M) demands 1 and 2,
2024/25:2039 by Kjell Jansson (M),
2024/25:2207 by Lars Isacsson et al. (S),
2024/25:2397 by Viktor Wärnick (M),
2024/25:2415 by Oliver Rosengren et al. (M),
2024/25:2674 by Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M),
2024/25:2831 by Sten Bergheden (M) demands 1 and 2,
2024/25:2858 by Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M),
2024/25:2950 by Alireza Akhondi et al. (C) demands 4 and 8 in this part,
2024/25:2955 by Muharrem Demirok et al. (C) demand 20,
2024/25:2978 by Markus Wiechel et al. (SD) demand 7,
2024/25:2986 by Markus Wiechel and Victoria Tiblom (both SD),
2024/25:3109 by Anna-Caren Sätherberg et al. (S) demand 73,
2024/25:3122 by Eric Westroth (SD) and
2024/25:3143 by Josefin Malmqvist (M).
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2024/25:46 av Martina Johansson (C) yrkande 1,
2024/25:200 av Kjell-Arne Ottosson (KD),
2024/25:615 av Gudrun Brunegård (KD),
2024/25:1018 av Kerstin Lundgren (C),
2024/25:1061 av Christofer Bergenblock och Anders Karlsson (båda C),
2024/25:1454 av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD) yrkande 11,
2024/25:1675 av Ludvig Ceimertz (M) yrkandena 1 och 2,
2024/25:2039 av Kjell Jansson (M),
2024/25:2207 av Lars Isacsson m.fl. (S),
2024/25:2397 av Viktor Wärnick (M),
2024/25:2415 av Oliver Rosengren m.fl. (M),
2024/25:2674 av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M),
2024/25:2831 av Sten Bergheden (M) yrkandena 1 och 2,
2024/25:2858 av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M),
2024/25:2950 av Alireza Akhondi m.fl. (C) yrkandena 4 och 8 i denna del,
2024/25:2955 av Muharrem Demirok m.fl. (C) yrkande 20,
2024/25:2978 av Markus Wiechel m.fl. (SD) yrkande 7,
2024/25:2986 av Markus Wiechel och Victoria Tiblom (båda SD),
2024/25:3109 av Anna-Caren Sätherberg m.fl. (S) yrkande 73,
2024/25:3122 av Eric Westroth (SD) och
2024/25:3143 av Josefin Malmqvist (M).
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag approved the Government's proposal which entails several reductions in shoreline protection regulations.
According to the proposal, small bodies of water and bodies of water constructed in modern times shall no longer be covered by the general shoreline protection. The proposal also means that opportunities to build or take measures in shoreline-adjacent locations increase.
Shoreline protection shall, in individual cases, be able to be introduced for small bodies of water with special significance for the purposes of shoreline protection, which are to in the long term protect the public's access to shoreline areas and preserve good living conditions for animal and plant life on land and in water.
The exception for enterprises that use natural resources on land and in water, primary industries, becomes according to the Government's proposal more generous. The provisions for primary industries shall also be supplemented so that aquaculture, that is, activity that conducts cultivation in water, for example fish and shellfish farming, is also covered by the reductions.
Furthermore, municipalities shall more easily be able to decide that shoreline protection does not reapply when they adopt a new detailed plan, that is, the regulations that control construction within a certain area.
The proposals enter into force on 1 July 2025.
The Riksdag simultaneously rejected approximately 40 proposals in motions, among other things with reference to the Government's proposal and ongoing work. The proposals were submitted during the general motion period of 2024.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to clarify that existing exemptions from beach protection and fully beach-protection-free areas shall continue to apply. (C) — Reservation 8
Motion 2024/25:1018 — Strandskyddet och utvecklingen i skärgården och på landsbygden av Kerstin Lundgren (C)
Motion 2024/25:1061 — Ett reformerat strandskydd för en levande landsbygd med bostäder och verksamheter av Christofer Bergenblock och Anders Karlsson (båda C)
Motion 2024/25:1371 — Politik för stärkt äganderätt av Martin Kinnunen m.fl. (SD)
Motion 2024/25:1383 — Planering och byggande av Mikael Eskilandersson m.fl. (SD)
Motion 2024/25:1454 — Regional utveckling - för ett levande Sverige av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)