A statutory guarantee of free passage along shorelines
What's at stake: The decision affects how securely the public, regardless of where they live, can continue to walk and swim freely along shorelines that become more open to building and business activity.
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 an explicit statutory guarantee of free passage along shorelines should be introduced alongside the relaxations to shoreline protection, or whether the current rules on the purpose and scope of shoreline protection are considered to already secure this without further legislation.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee considers that current law adequately serves the purposes of shoreline protection, including public access to shoreline areas under the right of public access, and therefore sees no reason to recommend a specific statutory addition on free passage beyond this, rejecting the motion.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 6 (S)
The reservation (S) wants the government to come back with proposals that clearly regulate and legally guarantee free passage along shorelines, arguing that the government's bill — unlike an earlier proposal of its own based on the same inquiry — does not guarantee free passage, and that the right of public access requires shorelines to remain open to everyone, not just a few.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
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 6 by S.
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
–
Abstain 3/0/16/5
Sown reservation
–
No 0/92/0/14
MP
–
Yes 15/0/0/3
C
–
Yes 20/0/0/4
L
–
Yes 12/0/0/4
KD
–
Yes 16/0/0/3
M
–
Yes 59/0/0/9
SD
–
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
2024/25:1371 by Martin Kinnunen et al. (SD) motion 31 and
2024/25:3349 by Anna-Caren Sätherberg et al. (S).
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2024/25:1371 av Martin Kinnunen m.fl. (SD) yrkande 31 och
2024/25:3349 av Anna-Caren Sätherberg m.fl. (S).
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag approved the Government's proposal which entails several easements in coastal protection regulations. According to the proposal, small waterbodies and waterbodies created in modern times shall no longer be covered by the general coastal protection. The proposal also means that the opportunities to build or undertake actions in coastal proximity increase. Coastal protection may in individual cases be implemented for small waterbodies with special significance for the purposes of coastal protection, which is to in the long term protect the public's access to coastal areas and preserve good living conditions for animal and plant life on land and in water. The exemption for businesses using natural resources on land and in water, rural enterprises (areella näringar), becomes according to the Government's proposal more generous. The provisions for rural enterprises shall also be supplemented so that aquaculture (vattenbruk), that is activity conducting cultivation in water, for example fish and shellfish farming, is also covered by the easements. Furthermore, municipalities shall more easily be able to decide that coastal protection does not reoccur when they adopt a new detailed plan (detaljplan), that is the rules governing construction within a certain area. The proposals enter into force on 1 July 2025. The Riksdag simultaneously said no to approximately 40 proposals in motions, partly with reference to the Government's proposal and ongoing work. The proposals were submitted during the general motion period 2024.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants the government to return with proposals that clearly regulate free passage to beaches and ensure public access. (S) — Reservation 6
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)