Coastal Protection for Small and Constructed Waterbodies
Shoreline protection at small lakes, streams and man-made waters
What's at stake: The decision affects where landowners can create things like wetlands or ditches without triggering shoreline protection, and how well wildlife in already valuable man-made waters continues to be protected.
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 removed entirely at small and man-made bodies of water based on a general cutoff, or whether the rules for man-made waters should instead be based on the water's actual environmental status.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee notes that shoreline protection will no longer apply at small and man-made waters but can still be introduced for areas of particular importance to the protection's purposes, stresses that a clear cutoff reduces the ambiguity that has so far made the rules hard to apply and risked discouraging landowners from creating things like wetlands, and therefore rejects the motions calling for different rules.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 5 (MP)
The reservation (MP) wants the government to produce further groundwork for expanded and clarified exemption rules, arguing that it is wrong to draw a line for man-made waters at a fixed year without regard to the water's actual environmental status.
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 5 by MP.
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 0/0/19/5
S
–
Yes 92/0/0/14
MPown reservation
–
No 0/15/0/3
C
–
Abstain 0/0/20/4
L
–
Yes 12/0/0/4
KD
–
Yes 16/0/0/3
M
–
Yes 59/0/0/9
SD
–
Yes 62/0/0/10
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2024/25:1371 by Martin Kinnunen et al. (SD) motion 32,
2024/25:2950 by Alireza Akhondi et al. (C) motions 5-7,
2024/25:3348 by Andrea Andersson Tay et al. (V) motion 2,
2024/25:3350 by Stina Larsson et al. (C) motion 2 and
2024/25:3351 by Emma Nohrén et al. (MP) motion 2 in this part.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2024/25:1371 av Martin Kinnunen m.fl. (SD) yrkande 32,
2024/25:2950 av Alireza Akhondi m.fl. (C) yrkandena 5-7,
2024/25:3348 av Andrea Andersson Tay m.fl. (V) yrkande 2,
2024/25:3350 av Stina Larsson m.fl. (C) yrkande 2 och
2024/25:3351 av Emma Nohrén m.fl. (MP) yrkande 2 i denna del.
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 to clarify beach protection regulations through connection to marine environment and water management regulations and update the purpose provision. (MP) — Reservation 5
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)