Places in Sweden you can never photograph – risk of fines

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Earlier this week wrote News24 An article about a man who was fined SEK 16,000 after being able to capture parts of the Muskö base, which is a protection object, in its nature image on deer.

“I had time off, thought I would drive to nature. I had passed the tunnel but then saw two deer and decided to photograph them,” the man said in interrogation.

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Photo: Johan Nilsson/TTVAD is a protection object?

“A protection object is socially important operations that have a strengthened protection based on Swedish law to be protected against sabotage, terrorist crime, espionage and gross robbery. A protection object may consist of a building, area or other object,” writes The County Administrative Board on his website.

Rules for Protection Objects – this applies:

  • Unauthorized persons do not have access to the protection object. This is clearly marked with prohibition signs.
  • The access ban also includes taking up the area with the help of unmanned craft, for example a drone.
  • The access ban can also be supplemented with a ban on depicting the protection object. Then it must not be photographed or drawn.
  • The ban on access can also be replaced, either by an imaging ban or a ban on bathing, dive or fishing at the site.

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    Photo: Caisa Rasmussen/TTS protection objects in Sweden

    There are a larger number of protection objects in Sweden, but for security reasons they are not compiled in extensive lists.

    Here are three examples of safety representatives in Sweden:

  • The Royal Palace. Passage checks can be done. Photography is permitted for private individuals, on special terms listed on Royal castle homepage.
  • Forsmark nuclear power plant. “Unauthorized persons do not have the right to enter the area, but must have a legal case and report their arrival in advance. It is also prohibited to photograph within the protection object,” writes Waterfall.
  • Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Stockholm Arlanda Airport is the Nordic region’s single largest protection object. “Within the protection object, which includes terminals and all areas within the airport ceiling, as well as areas in connection with these, there is an image ban established by the County Administrative Board,” writes Swedavia.

    • Risk of prison

    Anyone who intentionally or through negligence violates a prohibition on access to a protection object is provided for a criminal liability.

    The penalty is a fine or imprisonment for up to one year, according to The government.

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