Therefore, a parliamentary committee is now tasked with investigating whether the constitution needs to be changed.
That property rights are strong for the over 300,000 private forest owners, who not infrequently since generations back in time have invested in and taken care of their forest, is completely central, says Minister for Rural Affairs Peter Kullgren (KD).
In the directives for the investigation, it is pointed out that the development in the field of environmental law has meant that landowners in some cases have been affected by far-reaching restrictions on how the land may be used, without there being a right to compensation. Restrictions aimed at preserving biological diversity are mentioned as examples.
The current legal situation involves great uncertainty for individual landowners when it comes to the right to compensation, the government believes.
The investigation should be completed with its proposals no later than August 17, 2026.
The issue of strengthened property rights has, together with a number of other issues, been addressed in the 2023 Freedom and Rights Committee, which presented its conclusions in January.
But there were no proposals on property rights, since there was no majority. The government parties, SD and C then called for a new investigation.
Now it's coming with return mail, says Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (The Moderate Party).
