Eco-tourism companies

"Allemansrätten - en vägledning" describes what can and cannot be done in nature, and the guide can be used by anyone wishing to learn more about the subject, particularly those working in heritage interpretation. Informational material is also available in various forms regarding the right of public access, both in Swedish and other languages. 

Allemansrätten - en vägledning on the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's website (in Swedish) 

Informational material on the right of public access for heritage interpretation professionals and nature guides (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency) 

Information on the right of public access in various languages (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency) (in Swedish) 

The publication Friluftsliv och naturturism i skyddad natur contains tips, advice and rules for organised business activities.

The publication Friluftsliv och naturturism i skyddad natur (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency) (in Swedish)

The guideline Organiserat friluftsliv och naturturism i skyddad natur is primarily aimed at administrators, but some parts may also be useful for entrepreneurs who organise eco-tourism.

Guide Organiserat friluftsliv och naturturism i skyddad natur (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency) (in Swedish)

The mapping tool Skyddad natur contains information on national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas.

Skyddad natur mapping tool (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency) (in Swedish)

The Swedish Nature & Ecotourism Association is a trade organisation for nature and eco-tourism companies and works to improve conditions for nature-based tourism and sustainable development of the industry. The Swedish Nature & Ecotourism Association, together with Visit Sweden, is the principal of Nature's Best Sweden, which is a sustainability label for nature-based experiences.

Nature and eco-tourism (Swedish Nature & Ecotourism Association) (in Swedish)

"Med naturen som arbetsgivare - En handbok för entreprenörer inom naturturism" is aimed at those launching or operating a business linked to eco-tourism. The guide has five focus areas: business opportunity, localisation and collaboration, infrastructure, sustainability and digital transformation. It has been developed by Landsbygdsnätverket, a network of organisations, associations and public authorities that are involved in rural development in various ways.

Download "Med naturen som arbetsgivare" (Landsbygdsnätverket) (in Swedish)

In the Swedish Board of Agriculture's knowledge bank, you can find information linked to the development of tourism and hospitality in rural areas, including suggestions for help with funding for business development and information about the Swedish Board of Agriculture's efforts to promote tourism.

Swedish Board of Agriculture's knowledge bank (in Swedish)

In its knowledge bank, the Agency for Economic and Regional Growth has collected its own and other actors' knowledge in order to benefit those working to promote Sweden's tourism and hospitality industry as well as individual companies. The knowledge bank contains includes statistics and facts and analyses and trends in tourism and hospitality, as well as information on eco-tourism and material from the seminar series ”Internationell paketering”, which was aimed at cultural and eco-tourism companies and was carried out by the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth in cooperation with Visit Sweden.

Eco-tourism (Agency for Economic and Regional Growth)

In the knowledge bank at Visit Sweden, which is tasked with marketing Sweden as a destination for tourists, you can access films, publications, presentations, tools and more in a number of areas. Among other things, there is material with a special focus on eco-tourism and material from a seminar series for nature and cultural tourism companies on international packaging, which was carried out in co-operation with the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. 

The eco-tourism programme (Visit Sweden) (in Swedish) 

International packaging project (Visit Sweden) (in Swedish) 

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has two websites on mountain safety. The website of the Mountain Safety Council of Sweden provides information and advice to help you travel safely in the mountains, and lavinprognoser.se provides daily forecasts for six popular mountain areas. 

Safety in the mountains (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency) (in Swedish)