Lokala ordningsföreskrifter

Sammanfattning: In Sweden there are more than 280,000 known ancient and historical remains and monuments (fornminnen), almost 17,500 protected natural areas, 48 certified airports, hundreds of ports and marinas and a very large number of geographical areas which constitutes so-called public place (offentlig plats) or are subject to shoreland protection (strandskydd). For each and every of these places, municipalities and/or some state administrative authorities may issue local ordinances on public order (lokala ordningsföreskrifter), i.e. additional local rules about what persons in the area have to observe concerning “the order” therein. This regulatory power has been used to regulate a wide range of different issues, e.g. consumption of alcohol, diving, gambling, skiing, Christmas decorations, fishing, running, collection of money, parking, supervision over cats, dogs and horses, placarding, demonstrations, photographing, camping, riding, golfing, marketing, barbecuing, boating, begging, moviemaking, goldpanning, climbing, leafleting, taxi services, cycling, smoking and hunting. It also happens that municipal servants or police officers are given extra powers through the local ordinances, e.g. a right to take certain measures against those who do not comply with the rules or to confiscate or forfeit property used in violation with the local decrees.The described arrangement and the examples raises many questions, e.g. whether all of these matters actually, with respect to the rest of the legal system, may be handled in local ordinances? If not, what can be regulated? Is there any supervision over the regulatory powers in question, for example whether the provisions are given a legal and appropriate content? How are the ordinances brought to the public's attention? Can the rules be subject to appeal and, if so, by whom and in what order? How do different ordinances regarding public order relate to each other in such geographic areas where they overlap? In this dissertation, this – the Swedish system with local ordinances on public order – is subject to a broad scientific examination.