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Identity HelpRe: Gedrite series

17th Jul 2016 13:53 UTCJH

this stone weighing about three kilogram and I've found it in Dalarna, Sweden. is it legal to sell a stone found in the woods?

18th Jul 2016 09:33 UTCKnut Edvard Larsen 🌟 Manager

You asked if it is legal to sell stone found in the Swedish forest.

I am a Norwegian and do not know all details of Swedish legislation, but the law on "Allemansrätten" ( "Every man's right" eg. the freedom to roam) is a common cultural heritage in the scandinavian countries and the principles are the same. Allemansrätten is the citizens right to access public or privately owned land for recreation and exercise. You may pick berries, mushrooms or a rock but only for private use. This is a freedom under responsibility though. You can not litter, destroy the nature etc. ( like cut down threes etc to get acces to the samples). The latter will be considered as an environmental crime.

So, if you find a rock or two in the forest and can remove it without using heavy tools, dynamite etc- you are allowed to collect it for your own collection and private joy. No problem (If the forest is inside a national Park or an area of protected natural heritage it is another case, it may be ilegal to collect anything there.)

The numbers of samples, and the amount (kg) should be what is considered normal for a private collection though. To collect a a few samples for your own collection is generally seen as legally, covered by the law of "Allemansrätten".

But on the other side if you find something in the forest and collect them with the intention of selling it, other laws will be used. F.ex. if you don't have the permission of the owner of the land to collect, it may be consider as a theft.

If you first collected it for your own collection and sells it later as a act of adminstrating your collecting that is something else, I would think.

19th Jul 2016 17:56 UTCJoakim (joakim Holmblad)

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