Marine spatial plans

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Sweden has adopted three distinct marine spatial plans for its territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone.

Decision on marine spatial plans

The Swedish Government adopted three distinct marine spatial plans for its territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone the 10th of February 2022. You can find the complete plans in English here.

On our Swedish pages you can find geographical data from The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) for Swedish marine planning.

In connection with the decision on the marine spatial plans, the Government has commissioned the Swedish Energy Agency, SwAM and several other national authorities to produce planning evidence for additional areas for offshore wind power. The work will be coordinated by the Swedish Energy Agency. According to the assignment, SwAM will initiate the next planning round to produce new proposals for marine spatial plans. You can read more about the new assignment here.

Plan proposals submitted to the Government

In December 2019 we submitted the plan proposals Pdf, 754.6 kB. to the Swedish Government.

Chapters 4, 12 and 13 of the proposal are available in English. The chapters relate to expected implications and impact of the marine spatial plan proposal.

Published: 2019-03-22
Updated: 2019-06-28