ABSTRACT
Hunting as a touristic activity today attracts quite a number of foreign visitors to Sweden. This type of tourism constitutes an important source of income in many rural areas in Sweden (Gunnarsdotter 2005), and is generally considered to have great potential for the future use of Swedish forests (Hörnsten-Friberg 2004). Although one might think that wildlife tourism is a relatively recent phenomenon in Swedish society, this is not the case. More than 170 years ago British people in particular came to certain parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula for hunting, shooting and fi shing. Some of the visitors either leased, bought or built sporting lodges in the Scandinavian backwoods, thereby becoming regulars in the local peasant communities.
