ABSTRACT
In discussing nature as heritage in the Swedish case, the obvious starting point, is 1909 when parliament passed two laws in relation to natural landmarks and National Parks. In the same year the Swedish Society for the Protection of Nature was founded. What happened in 1909 was a result of actions beginning in 1904. That year, Professor Hugo Conwentz, the foremost spokesman for nature protection in Germany, lectured in Stockholm, Uppsala, Gothenburg and Lund on the dangers threatening the natural landscape and its plant and animal populations. These talks, which were widely publicised, were the primary impetus for a motion in parliament proposing an inquiry into appropriate measures for protecting Sweden's nature and landmarks. The proposal won parliamentary support and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was given the task of executing the proposed inquiry. Five years later it resulted in the laws regarding natural landmarks and National Parks. 1
