Environmental Protection Agency (Sweden)

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Swedish: Naturvårdsverket), formerly the National Swedish Environment Protection Board^[1] (Swedish: Statens naturvårdsverk) is a government agency in Sweden responsible for proposing and implementing environmental policies. It was founded in 1967 and reports to the Swedish Ministry of the Environment.

Naturvårdsverket's coat of arms.

Environmental Quality Objectives

The following is a summary of Sweden's Sixteen Environmental Quality Objectives (verbatim from the Agency's own website, July, 2008.):^[2]

• Reduced Climate Impact
• Clean Air
• Natural Acidification Only
• A Non-Toxic Environment
• A Protective Ozone Layer
• A Safe Radiation Environment
• Zero Eutrophication
• Flourishing Lakes and Streams
• Good-Quality Groundwater
• A Balanced Marine Environment
• Thriving Wetlands
• Sustainable Forests
• A Varied Agricultural Landscape
• A Magnificent Mountain Landscape
• A Good Built Environment
• A Rich Diversity of Plant and Animal Life

Nature photographer of the year

Each year, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency names a Swedish photographer "Nature Photographer of the Year".

• 1990 — Tore Hagman
• 1991 — Per Klaesson
• 1992 — Ingmar Holmåsen
• 1993 — Sven Gillsäter
• 1994 — Gerry Johansson
• 1995 — Bertil Pettersson
• 1996 — Claes Grundsten
• 1997 — Jan-Peter Lahall
• 1998 — Peter Gerdehag
• 1999 — Hans Strand
• 2000 — no one selected
• 2001 — Staffan Widstrand
• 2002 — Inge Lennmark
• 2003 — Jan Töve
• 2004 — Lars Bygdemark
• 2005 — Brutus Östling
• 2006 — Helene Schmitz
• 2007 — Lennart Nilsson
• 2008 — Mireille de la Lez
• 2009 — Serkan Günes
• 2010 — no one selected
• 2011 — Jan Grahn
• 2012 — Johan Hallmén
• 2013 — Jonna och Tammy Bergström
• 2014 — Göran Ekström
• 2015 — Erik Johansson
• 2016 — Mats Andersson
• 2017 — Roine Magnusson
• 2018 — Johan Hammar
• 2019 — Peter Hanneberg
• 2020 — Jörgen Wiklund