Environmental Protection Agency (Sweden)

Swedish government agency

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.

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

References

^ Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1613. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
^ Sweden's national environmental objectives Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine, from Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Archived 2007-12-23 at the Wayback Machine