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Naturvårdsverket's coat of arms.

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Swedish: Naturvårdsverket) 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.

The following is a summary of Sweden's Sixteen Environmental Quality Objectives, (verbatim from the agency's own website, July, 2008.):^[1]

• 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
  


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  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 Hallmn

References

External links

• The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

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