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Within the National Park you are forbidden to:

 

  • break off twigs, cut down or in any way damage living or dead  trees, brushwood and bushes,
  • pick or dig up plants. (However you are allowed to pick berries and mushrooms.),
  • introduce new species of plants or animals; this prohibition does not apply to garden plants in gardens at the lighthouse settlement),
  • collect, or catch insects, or other animals or in any way disturb the animal life,
  • hunt or fish,
  • take or destroy pieces of stranded goods, stones, or other natural objects,
  • stay for a period longer than seven full days in succession,
  • pitch a tent anywhere other than the designated tenting area,
  • light an open fire except with the permission of the park warden,
  • bring pets,
  • enter the seal protection area at Säludden (Seal Point) at any time during the year,
  • set up posters, pictures, or the like, set up orienteering check-points or other marked trails.