The embankment or wall of the nose has been investigated for seven years and is intended to be built to protect the residents against the expected sea level rises that may flood thousands of properties.

If the court says yes to Vellinge Municipality's application, the settlement will be surrounded by walls and ramparts, which are up to a maximum of three meters above sea level and seven meters wide.

Many homeowners will have their views ruined or gain access to their gardens when people can walk past the top of the dike. The proposal has therefore aroused strong emotions.

Sea to land

The background is that the sea rises faster than the land in Skåne. This means that the Falster Bone can at any time be hit by a huge wave that can flood large parts of the area. This happened in 1872 and most recently in 2017 when the water level was raised by 1.5 meters.

When the so-called Backa River swept across the nose in 1872, the material damage was minor because the houses were built on the highest points. Today, exclusive villas are in a row right at the sea level.

The property portfolio on the nose is valued at SEK 70 billion.

Unique ones can show the way

Several property owners and golf clubs have proposed a different solution, a longer and more expensive outer embankment along the entire coast. The idea behind it is that the golf clubs would be protected as well.

But an external embankment, the county administrative board has refused because it would go straight through sensitive nature reserves.

The Land and Environmental Court's ruling on the shelters on Falsterbonäset is expected to guide other coastal municipalities in the country, which must also prepare themselves for sea-level rises and extreme weather in the wake of the climate crisis.