The question of making Nimis a building monument gained momentum after Lars Vilk's death in October 2021.

Vilks started building Nimis in the Kullaberg nature reserve in Höganäs in 1980. The work has grown and become a popular tourist attraction - but has always lacked a permit.

The work of art, which attracts around 60,000 visitors a year, stands in a nature reserve, and the land is covered by coastal protection.

In order for the question of building memory to become an issue at all, the Lars Vilks memorial fund first needs to apply for a dispensation from the county administrative board.

- What you have to look at is the impact on plant and animal life and other things that must be protected.

How will people get there?

How do you solve parking?

It's not just about the square meters that the construction itself occupies - you have to look at the whole concept, says Helena Holmgren, head of unit at the County Administrative Board Skåne.

Long queue time

Krister Thelin and the memorial fund hope for quick handling of the case at the county administrative board.

But Helena Holmgren warns that the dispensation application can drag on, longer than the desired six months.

- It can be difficult.

There is a queue where many are waiting for their decisions on exemptions.

That queue time means it can be a struggle.

Today, Nimis is difficult to access down by the stone beach in Kullaberg.

The road there is steep and dangerous.

The question is what efforts will need to be made to adapt Nimis to become an established tourist destination.

There are currently no plans to build easily accessible paths.

- It must be a bit difficult to get to Nimis, that is part of the experience.

If you are old or young or weak, you should probably refrain from doing it, says Krister Thelin.

- You shouldn't make too big interventions in nature.

We must leave nature as it is as much as possible.

Whose art has been divided

A little over a year after Lars Vilk's death, the investigation into his estate was completed.

The art left behind has been divided between the Lars Vilks memorial fund and Vilks' widow.

Who owns Vilk's roundabout dogs now?

- I am not prepared to go into that, not least for security reasons, says Krister Thelin.