Earlier in March, the Swedish Public Health Agency presented a proposal for new measures for museums, theme parks and amusement parks.
The authority's guidelines for infection-proof reopening are based, among other things, on the parks ensuring that each visitor has at least 20 square meters to move around.
The demand for limited space for visitors has been met by both criticism and disappointment from several amusement parks.
- Now we plan to open according to the regulations we have received, but it is not sustainable in the long term to be open in that way, says Christer Fogelmarck, CEO of Parks and Resorts, which owns Gröna Lund and Skara summerland, among other places.
"Unnecessarily difficult for us to open"
He is critical of the fact that the requirement for space differs between different activities.
- What has surprised us is that it will require 20 square meters per guest, something that can be compared to ten square meters for people in indoor environments.
We find this double regulation unjustified and it makes it unnecessarily difficult for us to open in a good way, he says.
According to Sara Byfors, unit manager at FHM, there is a risk of large crowds at entrances and other places where visitors can stand still.
Waiting for information from the government
- You have to remember that most parks have large areas, so there will be many people who will get to and from and who will gather in the same place.
And in the contagious situation we are in now, we do not think it is appropriate, she says in Morgonstudion.
The proposal has been sent for consultation and requires approval from the government before a reopening of the country's amusement parks can become a reality.