There was both joy and sadness in the same week when Anita Gimvall was acquitted in Lycksele district court on September 13 this year.

The district court acquitted her with reference to, among other things, claims of ancient memory - as her family had a building on the site for a long time.

But the same week, the County Administrative Board also determined that the verdict does not play any role in their decision to remove the building.

"Assessed incorrectly"

Now the legal process continues as the prosecutor appeals the verdict to the Court of Appeal for Upper Norrland.

"The district court has assessed the legal situation incorrectly," state prosecutor Stig Andersson in his appeal.

The prosecutor does not write anything about the removal of ancient monuments in his appeal.

Instead, he refers to the fact that it is a coastal protection area and that it is then not permitted to build new buildings on the site.

Gimvall built the current building after the County Administrative Board had her previous building burned down in 2018.

"The state stole the land"

"With the district court's reasoning, as I understand it, a property owner would have the right to demolish a building within a coastal protection area and on the same basis, without prior exemption examination, erect a new building," writes the prosecutor.

Throughout the process, Anita Gimvall has referred to the fact that her family has used the land long before beach protection was introduced.

- The state stole the land.

We still think it is ours, she told SVT Sápmi earlier this fall.

Javascript is disabled

Javascript must be enabled to play video

Read more about browser support

Anita Gimvall describes the recent legal tours as a rollercoaster.

One moment happy, the next moment sad about how the authorities are acting.

Photo: SVT