One of the testing grounds in Arjeplog. Photo: Beatrice Karlsson/Sveriges Radio.

Lyssna: Expert: It's about money

A forestry company in the northern area of Arjeplog is tired of car companies using its frozen lakes as test grounds, and the resulting court case signals conflict over the Swedish traditional right of public access to private land.

This part of Sweden is a world centre for winter driving, and the companies say they are entitled, under the law of public access, to use the frozen lakes as they cause no permanent damage.

Radio Sweden spoke to environmental lawyer Margareta Svenning, an expert on...