Rågskär cottage

Protected
since: 2025 as a
national park (the former Bullerö and Långviksskär nature reserves were
established in 1967 and 1983 respectively)

Size: 25,720 hectares, of which 24,880
hectares are water and 840 hectares are land

Characteristics: archipelago, marine environments,
cultural heritage sites

Municipality: Värmdö

Landowner: the state

Managed
by: Stockholm County
Administrative Board

Protection status: national park

Additional info: Natura 2000 site Bullerö-Bytta
SE0110088

You can get here by private boat or with the Nämdölinjen ferry. For more information, routes and schedules, see Stavsnäs Båttaxi (battaxi.se) They also operate a boat taxi service.

To protect
the natural environment of the national park, special rules apply regarding
what you may and may not do.

In addition
to the national park regulations, fishing regulations and maritime traffic
rules also apply.

NATIONAL
PARK REGULATIONS IN BRIEF

• You may
only make a fire in designated places or in a grill on legs. Camping stoves are
also permitted.

• You are
not permitted in areas marked as off-limits (bird protection areas) during
specified periods.

• You must
always keep your dog on lead. This applies to other pets as well.

• Dogs and
other pets are forbidden between 1 April and 31 July on Tärnskär.

• You may
camp up to two days in the same place in almost the whole national park. On
Bullerö, there is a campsite where you can camp in a tent for up to seven days.
In some areas of the national park, you may not camp, hang a ham­mock or
similar.

• You may
drop anchor or dock a vessel up to two consecutive days in the same place.

• You may
not drive a motorized vessel faster than 5 knots within 100 m of land.

• In some
particularly sensitive areas, you may not drop anchor, drive a motorized vessel
or operate any kind of vessel (boat, kayak, SUP board etc.).

• In some
areas, fishing is forbidden year-round.

• You may
not start or land airborne vehicles, drones or similar.

• You may
not break off twigs or otherwise harm living or dead trees or shrubs.

• You may
not dig up plants, pick or collect mosses or lichens or remove algae, mussels
or wood-living fungi growing on any surface.

• You may
not damage rock, stone or soil by carving, drilling, painting, etc. Nor may you
remove rocks from the area or stack them.

• You may
not disturb other visitors or animals, for example by playing excessively loud
music or leaving a boat idling for a long time.

The full
regulations for Nämdöskärgården National Park are available on the Swedish
Environmental Protection Agency’s website.

Fishing
regulations
Complete fishing regulations are available on
the website Svenska fiskeregler (Swedish Fishing Regulations).

Maritime
traffic regulations
A link will be
available shortly.