Everyman's Rights
What Finland's 'Everyman's Rights' allow in the wilderness, including the rules for lighting campfires in Lapland.
Finland's 'Everyman's Rights' give you broad freedom to roam around Enontekiö, but clear rules apply, above all when lighting fires.
- Campfires allowed in Lapland's terrain unless a forest fire warning is in effect
- Use only fallen dry branches, twigs and small stumps as firewood
- Using fallen trees needs a €4.25 per cubic metre permit, and felling trees is forbidden
- Fires must use a maintained campfire site where one lies within 500 metres
General Notes about Campfires
Metsähallitus grants general permission to light fires in the terrain in Lapland, provided no forest fire warning is in effect and you are not on private land without permission. During a warning, fires are completely forbidden. In nature reserves with a maintenance and utilisation plan or specific regulations, those documents apply.
Use only fallen dry branches, twigs and small stumps as firewood. Fallen trees need a permit from The Fell-Lapland Nature Centre, at €4.25 per cubic metre, and felling trees is strictly forbidden.
Use an old campfire site where you can. If a maintained site lies within 500 metres, light your fire there. Avoid campfires where trees are few.
Good to know
- Firewood permit
- €4.25 per cubic metre of wood
- Campfire rule
- Use maintained site if within 500 m
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