Photographer Captured Deer on Camera - Got Fined

The verdict has now been delivered for the 50-year-old man who captured parts of the Muskö base in Haninge, Sweden, in a photo in March 2024 - an area with a building that is a protected object with a photography ban.

The man happened to be in the area by chance and thought he would photograph the two deer he saw on his nature walk with his camera with a telephoto lens. When the photography was discovered by summoned police officers, the photographer's camera was checked, and images were found showing the fence, the protected area, and a prohibition sign.

The man admits that he photographed the deer and captured parts of the area in the picture, and that he knew it was a protected object because he had captured a photography prohibition sign in the picture.

According to the police, the images on the memory card were consistently of animals and nature. The man is sentenced to 30 daily fines of 550 kronor, totaling 16,500 kronor, for violating the protection law through unauthorized depiction of a protected object.

The man's memory card will also be destroyed.