%0 Book Section
%9 Conference Volume
%A Adlercreutz, Thomas
%A ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues (ICLAFI),
%A ICOMOS International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICUCH),
%B The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage: how do we make it work?
%C Amersfoort, The Netherlands
%D 2017
%F icomos:2189
%I Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
%K Underwater cultural heritage
%K Legal framework
%K Underwater archaeology
%K national legislations
%K laws
%K Protection of underwater cultural heritage
%K Shipwrecks
%K Maritime sanctuaries
%K Sweden
%K Cultural authorities
%P 30-42
%T What an abstention might lead to: A critical analysis of Sweden's attitude to the Underwater Heritage Convention
%U http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2189/
%X Paper presented during the ICLAFI – ICUCH Symposium, 29th June – 1st July 2017, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Amersfoort, The Netherlands    This paper explains how the national legislation concerning maritime heritage and underwater archaeology was adopted quite recently in Sweden, compared to the rest of the archaeological heritage. The different laws and acts are hereby presented with a critical analysis.