It is generally hard to describe the Right of Public access as being a Swedish citizen because I take a lot of it for granted and do not realise what an opportunity and privilege it really is. I guess it in some sense lays in the way I am brought and in the tradition that I am used to. I first realise the differences and how wonderful and rare this system really is when I compare it with for example the Canadian and American system. I think that the Swedish view of property and public access in some way is more related to and have more similarities with the First Nations' system than the more common European and especially with the land views of the Interior and plains First Nations. Even though every part of the land is exclusively own by someone you are, as a landowner, not entitled to exclude anyone from your land.
Every person has the right to be there and take advantage of certain traditional resources.
Among them everything was free to use, salt, oil and food, this is of coarse not the case in Sweden. There you are more entitled to 'experience' the nature, not to take benefit from or use it. It describes how different civilisations over the world had different views of property and also how it changes over time. It gives a good picture of where the European view of property has its roots. This is completely true, I do not believe that there is any part of land in western Europe that is not claimed by anyone and defended against others, even that rivers is claimed by someone.