Flashback: Flight actions in spring 2025

In spring 2025 at Easter time, Restore Wetlands disrupted air traffic at various locations in the country.

Read here the summary of the actions

Activists at Bromma Airport

26.04.2025, Bromma

In Bromma, people sprayed and glued themselves to private jets

Activists at Bromma Airport
Activists climb over the airport fence

Maj, aged 30, and Rufus, aged 24, entered Bromma Airport. They sprayed and glued themselves on top of the private plane "SE-RLY" to sound the alarm and raise awareness about climate chaos in Sweden.

21.04.2025, Trollhättan

Letter to humanity disrupted flights

Activists behind the fence at Trollhättan Airport with a banner demanding an end to peat extraction.

Frida Sundblad, 41, and William Grönlund, 50, from Restore Wetlands walked hand in hand across the runways at Trollhättan Airport towards a departing flight to hand over a letter to the passengers and pilot.

On Easter Monday, Restore Wetlands organised its fifth action at airports to draw attention to the fact that climate policies are in free fall.

Letter to humanity

"To the passengers of flight OJ 272

We have cut a hole in the fence surrounding Trollhättan airport, squeezed through and walked along the runway to bring you this letter. That is why ..." Read the full letter

 

20.04.2025, Sundsvall

Stopping flights with a picnic basket

Two women sitting on the runway at Sundsvall Airport in protest against peat extraction in Sweden.
Two women at Sundsvall Airport staging a protest against peat extraction in connection with the flight operations.

Amanda Didricksson from Bollnäs and Anna Termine from Italy took their picnic basket to Sundsvall Airport and stopped the air traffic.
Right next to the runway, they set the table with a red tablecloth, thermos and cookies.

Restore Wetlands organised another action to draw attention to peat mining and the fact that climate policy is in free fall.

19.04.2025, Landvetter

Drones over Landvetter airport

Aktivist från Återställ Våtmarker som styr en drönare över flygplatsen i Landvetter.
Aktivist från Återställ Våtmarker som styr en drönare över flygplatsen i Landvetter.
Activist from Återställ Våtmarker holding a banner reading ‘Ban peat extraction’ during the protest at Landvetter Airport.

On Easter Eve morning, another action took place where people from Restore Wetlands flew drones at Landvetter Airport.

Anton, 29, and Edvin, 28, flew the drone about 30 metres into the air and then sat and waited for the police.

18.04.2025, Sturup

Sturup closed

Activists from Återställ Våtmarker (Restore Wetlands) who chained themselves to a pole at Malmö Airport.
Two activists from Återställ Våtmarker at Malmö Airport and a security guard trying to move the activists.
An activist from Återställ Våtmarker locked to a pole at Malmö Airport with a helicopter flying in the background.

On Good Friday afternoon, Tina, 32, and John, 36, entered Malmö Airport and stopped planes from taking off.

This is one of a series of actions where the Restore Wetlands movement wants to sound the alarm and draw attention to the failure of climate policies.

09.04.2025, Bromma

Aircraft at Bromma sprayed

Man with a banner reading ‘Ban peat extraction’ in front of an aircraft that was partially painted red.
Activist from Återställ Våtmarker spraying a private jet with red (water-soluble!) paint.
Aircraft at Bromma Airport, police cars and activists after the action.

On 9 April, we sprayed private planes at Bromma with paint. Restore Wetlands initiated a three-week wave of actions that disrupted air traffic in Sweden. These actions were to raise awareness about the harmful effects of peat mining and the fact that Finnish state-owned Neova is mining peat in Sweden while Finland is receiving €466 million from the EU to phase out its own peat mining.

It is also a protest against the climate policy in Sweden, which is in free fall, with Sweden missing all climate targets.

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