How you can influence decisions

Submit a “Boden Proposal”

If you are registered in Boden, you can submit a Citizen Proposal.

• The proposal is easiest to submit digitally with an e-ID or on paper via the Citizen Service.
• A proposal will be handled politically if it receives enough support.

Share your opinion

Everyone can submit feedback on the municipality’s services, even if you are not registered in Boden.

• Opinions can be submitted via the municipality’s website.
• They are handled by municipal employees and answered quickly.
• Unlike Boden Proposals, opinions are not handled politically.

Attend open meetings

Some committees hold open meetings where you can listen to the discussions.

• Municipal council meetings are always open to the public.
• The meetings are also broadcast on Radio Boden 98.2 MHz.
• We also stream them live on YouTube.

Appeal a municipal decision

You have the right to appeal certain decisions made by the municipal council, the municipal executive board, a committee, or an individual official with delegated authority. Decisions that are only preparatory or purely administrative cannot be appealed.

Review of legality

• Applies to decisions that concern all residents of Boden Municipality.
• Only those registered in Boden or those who own property here may request a review.
• Appeals must be submitted in writing to the Administrative Court within three weeks after the decision is published on the municipality’s official notice board.
• There is no cost to appeal, except for your own time and any legal expenses.
• If the court approves the appeal, the decision is annulled but not replaced with a new one.

Administrative appeal

• Applies to decisions that affect individual residents, for example in social services or building permits.
• Only the person directly affected may appeal.
• The appeal must be submitted to the committee that made the decision within three weeks after you have received it.
• The decision must include information on how and where to appeal. This is called an appeal instruction.
• Both the legality and the appropriateness of the decision are reviewed.