appropriate compensation as provided for by law.

Sweden

The right of the state or a municipality to buy property when it is determined to be of "particular public interest" is regulated in Expropriationslagen (1972:719). The government purchases the property at an estimated market value plus a 25% premium. The law also states that the property owner shall not suffer economic harm because of the expropriation.

United Kingdom

England and Wales

After his victory in 1066, William the Conqueror

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