The meteorite was ruled to be ‘immovable property’ after it fell on to private property in 2020
A Swedish landowner has won a legal battle to keep a 14kg (31lb) meteorite after an appeal court ruled that such rocks should be considered “immovable property” and part of the land where they are found.
The land on which the meteorite landed contains iron, which the meteorite is made of. Therefore it “cannot be easily separated from what is usually regarded as (immovable) property”, the Svea court of appeal ruled on Thursday.
