The interest in further expansion of wind power has increased significantly during the last decades, as it is an environmentally and financially competitive energy source. Wind power is an important part of achieving energy goals and climate commitments in several countries, not least in Sweden. The localisation of the wind turbines has, however, appeared to be controversial and local resistance occurs more frequently as the energy source expands. This creates a complex environmental conflict where various actors struggle to obtain differing goal settings. Such a situation occurred in Ödeshög municipality, when wind power entrepreneurs expressed their interests in establish wind turbines in forest and transition areas of the municipality. This thesis aims to emphasise how wind power expansion became such a controversial environmental conflict in Ödeshög. To be able to do this, the conflict is analysed from an Actor-Network Theory perspective. This theoretical framework has been used with the ambition to describe how the involved actors strategically have acted to possibly influence the outcome of the conflict. The situation in Ödeshög have much to say about how these conflicts occur and by learning from this situation several similar conflicts may be avoided.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur en kommun med en generellt långvarig befolkningsminskning arbetar med platskvaliteter och attraktionsvärden ur ett planerings- och invånarperspektiv. Det besvaras genom att studera hur platskvaliteter och attraktionsvärden tar sig uttryck i planeringsprocessen i Ödeshögs kommun, hur dess invånare beskriver vad som förhöjer och försämrar kommunens attraktivitet samt potentiella förbättringsmöjligheter. Uppsatsen tar avstamp i forskning kring krympande kommuner, platskvaliteter och attraktionsvärden, samt tidigare exempel på hur platser som upplevt en befolkningsminskning arbetar med attraktivitet. För att studera problemområdet har en dokumentanalys av Ödeshögs kommuns översiktsplan gjorts och intervjuer med tjänstepersoner från kommunen genomförts. Dessutom gavs invånare möjlighet att delta i en enkätundersökning. Resultatet visar vilka platskvaliteter och attraktionsvärden som framhävs ur ett planerings- och invånarperspektiv och hur kommunen planerar för fortsatt utveckling. / The purpose of this thesis is to study how a municipality with a generally long-term population decline works with quality of place from a planning and resident perspective. This is answered by studying how quality of place is expressed in the planning process in Ödeshög municipality, and how its residents describe what increases and reduces the attractiveness, as well as potential improvements. The thesis is based on research regarding shrinking municipalities, quality of place, and previous examples of how places that have experienced a population decline work with attractiveness. To study the matter, a document analysis of the municipality's comprehensive plan, interviews with officials and a survey aimed at residents were carried out. The result shows the place qualities that are emphasized from a planning and a resident perspective and how the municipality plans for further development.