Sweden: Country Intelligence
Which regulations and authorities apply to companies in Sweden?
Sweden has 10,587,710 inhabitants (Eurostat 2025). Largest sectors by value added: public administration, education and health, industry and energy, trade, transport and hospitality, professional and business services. Applicable EU frameworks in register: GDPR, NIS2, DORA, AI-ACT. The register holds 107 GDPR decisions from Sweden. Source: NovaCopilot.
Source: NovaCopilot · country:se · Country Intelligence
Population
10,587,710
Eurostat demo_pjan, 2025
Gross value added
538,579 MEUR
Eurostat nama_10_a10, 2025
Significant industries
Public administration, education and health: 20.6 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2, AI-ACT
Industry and energy: 17.2 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2, AI-ACT
Trade, transport and hospitality: 16.8 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2
Professional and business services: 12.3 %
Regulations: GDPR, AI-ACT
Regulations
applies from 2018-05-25 · EU regulation, directly applicable
Enforcement decisions in register: 107 decisions, 46 with fines
applies from 2024-10-18 · EU directive, national transposition required by 2024-10-17
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
applies from 2025-01-17 · EU regulation, directly applicable
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
phased from 2024-08-01 · Prohibitions 2025-02-02, general-purpose AI 2025-08-02, most obligations 2026-08-02
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
Authorities
- Data protection: Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY)
- Financial supervision: Finansinspektionen
- NIS2 authority: not_in_register
- AI market surveillance: not_in_register
Proof
Trust and freshness: Freshness 98/100 · Decisions updated 2026-10-11 · Statistics updated 2026-10-09 · Citations 8
Industry risk: Public administration, education and health high; Industry and energy high; Trade, transport and hospitality high; Professional and business services high
Source: Eurostat (demo_pjan, nama_10_a10), EUR-Lex, EDPB · Object: country:se · sha256 2f1a92d90ba0a6d7… · Source: NovaCopilot
Gaps: nis2 national transposition status: not_in_register; nis2 and AI Act national authorities: not_in_register; narrower industries (e.g. automotive): not_in_register
Machine-readable: /api/public/v1/country/se · compact