Besides the EU AI Act, there is no specific national regulation of AI in Sweden.
On 20 March 2025, the Swedish Government has published Memorandum DS 2025:7.
This Memorandum proposes a new Swedish law that will give the police the opportunity to use AI systems for real-time facial recognition to fight crime. At the same time, the proposal contains a number of legal safeguards to protect personal privacy. The Memorandum is now being sent for consultation. The new law is proposed to enter into force on 1 January 2026.
This Memorandum is available in Swedish here.
On 21 January 2025, the Swedish Data Protection Authority (Sw. Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten) and the Swedish Agency for Digital Government (Sw. Myndigheten för Digital Förvaltning) published joint guidelines on the use of generative AI within the public sector. Additionally, the Swedish Data Protection Authority has published general guidance on the interplay between AI and the GDPR. The guidelines are available in Swedish here.
In February 2025 the Swedish Government’s AI commission published a Government Official Report (SOU) which presented an analysis on what Sweden's future direction in AI, concrete proposals to enhance the Swedish AI ecosystem, and visions of achievable future goals in AI. The report contains in Annex 2 the AI commission's roadmap for Sweden. This roadmap highlights that ethical guidelines should consider how the use of AI may affect children's rights, and that schools have an important mission to make clear that AI should not be considered a miracle cure that can replace children's need for solid basic knowledge and training in analytical skills to understand and interpret their world. This report is available in Swedish here.
On 4 February 2025, the Swedish Government published a Swedish Government Official Report (SOU) including an analysis on what Sweden's future direction in AI, concrete proposals to enhance the Swedish AI ecosystem, and visions of achievable future goals in AI. This report is available in Swedish here.
On 6 December 2024, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen) published a report on the use of AI within the Swedish financial sector. The report concludes that the use of generative AI has expanded rapidly and widely both among employees and companies' installations of AI systems. This report is available in Swedish here.
On 13 March 2025, the Swedish Data Protection Authority has published a report in which it emphasised that one of its focus areas for year 2025 is AI. This report is available in Swedish here.
The joint guidelines referred to in answers above include a specific section addressing copyright and AI. Please note that these guidelines are intended for the public sector. This section is available in Swedish here.
The Swedish Intellectual Property Office (Sw. Patent- och registreringsverket) has published guidance on several IP aspects relating to AI.
The Swedish Data Protection Authority has also published general guidance on the interface between AI and the GDPR. The guidance is available in Swedish here and here.
Additionally, the guidelines referred to in answers above include specific sections addressing data protection and AI. Please note that these guidelines are intended for the public sector.
The competent AI supervisory authority has not been designated yet.
However, the Swedish Data Protection Authority is the regulator for AI systems used for law enforcement purposes and in the regulatory sandbox for AI.
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The Swedish Medical Products Agency (Sw. Läkemedelsverket) published guidance on the use of AI within the Swedish healthcare sector on 12 September 2023. The guidance is available in Swedish here.
On 25 March 2025, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority has published a short guidance on the use of AI for money investments. The guidance is adressed to consumers. This guidance is available in Swedish here.
*Information is accurate up to 30 April 2025
