Tenders in Sweden

Public procurement in Sweden

Key facts for bidders, checked against official sources (2026-10). General information, not legal advice. Always confirm the rules in the tender documents and on the official portal.

Main procurement law

Public Procurement Act (Lag (2016:1145) om offentlig upphandling, LOU) (2016) — implements the EU public procurement directives

Regulator

Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket) – supervisory authority for public procurement

Official portal

No single national portal – notices must be published in registered procurement notice databases (register kept by Konkurrensverket)

WTO procurement agreement

Sweden is covered by the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) through the EU: above set value thresholds, suppliers from other GPA parties must be treated like local ones.

Foreign bidders

Sweden applies the EU procurement directives, so suppliers from the EU/EEA and WTO GPA parties can bid. Suppliers register, free of charge, with the notice database a buyer uses to get tender documents and submit tenders.

Notice languages

Swedish

Currency

SEK

Good to know

Since 1 January 2021 notices must appear in a registered notice database run by private operators; above-threshold notices also go to TED. The National Agency for Public Procurement (Upphandlingsmyndigheten) provides guidance.

Trade snapshot

GDP (2025)

US$669.0 billion

Exports (2025)

US$356.1 billion in goods and services

Imports (2025)

US$341.9 billion in goods and services

Trade share (2025)

104% of GDP

Average tariff (2022)

1.3% (applied, trade-weighted, all products)

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).

Sweden on FreeTender right now

1,043 open notices; the busiest sectors are construction & infrastructure (251), healthcare & pharma (125), financial & professional services (108), it & telecom (99) and transport & logistics (97).

Most active buyers: Trafikverket Myndighet (50), Västra Götalandsregionen (36), Region Östergötland (17), Region Uppsala (13), REGION HALLAND (12).

Sources: riksdagen.se · upphandlingsmyndigheten.se · konkurrensverket.se

About tenders in Sweden

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