Sweden has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Sweden has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

The Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU provides an updated framework aimed at encouraging online sales. The Directive has been implemented by the Law (2005:59) on distance and off-premises contracts.

Sweden has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

The Gambling Act (2018:1138) establishes licensing requirements for the provision of online gambling services. Chapter 4 (Section 4) includes the requirement for third country license applicants to have a physical representative who is a resident in Sweden.

The Protective Security Act, which was amended in 2019 to allow Swedish security and intelligence forces to recommend revocation of operating licenses for firms in sectors important to national security if they are found to pose a security risk, has been used to ban Huawei and ZTE equipment from being used in the Swedish network. Specifically, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) has told telecommunications operators in Sweden vying for licensing rights at auction that bids including Huawei or ZTE equipment will not be considered and pre-existing Huawei and ZTE infrastructure would need to be decommissioned by 2025. This effective ban on Huawei and ZTE equipment has been challenged in court, but so far the decision was upheld in Swedish court.

The Act on Responsibility for Electronic Bulletin Board requires internet sites, where users can post comments about a particular issue or topic and reply to other users' postings (i.e. bulletin boards), to monitor the service regularly and to an extent that may reasonably be required taking into account the scope and nature of the service. An intentional or grossly negligent violation of the obligation to remove illegal content is considered as a criminal offence. The Act includes an information duty (Section 3), a supervision duty (Section 4), and a duty to erase certain messages (Section 5).
This is despite Art. 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC (e-Commerce Directive) states that Member States should not impose on providers a general obligation to monitor the information which they transmit or store, nor a general obligation actively to seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity.

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbor. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
The Act on Electronic Commerce and Information Society Services (2002) implements Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive), however it fails to establish a conditional safe harbour for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Sweden.

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbor. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
The Act on Electronic Commerce and Information Society Services (2002) implements Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive), however it fails to establish a conditional safe harbour for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Sweden.

The Act 2018/19: 86 (Data storage in law enforcement - adaptations to EU law) stipulates minimum periods of retention for certain types of data in order to aid law enforcement. This requires, inter alia, that telecommunications operators retain internet access data for ten months, location information for two months, and call data for six months.

In Sweden, according to the Accounting Act (chapter 7 section 2§), documents such as a company’s annual reports, balance sheets and annual financial reports must be physically stored in Sweden for a period of seven years, and must be "immediately" made available to the Financial Services Authority for the purposes of market supervision.

Sweden has a telecommunications authority: The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS). However, it is reported that the decision making process of this entity is not fully independent from the government.

The Protective Security Act, which was amended in 2019 to allow Swedish security and intelligence forces to recommend revocation of operating licenses for firms in sectors important to national security if they are found to pose a security risk, has been used in 2020 to ban Huawei and ZTE equipment from being used in the Swedish network. Specifically, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) has told telecommunications operators in Sweden vying for licensing rights at auction that bids including Huawei or ZTE equipment will not be considered and pre-existing Huawei and ZTE infrastructure would need to be decommissioned by 2025. This effective ban on Huawei and ZTE equipment has been challenged in court, but so far the decision was upheld in Swedish court.

It is reported that Sweden does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, accounting separation is required by law