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Cookie consent rules in Sweden
What LEK (2022:482) 9 kap. 28 § and PTS expect from your cookie banner: when you need consent, how the reject option should look, and what has been enforced.
Sources checked 28 October 2026. Not legal advice.
Cookie law
Lag (2022:482) om elektronisk kommunikation (Electronic Communications Act), Chapter 9, § 28
Official guidance
Banner languages
Swedish
What the rules say
- Get consent before using non-essential cookies.
- Consent must be given actively and can be withdrawn.
- Explain the purposes, the cookies used, any third parties and each cookie's retention period.
- Cookies used only for website statistics are not automatically 'necessary'.
Enforcement examples
2023
PTS inspected cookie use on sites including Folkhälsomyndigheten and Konsumentverket; the operators fixed the issues and the cases were closed.
Source
How PrivacyPill handles this
- Nothing optional runs before a choice. Google tags start with Consent Mode v2 set to denied; other scripts marked with data-pp-category wait until their category is allowed.
- Equal first-layer buttons. "Accept all" and "Reject non-essential" sit side by side with the same weight, and a settings button lets visitors withdraw consent at any time.
- Consent per purpose. Analytics, marketing and functional cookies can be allowed separately in the preferences panel.
- Languages. Swedish isn't built in yet — rewrite the English texts in the customizer to show your own translation.
- Proof of consent. Every choice is logged pseudonymously with the banner version, exportable as CSV.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
- www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/lag-2022482-om-elektronisk-kommunikation_sfs-2022-482/
- pts.se/internet-och-telefoni/kakor-cookies/
This page summarises official sources checked on 28 October 2026. It isn't legal advice; regulators update guidance, so follow the links for the current text.