As described above, a licence must be obtained before gambling is offered to consumers in Sweden, unless otherwise explicitly stated in the Gambling Act.
An estimated one in four people in the world has played a game made by Swedes, and the Swedish games industry continues to grow substantially. In 2024, the total revenue for Swedish companies amounted to more than EUR 8.2 billion, according to the Swedish Game Developer Index. So how did Sweden become a major player?