Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a European state on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The western border of the country separates it from Norway; the eastern border from Finland. The country also has access to the Baltic Sea. As of 2023 Sweden is home to around 10.6 million people, and is the fifth largest country in Europe.
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Capital: Stockholm | Density: 24/km2 | Currency: Swedish krona (SEK) |
Official languages: Swedish | Life expectancy at birth: 83.11 years | GDP (purchasing power parity): $739.74 billion (2023) |
National Day: 6 June | Area: 438,574 km2 | GDP - per capita (PPP): $70,207 (2023) |
Population: 10,612,086 (2023) | Coastline: 3,218 km | Internet country code: .se |
Source: [1,2,3,4,5]
In terms of population density, the country is 204th in the world [1,2,3]. The total length of the country's coastline is 3 218 km [3]. The capital city is Stockholm, Sweden is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy and the official language is Swedish. The administrative map of the country is divided into 21 counties [3].
City Hall of Stockholm at dusk, Sweden. Envato Elements. 2HVJXFK97Q
Due to the successful combination of the free market and extensive social benefits, Sweden has one of the highest living standards in the world and this is reflected in the comparative diagram of various economic indices – Figure 1.
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The export of technological equipment, iron ore and the timber industry form the base of the economy [3]. For almost all indices shown, Sweden is positioned in the top quarter of the diagram (i.e. among the top 25% of countries included in the rating). Since the early 1990s, the country has experienced a steady growth in GDP at purchasing power parity, both in general and per capita [4,5]. GDP at purchasing power parity decreased to $676 billion in 2023 (41st in the world) from $660 billion in 2021 [3]. The country’s GDP at purchasing power parity per capita is somewhat higher (25th place in the world in 2023), and it has also decreased slightly from $63 400 in 2021 to $64 200 in 2023 [3]. The inflation rate rose from 2.16% in 2021 to 8.55% in 2023. According to this indicator, the country is 160th in the world [3].
The Global Competitiveness Report measures the effectiveness of the use of the country’s own resources for sustainable development. In addition to a number of economic indicators this index also takes into account such variables as education, health, level of innovation, etc.
High-technology exports in 2021 was 14% of manufactured exports. According to the Index of Economic Freedom, which is based on freedom of business, freedom from government intervention, property protection, and freedom from corruption, Sweden was 9th in 2024 out of the 184 countries considered; ahead of Finland. Sweden's public debt as a percentage of GDP was 36.9% in 2022 [3].
Sweden does not have significant reserves of fossil resources (Table 1). Nevertheless, there are small coal reserves in the country – about 5.5 million short tons; shale gas reserves amount to 9.8 Tcf, and kerogen oil resources to 6 144 million barrels [6,7,8].
Table 1. Fossil energy resources of Sweden
Resource /Explanations | Crude oil | Natural gas | Coal | Shale Gas* | Tight Oil | Oil Shale** |
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Value | no data | no data | 5.5 | 9.8 | no data | 6114 |
Unit | - | - | million short tons | Tcf | - | million barrels |
Year | - | - | 2023 | 2013 | - | 2008 |
Source | - | - | [6] | [7] | - | [8] |
*unproved technically recoverable
**In-place resources
Sweden has a rich variety of renewable energy sources. A selection of basic indicators for this type of resource is presented in Table 2. The level of global horizontal solar radiation in most of the country is low < 2,7 kWh/m2/day.
The maximum level of solar radiation can be observed in the south of the country around Gotland island – around 2.8-3.0 kWh/m2/day [9]. The distribution of wind resources is as follows: in most of the country the wind speed is < 6,5 m/s, but in the southern part of the country, at a height of 50 m, it can reach over 7.5 m/s [10].
Sweden’s economically exploitable hydropotential in 2013 was 20 000 GWh/year [11], which allows for the intensive use of hydro resources for electricity generation.
Table 2. Renewable energy resources of Sweden
Resource/ Explanations | Solar Potential (GHI)* | Wind Potential (50 м)* | Hydro energy Potential** | Bio Potential (agricultural area) | Bio Potential (forest area) | Municipal Solid Waste |
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Value | <2.7 | <6.5 | 20 000 | 7.4 | 68.7 | 395 |
Unit | kWh/m2/day | m/s | GWh/year | % of land area | % of land area | kg per capita |
Year | 2020 | 2020 | 2013 | 2021 | 2021 | 2022 |
Source | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] |
*for most of the territory of the country
**economically exploitable potential
About 68.7% Sweden is forested and 7.4% is covered by agricultural land [12,13]. In 2022 the level of municipal waste generation in Sweden was 395 kg per capita, behind, for example, Norway (768 kg per capita). This resource is a valuable raw material for recycling or energy production, the technologies of which have reached a very high level of development in Sweden [14].
SWEDEN, SVEG
Latitude: 62.02, Longitude: 14.18
Average daily sky coverage over 10 years of observations, %
CLR - clear, SCT - scattered from 1/8 TO 4/8, BKN - broken from 5/8 TO 7/8, OVC - overcast, OBS - obscured, POB - partial obscuration
Source: based on NOAA U.S. Department of Commerce
Detailed information: Interactive map of solar resources
SWEDEN, HAMRA
Latitude: 61.57, Longitude: 15
Average speed: 2.37 m/s, Operational share: 42%
Average daily wind speed for 10 years of observations, m/s, 10 m above the ground
Source: based on NOAA U.S. Department of Commerce
Detailed information: Interactive map of wind resources
According to the 2024 Statistical Review of World Energy, total primary energy consumption in Sweden in 2023 amounted to 2.15 Exajoules, around 28.7% of which was from hydropower, 25.1% from renewables, 21.7% from oil, 20% from nuclear energy, 3.2% from coal, and 1.3% [15].
The volume of oil consumption in the country since 2002 has declined (Fig.2) and in 2023 totalled 282 thousand barrels/day [16]. According to the Energy Institute, this figure was 275 thousand barrels/day in 2023 [15]. According to the Swedish Energy Agency, the total consumption of oil products in the country in 2023 was 71 TWh [17].
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2024) / www.eia.gov
Figure 2. The Production and consumption of fossil fuels in Sweden (coal – left, gas – in the center, oil – right)
Natural gas consumption in Sweden showed steady growth between 2008 and 2010, but then declined rapidly (Fig. 2); in 2023 consumption reached the level of 31 Bcf, compared to 56 Bcf in 2010 [16]. According to the Statistical Review of World Energy 2024 [15] it was estimated at 0.7 billion m3 in 2023. According to the Swedish Energy Agency, gas consumption in 2023 totalled 3.8 TWh [17]. About 681 million m3 of gas was imported in 2022 [3].
Coal consumption in the country gradually decreased – albeit with annual fluctuations – between 2001 and 2023, and totalled 2.18 million short tons in 2023 [16]; in 2023, according to the Energy Institute, it amounted to 0.07 Exajoules [15].
Historically, Sweden has had a high share of nuclear and hydro energy in electricity production (Fig. 3).
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2024) / www.eia.gov | ||
Figure 3. Electricity production in Sweden |
In 2023 Sweden produced around 162.19 TWh of electricity and the share of renewable resources in the total production volume has consistently increased, particularly with regard to biomass and wind energy (Fig. 6).
Sweden’s position in the comparative diagram of energy index is shown in Figure 4. As previously mentioned, Sweden does not have significant reserves of fossil resources so the first six indices are either not represented in the diagram or are extremely low. The volume of production of fossil energy resources is much lower than the level of their consumption in Sweden. On the one hand , this requires sustainable import, however it also encourages the development of energy-saving technologies and renewable energy. Other indices are more convincing. In a rating listing countries by their level of production of electricity from renewable sources (excluding hydropower) Sweden was 15th out of 170 countries selected for consideration.
In terms of GDP per unit of energy used, Sweden is slightly below the world average. However, the index of energy use per capita is much higher – 14th among 66 countries considered.
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In terms of electricity consumption per capita, the country is 8th in the world , however, for the indicator of combination of electricity production-consumption, Sweden is 23rd in the ranked list of 216 countries.
A territorial map showing the distribution of the largest infrastructure projects of the fossil fuel sector in Sweden is shown in Figure 5.
As previously mentioned, kerogen oil reserves account for 78.5% and shale gas reserves account for 21.5% of the energy potential of unconventional fossil resources. Swedish refineries, which are mainly concentrated in the south, have a total installed capacity of 515 000 barrels/day (Fig. 5). The country's largest refinery is Preemraff Lysekil Oil Refinery, managed by Preem, with an installed capacity of 220 000 barrels/day [18]. The main oil terminal is Göteborg (4 million m3), and the biggest oil storage is Brofjorden (Lysekil) Oil Storage Terminal (580 000 m3) [19,20].
There is one large gas storage facility in the country – Skallen, which has a capacity of 10 million m3 [21]. There are two LNG import terminals, the largest of which is Linde Brunnsviksholme LNG Import Terminal near Stockholm, with a storage capacity of 20 000 m3 [22]. Domestic gas is transported through a 1 626 km long pipeline network (Fig. 5).
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the share of fossil fuels in electricity production in Sweden in 2023 was only 0.6% (Fig. 6). The Central Intelligence Agency's estimates for 2022 are significantly higher – 1% [3]. For this indicator Sweden is behind only Switzerland, Iceland and Norway in Europe [3].
The country has several stations for the production of electricity from fossil fuels, including power plants with a capacity of more than 100 MW, such as two oil power plants, two gas power plants and three combined cycle power plants, as well as a large number of power plants with less output (Fig. 6).
Eskilstuna CPH station. Sweden
The largest power plants in Sweden are: gas – Öresundsverket, with total capacity of 440 MW [23], oil; Karlshamn (Stärnö) Oil-fired power plant, with installed capacity of 1 005 MW, combined cycle; and Aroskraft (Vasteras) Combined Power Plant with installed capacity of 650 MW [24,25]. In the southern part of the country, on the coast of the Baltic Sea, there are three nuclear power plants; the most powerful of these is Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant (3 932 MW) [26].
As noted above, hydropower in Sweden has a significant share in electricity generation, and in 2023 it was represented by several hydro and pumped storage power plants that produced 65.59 TWh (Fig. 6). The most powerful hydroelectric power plant is the Harsprånget Hydro Power Plant with an installed capacity of 871 MW [27]. Among pumped storage power plants, the Juktan Hydro Pumped Storage Station has an installed capacity of 335 megawatts [28].
As mentioned previously, the level of solar radiation in the most densely populated areas of the country can reach 2.7 kWh/m2, which is a sufficient resource for the production of energy through photovoltaics [9]. Work on Sweden's first truly large-scale solar farm at Hultsfred Airport began in October 2023.The solar farm will have a capacity of 100 MW and will be located on 136 hectares.The solar farm is expected to be connected to the grid in the spring of 2025, with full commercial operation beginning in late 2025 [29].
The Storlandet wind farm in Norrbotten is the largest onshore wind farm being developed in Sweden as of July 2023, which will have a capacity of 2.6 gigawatts. The Markbygden wind farm, located in northern Sweden, is set to become the largest onshore wind farm in Europe with a total of almost 1,000 wind turbines. [30].
Coastal wind turbines at sunrise, Oland, Sweden. Envato Elements. CQ2L9KNVTW
The level of municipal waste is 431 kg per person per year [14]. There is large number of waste-processing plants of various capacities, including 10 power plants with a capacity of more than 200 000 tpy. The largest is Stockholm-Högdalen Waste-to-Energy Plant with an installed capacity of 600 000 tpy [31]. The ScanDust Landskrona Plasma Gasification Plant has an installed capacity of 200 TPD [32].
Bioenergy has a significant share in energy production in Sweden, and in 2022 biomass generated around 13.11 TWh (Fig.7). The country has biomass processing plants, biogas production plants, biodiesel plants, bioethanol plants, pellets and landfill gas plants, etc.
E.On owns the largest biomass processing plant, the Åby Biomass power plant with an installed capacity of more than 130MW [33]. Termochemical GoBiGas Phase 1BTL-FT, managed by Göteborg Energi AB, has an installed capacity of 20 MW [34].
Lantmännen Energi produces around 235 000 m3 of bioethanol annually at the largest plant in the country: Norrköping [34]. The largest biodiesel plant in the country is Piteå, SunPine Biodiesel Plant, which produces about 100 000 m3 annually [35]. There are a number of biomass gasification plants in the country, the largest of which is the Södra Cell Värö Pulp Mill Biomass Gasification Plant, with an installed capacity of 35 MWh [36]. The largest pellet production company is located in Härnösand, the SCA Energy Wood Pellet Plant, which produces 160 000 tons annually [37]. In 2023, Sweden produced more than 2.3 TWh of biogas at 296 plants. The top 5 Swedish biogas producing counties are Skåne (403 GWh), Västra Götaland (333 GWh), Stockholm (327 GWh), Östergötland (179 GWh) and Örebro (123 GWh). [38]. The largest torrefication plant is the ETPC Torrefaction Plant at Umeå, with an installed capacity of 30 000 tons/year [39].
The country has an 18 km long hydrogen pipeline at Stenungsund, and four hydrogen gas stations (Fig. 7).
The primary direction of Sweden's energy policy is to increase the capacity of renewable energy, to reach the target that Sweden will have 100 % fossil-free electricity production by 2040. On the way to this goal, nuclear power is also receiving a lot of attention. By 2035, it is planned to build a new nuclear power plant with a capacity of about 2,500 MW, which corresponds to at least two large-scale reactors. In addition, an important part of Sweden's future energy system will be hydrogen, the production of which must be efficiently integrated with electricity and heat supply systems and will also be important for reducing emissions, particularly from heavy transport [40]. The share of renewable energy in relation to gross energy use is planned to be increased to 65% percent and 72% in 2030 and 2040 respectively [41].
The largest producer of fuel in Sweden, Preem, plans to produce about 3 million m3 of biofuel by 2030. The company has announced a partnership with Vattenfall, which will supply hydrogen gas for this project, using wind and hydroelectric power [42].
The set of indices reflecting the position of Sweden among other countries in the field of education and innovation can be seen in Figure below. As can be seen from the diagrams presented, Sweden is one of the world leaders in this segment of indicators, which contributes to technological development in the field of energy.
In the ranking of countries of the Global Innovation Index 2024, Sweden is second after Switzerland from the 133 countries considered (see diagram). According to the number of patents granted to Swedish nationals, both domestically and abroad, the country ranks 12th in the world. Similarly, by the number of valid patents, the country is 20th in the world, indicating the country's favourable conditions for innovation.
The level of government expenditure on education is very high. Eight Swedish universities are included in the QS University Rating. In addition, Sweden’s GDP is very high, so the expenditure on education in absolute terms is also substantial.
In the ranking of countries, in terms of government expenditure on research and development as a percentage of GDP, the country is third behind Israel and Republic of Korea. Sweden is well positioned when considering the number of publications of specialists in scientific and technological journals; in the Scimago, rating Sweden ranks 18th out of 240 countries, and in the Scientific and Technical Journal Activities places 22nd out of 197 countries.
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Swedish universities, including KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Uppsala University, the University of Gothenburg and Karlstad University, train specialists in various fields of energy, including Renewable Electricity Production, Wind Power Project Management, Science in Environmental and Energy Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc.
Cortus AB and Siemens AG are among the leaders in patenting among Swedish companies in the field of synthetic fuel production. Studies in this field have been conducted by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, and Luleå University of Technology.
Scenic panoramic view of Gamla Stan, Stockholm at sunset, capital of Sweden. Envato Elements. C4EAZTHGYK
In the field of unconventional oil processing, the following companies are prominent – Siemens AG, and Alfa Laval Corporate AB. Uppsala University and Linköping University have the highest number of publications in this area.
A large number of Swedish companies patent technical solutions in the field of energy production from renewable sources. In the field of bioenergy, patenting leaders among Swedish companies are Bioendev AB, Cortus AB, Tekniska Verken Linkoeping AB, Bioprocess Control Sweden AB, and Scandinavian Biogas Fuels AB. Studies in this field have been conducted by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Notable enterprises in the field of solar energy include Siemens AG and Climatwell AB. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Lund University and Uppsala University have the highest number of publications in this area.
Leaders in the field of wind power are Siemens AG and Senvion SE. Studies in this field have been conducted by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Luleå University of Technology and Uppsala University.
A diagram of environmental indices is shown in Figure 9. This figure shows the indices that have an indirect effect on the energy sector, but in many respects shape its future.
Due to the country's extensive use of clean energy sources, Sweden demonstrates a relatively low level of CO2 emissions, both in general and per capita.
Sources: 1. CO2 total emission by countries 2020 / European Commission / Joint Research Centre (JRC) / Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)*208 2. CO2 per capita emission 2020/European Commission/Joint Research Centre (JRC) / Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) *208 3. Forest area 2020 (% of land area) / The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations *234 4. Forest area change 2010-2020 (1000 ha/year) / The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations *234 5. The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2020 / Rankings / Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Yale University *180 6. Annual freshwater withdrawals (m3 per capita), 2017 *179 Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion m3), 2017 – Food and Agriculture Organization, AQUASTAT data. /License: CC BY-4.0; Population – United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019, custom data acquired via website. Retrieved 15 November 2021 7. The National Footprint Accounts 2017 (Biocapacity Credit / Deficit) / Global Footprint Network *188 8. Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent), 2018 / Data for up to 1990 are sourced from Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, United States. Data from 1990 are CAIT data: Climate Watch. 2020. GHG Emissions. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available at: License : Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) *191 9. The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2022 / Overall Results / Jan Burck, Thea Uhlich, Christoph Bals, Niklas Höhne, Leonardo Nascimento / Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute & Climate Action Network *60 * Total number of countries participating in ranking Figure 9. Environmental Indices of Sweden |
Sweden is also included in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), which shows the 60 countries responsible for more than 90% of the world's energy-related CO2 emissions. The authors of the report note a reduction in emissions of harmful substances per capita. However, there are fluctuations in emissions from the agricultural sector, and the country’s renewable energy target is still not sufficient.
Ristafallet waterfall in Sweden. Envato Elements. 3BKXFLHJTE
In relation to forest area as a percentage of total land area, Sweden is 21st in the world. However, there is a negative trend in forest area change, and here the country is only 179th. Nevertheless, the country has a relatively high Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2024 rating, which focuses primarily on assessing the environmental performance of national governments. In this rating Sweden is 6th out of 180 member countries, behind France, Switzerland and Denmark.
At the end of the review it is also worth noting that, according to the Ecological Footprint Atlas, Sweden is among the environmental creditors.
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