| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S167S2100S367S4100S533 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 67 (adopted, lapsed before 31 Dec 2025, not renewed)
The government's 'Strategi för sociala företag – ett hållbart samhälle genom socialt företagande och social innovation' (2018) was funded for 2018-2020 with final reporting in 2021; no renewal was found: 'adopted but lapsed before 31 Dec 2025, not renewed'. · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 100 (dedicated national SE strategy or action plan)
A stand-alone government strategy for social enterprises (2018): 'dedicated national SE strategy or action plan (adopted)'. · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 67 (measures with named responsible bodies)
Measures were assigned to named agencies (Tillväxtverket: up to SEK 20 m a year 2018-2020; Vinnova) with SEK 50 m a year announced in the 2018 budget bill, but no quantified targets were found: 'measures with named responsible bodies' (not 'quantified targets and a budget'). · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 100 (progress or evaluation report published in 2021–2025)
The strategy's measures were evaluated in 'Utvärdering av program för socialt företagande och samhällsentreprenörskap 2018–2020: Sweco slutrapport' (Tillväxtverket report 0354), a final evaluation ('Föreliggande slutrapport omfattar en summerande mål- och resultatuppfyllelse') of the programme implementing the 2018 strategy, based on autumn 2020 material and citing 2021 work: 'progress or evaluation report published in the period'. The publication date is not printed (2021 inferred), hence medium. · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 33 (public consultation only, or a general statement that stakeholders took part)
The 2018 assignments require consultation only with agencies (Tillväxtverket, Upphandlingsmyndigheten, MUCF); the final evaluation names no reference or steering group with SE organisations (Coompanion, Skoopi appear as project leaders): 'a general statement that stakeholders took part'. · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I167I2100I30I40 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 67 (a ministry named responsible in a law, decree, adopted strategy or its statutory functions, within a broader unit)
SE policy sits with the Ministry of Enterprise and its agency Tillväxtverket (a broader growth agency), and Kammarkollegiet keeps the register of idea-based organisations; no dedicated SE unit: 'a ministry named as responsible in ... an adopted strategy or its statutory functions, within a broader unit'. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 100 (the social economy / SE broadly)
The lead agency's mandate covered social enterprises and social entrepreneurship broadly (Tillväxtverket's programme 'Utveckla sociala företag och samhällsentreprenörskap 2018-2020' and its later report on a definition of social enterprise), not one legal form: 'the social economy / SE broadly'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 0 (none, or only in a draft)
No standing consultative body with SE organisations was found; the ministers' May 2024 roundtable on procurement with idea-based actors was a one-off meeting: 'none'. · source 1 · low confidence - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 0 (none)
Coordination between Tillväxtverket and Vinnova under the 2018 assignment ended with it; no inter-ministerial SE mechanism was found: 'none'. · source 1 · low confidence
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P1100P267P367P467 Criteria and evidence- P1 · Legal basis: 100 (reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 transposed, a national SSE quota))
LOU 19 ch. 12 § implements Directive Art. 77.1-77.3, and since 1 Jan 2023 19 ch. 25 a § lets authorities reserve listed welfare services for registered idea-based organisations (Prop. 2021/22:135): 'reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 transposed)'. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 67 (national socially responsible procurement guidance or plan)
The national Public Procurement Agency issues guidance on social considerations (labour-law conditions, reserved procurement, accessibility) and a criteria service; no target or quota found: 'national socially responsible procurement guidance or plan'. · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 67 (national figures on use for one year)
The agency's 2023 national survey reported use of social requirements (nearly 9 of 10 regions and 6 of 10 municipalities set accessibility requirements; fewer than half follow up labour-law conditions); no series or data on reserved contracts (the government says the option is used 'i begränsad omfattning'): 'national figures on use for one year'. · source 1 · low confidence - P4 · Capacity support: 67 (a government training programme or helpdesk documented to cover social clauses or reserved contracts, for contracting authorities or for SEs)
The Public Procurement Agency's Frågeservice helpdesk and question portal are offered on its page on social considerations and reserved procurement; no programme for SEs found (guidance on reserved contracts for idea-based organisations was commissioned only in Jun 2026): 'a national (government) ... helpdesk ... for contracting authorities or for SEs'. · source 1
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| Official SE definition 3.1 D1100D267 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 100 (in law)
Act (2022:900), in force 1 Jan 2023, defines 'idéburen organisation' as 'en juridisk person som uteslutande har ett allmännyttigt syfte som är angivet i stadgar'; the index counts this registration scheme as SE law (partial) in 3.2.1, so D1 follows it: 'in law'. Treating idea-based organisations as SE is the index's scope judgement; without it Sweden has no SE definition in law. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 67 (two)
The status requires an exclusively public-benefit purpose (2 §) and bars value transfers except to other registered idea-based organisations or research, also on dissolution and for five years after deregistration (3 §, 8 §); the Act has no provision on democratic governance: 'two'. · source 1
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Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 2 of 3Act (2022:900) on Registration of Idea-based Organisations, with Ordinance (2022:903) · sources 1 2L1100L250L3100L4100L550 Criteria and evidence- L1 · Adoption stage: 100 (in force)
- L2 · Scope: 50 (one type or several types only)
- L3 · Implementing rules: 100 (all adopted, or none required)
Ordinance (2022:903) on registration of idea-based organisations: Kammarkollegiet designated registration and supervisory authority; fees (SEK 12,000 application, SEK 1,600 annual). - L4 · Status or register: 100 (operating, entities recognised)
Kammarkollegiet's register of idea-based organisations, open since 1 Jan 2023 to non-profit organisations running publicly financed welfare activities: 29 organisations registered in April 2026 (Finance Ministry memo, June 2026), against about 3,000 foreseen by SOU 2019:56. No end-2025 count found. - L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 50 (not foreseen)
No body foreseen.
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| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E167E2100E3100E4100E5100 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 67 (national SME/start-up programme with an SE strand, or a government-run SE programme funded mainly by donors)
The state grant under Förordning (2001:1194) om statsbidrag till kooperativ utveckling, decided by Tillväxtverket, funds cooperative development centres (Coompanion, 25 offices in every county) whose free advice targets 'kooperativa, idéburna och sociala företag'; it is a state-funded programme run by NGOs and framed as cooperative development: 'national SME/start-up programme with an SE strand'. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 100 (all regions (national network of support centres))
Coompanion has 25 offices with representation in every county: 'all regions (national network of support centres)'. · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 100 (national budget line)
Core advice is financed by the state grant (ordinance 2001:1194, Tillväxtverket) with municipal co-funding ('Rådgivningen kan hållas kostnadsfri genom stöd från Tillväxtverket och Malmö Stad'); ESF projects are additional: 'national budget line'. Grant amounts were not found, hence medium. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 100 (five years or more)
State-supported Coompanion advice is documented in 2017 (Tillväxtverket evaluating its model) and in 2024; the regional agencies date from the 1980s: 'five years or more'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 100 (three or more)
Start-up advice on company forms and law, financing advice, incubation (Level incubator 2021-2023) and market-access work (Social Trade study): 'three or more'. · source 1
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| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F133F233F333F433 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 33 (SE mentioned)
The national ESF+ programme's specific objective (a) in programme area B includes 'främjande av egenföretagande och den sociala ekonomin', and the idea-based sector is named among target organisations in areas A1, A2 and E (social innovation); there is no SE priority or measure: 'SE mentioned'. · source 1 - F2 · Calls and instruments: 33 (general calls whose themes name social economy or social entrepreneurship, or documented SE grantees in general calls)
Coompanion Skåne received ESF funding for 'Socialt Innovationscenter Syd' (three years from Feb 2025) in a general call: 'documented SE grantees in general calls'. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 33 (civil-society grants only)
EU money reaches SE organisations as ESF project grants to civil-society applicants, e.g. Coompanion Skåne's 'Socialt Innovationscenter Syd' (granted Dec 2024, three years from Feb 2025, with Region Skåne and others as partners), not through a national SE measure: 'via civil-society grants only'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 33 (anecdotal)
The ESF Council's programme report (July 2026) gives no figures on projects or amounts going to social enterprises or idea-based organisations; only individual projects are documented: 'anecdotal'. · source 1
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| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 N167N233N3100N467 Criteria and evidence- N1 · Dedicated line: 67 (dedicated line for one type (e.g. WISE subsidies, a cooperatives fund))
The SE-wide line (up to SEK 20 m a year to Tillväxtverket, 2018-2020) ended before the period; the continuing national line is the state grant for cooperative advice under a cooperative ordinance, channelled by Tillväxtverket to Coompanion: 'dedicated line for one type (e.g. ... a cooperatives fund)'. · source 1 - N2 · Instrument types: 33 (one type)
Grants only: 'one type'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 100 (five years or more)
The cooperative-development grant rests on a standing ordinance (2001:1194, amended to SFS 2009:157) meant to 'säkerställa kooperativa utvecklingscentrums verksamhet i hela landet', and Tillväxtverket support is documented for 2024: 'five years or more'. Annual budget amounts were not opened, hence medium. · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 67 (disbursement reported (awards announced, beneficiaries named))
Use is reported by recipients (Coompanion Skåne 2024: 'Vi har haft 156 personer i rådgivning', 25 new ventures), but no national amounts or national beneficiary counts for 2024-2025 were found: 'disbursement reported'. · source 1
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