Spelinspektionen

Spelinspektionen licenses and supervises the Swedish gambling market, runs Spelpaus.se, and works against illegal gambling, match-fixing and money laundering.

Overview

Spelinspektionen is the Swedish government agency responsible for gambling regulation. Known as Lotteriinspektionen before the 2019 reregulation, it is a supervisory authority under the Ministry of Finance, based in Strängnäs, led by a government-appointed board and a Director-General. Its mandate is to ensure gambling for money in Sweden is lawful, safe and reliable: it grants and supervises licences and permits, and works to prevent match-fixing, illegal gambling, and money laundering and terrorist financing.

At the end of 2025 there were 651 valid licences and permits held by 588 holders, and the licensed market's turnover was about SEK 28.2 billion. Spelinspektionen also runs the Spelmarknadsrådet and Matchfixningsrådet advisory councils, coordinating with other government agencies including the Financial Supervisory Authority, the Economic Crime Authority and the police.

Spelinspektionen's mandate and 2025 activities. [1]

Statutory tasks under the agency's founding ordinance. [2]

Key facts

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Spelinspektionen is the Swedish government agency responsible for gambling regulation; it was called Lotteriinspektionen before the 2019 reregulation, when it took its current name.

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Spelinspektionen's mandate is to ensure that gambling for money in Sweden is conducted lawfully, safely and reliably, with strong consumer protection; it grants licences and permits, supervises licence and permit holders, and works to prevent match-fixing, illegal gambling, and money laundering and terrorist financing.

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Spelinspektionen is a supervisory authority (tillsynsmyndighet) under the Ministry of Finance (Finansdepartementet), led by a government-appointed board with full responsibility, and a Director-General who runs day-to-day operations under the board's direction; at the end of 2025, Johan Röhr served as acting Director-General after Camilla Rosenberg's departure to lead a different agency.

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The Swedish gambling market is divided into three parts — a competitive part open to licensed commercial operators, a part for non-profit organisations, and a part reserved for the state — spanning six licence categories.

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At the end of 2025 there were 651 valid licences and permits held by 588 licence and permit holders, an increase of 35 licences and 25 holders since 2024; the ten largest licence holders accounted for 73% of total turnover, and commercial online gambling and betting accounted for about 65% of turnover.

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Spelinspektionen coordinates two advisory councils: the Spelmarknadsrådet (Gambling Market Council), whose members include the Financial Supervisory Authority, the Economic Crime Authority, the Public Health Agency, the Consumer Agency, the Enforcement Authority, county administrative boards, the police, the Tax Agency and the Prosecution Authority, and the Matchfixningsrådet (Match-fixing Council), with representatives of the police, the Prosecution Authority, the Swedish Sports Confederation and industry bodies representing licence holders.

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Sources

SpelinspektionenPrimary source — Spelinspektionens årsredovisning 2025 — https://www.spelinspektionen.se/globalassets/dokument/spelinspektionens-overgripande/spelinspektionens-arsredovisning-2025.pdf
Regeringen (Finansdepartementet)Primary source — Förordning (2018:1476) med instruktion för Spelinspektionen — https://svenskforfattningssamling.se/sites/default/files/sfs/2018-07/SFS2018-1476.pdf

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