🇸🇪Sweden

Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Sweden

Program

BankID (private); SverigeID (state e-ID, from police)

Status

Being built or piloted

National ID card

ID card voluntary

Biometrics

Yes

Law

Lag (2026:1358) (as cited by Polisen; not independently verified)

Police say applications for SverigeID start on 1 December 2026, with phone booking from 1 November. Citizens must apply for a new national ID card at the same visit; cards issued earlier cannot be linked. It is a phone app at the highest assurance level, also for residents without citizenship.

• Polisen — Statlig e-legitimation SverigeID ↗
• ID Tech — Sweden says state e-ID applications open Dec 1, 2026 ↗

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status

Pilot

Name

e-krona

Riksbank e-krona project reports say a digital krona could keep a state-guaranteed means of payment as cash use falls, and recommend legislation to clarify its legal standing. No issuance decision found as of Oct 2026.

• Riksbank — E-krona project, report 2 ↗
• Atlantic Council — CBDC Tracker ↗

UN and WHO

How Sweden has voted

WHO

Accepted the 2024 rule changes

Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)

No recorded objection

Migration compact (Dec 2018)

Voted yes

Paris climate deal

Party

SDG Index 2026

86.3 · rank 2 of 169

Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)

2

• UN Digital Library — migration compact vote ↗
• WHO — amended health regulations enter into force ↗
• SDSN — SDG Index 2026 rankings ↗
• World Bank — Carbon Pricing Dashboard ↗

Sovereignty score

How the -3 adds up

• -1Running a CBDC pilot source ↗
• -1Must offer an EU digital ID wallet by Dec 2026 source ↗
• -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗

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