(WIPO code: SE) (latest review March 2020)
by KATZAROV S.A., Geneva, Switzerland
Sweden
General Information
Area
450,000 sq. km.
Population
10,040,995 (estimated July 2018).
Capital
Stockholm with 1.583 million (estimated 2018).
Language
Swedish.
Currency
Kronor (SEK).
Most important industrial and agricultural products
Machinery and transport equipment, forestry, chemistry, mining and steel industries, which constitute the larger part of the Swedish export. Other important export industries are paper, woodware, iron and steel.
General Remarks
Industrially, Sweden is a highly developed country and its different manufacturing industries have been largely built up on Swedish and foreign inventions. In respect of certain specialties, such as matches, cream separators, ball bearings, vacuum cleaners and white goods, Sweden controls a large part of the world’s production.
Trade comprises the exportation of automobiles, pharmaceuticals, cellular telephones, pulp, paper, finished wood products, steel, machines, etc., and the importation of coal, oil, raw materials, chemicals and textiles, etc.
| Statistics | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |||
| Filed | Issued | Filed | Issued | Filed | Issued | |
| Patents | 4,028* | 999** | 4,028* | 685** | 3,783* | 588** |
| Trademarks | 9,329 | 7,084 | 8,780 | 6,798 | 8,456 | 5,864 |
| Designs | 563 | n.a. | 502 | n.a. | 437 | n.a. |
* 2012: National: 2,436 and International PCT phase: 1,592.
* 2013: National: 2,495 and International PCT phase: 1,533.
* 2014: National: 2,424 and International PCT phase: 1,359.
** (excl. designated applications from EPO)