New cross-border evidence rules take effect in Sweden as of August 2026 — and non-compliance carries strict-liability fines of up to 2% of global turnover. Is your business prepared?
If your company operates a social network, online marketplace, gaming platform, messaging service, cloud storage solution, electronic communications service, or domain/IP infrastructure — and you provide services to users in Sweden — these new rules apply to you.
The EU e-Evidence package is being phased into Swedish law, with the first provisions applying from 1 July 2026, fundamentally changing how law enforcement authorities across Europe can compel service providers to produce or preserve electronic evidence. Two new Swedish acts give effect to the package: one implements EU Directive 2023/1544 on designated establishments and legal representatives (SFS 2026:966), and the other supplements EU Regulation 2023/1543 on European Production Orders and European Preservation Orders for electronic evidence (