Telecommunication in Sweden

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 105.01 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Sweden ranked 28th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 94.29 Mbit/second (14th place).
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Sweden comes 16th with a download speed of 82.10 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 14 Mbit was only enough for 35th place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in October 2022 from 180 countries.
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.

Access to the Internet in Sweden from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Sweden 2000 - 2020

Sweden is doing very well in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 95% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 40% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the Internet via mobile communications. With around 2.0 people per household, this means that around 80.3 percent of all households are equipped with a fast Internet connection.