Sweden

Sweden has a highly digital invoicing culture, even without a general B2B mandate. Public-sector e-invoicing has been required since April 2019, and the Agency for Digital Government (DIGG) oversees it. Public buyers handle millions of e-invoices a year, mostly over the Peppol network.

In the private sector, e-invoicing is voluntary but very common. Many large Swedish companies require their suppliers to send structured invoices and will reject PDFs or paper. For suppliers, meeting these customer requirements often matters as much as any legal obligation.

Sweden has not announced a national B2B mandate. Even so, the EU's ViDA package will bring e-invoicing and digital reporting for cross-border trade within the EU, so Swedish businesses with intra-EU sales should expect structured invoicing to become standard over the coming years.

The legal obligation covers everyone that invoices Swedish public-sector bodies, including central government agencies, regions and municipalities. It applies to Swedish and foreign suppliers alike, so a company in another country that sells to a Swedish public buyer must also send e-invoices.

Private businesses are not legally required to issue e-invoices in B2B trade. In practice, though, suppliers to large Swedish companies are often required to e-invoice under their commercial agreements.

Invoices to the public sector must be electronic and follow EN 16931, the European standard. Public buyers generally expect Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 and can reject invoices sent on paper or as PDF. Invoices must also carry the reference data the buyer asks for, such as the order number or the buyer's reference.

To reach Swedish public bodies, suppliers need a connection to the Peppol network or a service that can deliver Peppol invoices. Under the 2019 law, public buyers can require e-invoices even for small or one-off purchases.

The standard format for public-sector invoicing is Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, based on UBL. Svefaktura, the older Swedish format, is still in use on some legacy flows, but Peppol BIS 3.0 is the main format going forward.

Invoices are exchanged over the Peppol network through certified Access Points, and Swedish VAN operators also exchange invoices with each other. Peppol gives foreign suppliers a straightforward route to Swedish buyers without needing a local operator.

HubBroker connects your ERP to the Peppol network so you can invoice Swedish public and private buyers in Peppol BIS Billing 3.0. We map your invoice data, add the buyer references, and validate every invoice before sending, so it is accepted the first time.

Inbound invoices from Swedish suppliers arrive in your ERP as structured data, ready to post. When suppliers still send PDFs, HubBroker's IDP extracts the data and converts it into structured invoices.

For Nordic groups, the same HubBroker setup covers Denmark, Norway and Finland, giving you a single e-invoicing connection across the region that is ready for ViDA when it arrives.