Sweden
EDRIX Score
6.80
EOTRIX Score
7.48
Tier
Leader
Overall Assessment
Sweden remains a top-tier leader in digital sovereignty, showcasing a balanced model that combines strong, decentralized public policy with a thriving developer ecosystem. While its strategic direction is clear and its capacity to build is high, its overall performance is slightly held back by moderate grassroots adoption among the general population.
Sobering Reality
The official website for the Government of Sweden is hosted in the US, and the email service for the Royal Court is run by Microsoft. These dependencies limit its Public Sector Digital Resilience score to a moderate 6.18.
2020 Baseline
In 2020, Sweden was a "leader," demonstrating a highly mature, balanced, and effective approach across both strategic and open source dimensions. Its strategy was practical and decisive.
2024 Progression
Sweden's progress continues in a decentralized but effective manner. The Agency for Digital Government (DIGG) leads with its 2022 Software Development Policy, which mandates that its procured software be predominantly open source. Civil society networks like NOSAD are key to sharing best practices.
2025 Data-Driven Analysis
Sweden's high ranking is based on a perfect Public Policy score (10.00) and a strong Developer Ecosystem score (7.66), supported by a top-3 rank for per-capita GitHub developers. This indicates it has both the strategic vision and the talent to execute it. Its main area for improvement is Grassroots Adoption (4.10), where its market share for Linux and open source browsers is average.
Strengths
- Public Policy: A mature, agency-led approach to open source procurement and development.
- Developer Ecosystem: A high density of developers and a strong community of practice.
Weaknesses
- Grassroots Adoption: The uptake of open source and sovereign technologies by the general public and businesses is not as high as in other leading nations.
Outlook
Sweden is well-positioned to maintain its leadership. The key to improving its overall resilience will be to foster greater grassroots adoption, potentially through public awareness campaigns or incentives that encourage citizens and businesses to choose more sovereign technology alternatives.