Film and TV incentive in Sweden
Sweden runs the Swedish Production Incentive: a cash rebate worth Up to 25%. A payment on approved local spend, usually claimed after delivery or in stages. What matters is the queue: most cash rebates run from an annual budget.
The numbers
- Scheme
- Swedish Production Incentive
- Type
- Cash rebate
- Headline rate
- Up to 25%
- Minimum local spend
- SEK 4m eligible Swedish costs; minimum total budget SEK 30m for a feature film, SEK 10m for a documentary film, SEK 10m per episode for a drama series, SEK 5m per episode for a documentary series
- Cap per project
- No cap
- Funding
- Budget-limited SEK 82.5m in the 2026 round (applications 25 August to 8 September 2026); productions with the highest eligible costs are prioritised, so a qualifying project can still miss out
- Paid
- After completion, claimed within 3 months
- Foreign spend qualifies
- No
- Currency
- SEK
What this means for the cashflow
There is an annual pot and a queue. Applying early in the year matters, and a full pot can push a production to the next round. The production carries the gap until the money arrives, and that is a financing question rather than a budget line.
When it pays: After completion, claimed within 3 months.
The detail
In force since 20 September 2022. Only costs from Sweden-tax-liable businesses or workers qualify, and the production must pass a cultural test. Administration is set to move from Tillväxtverket to the Swedish Film Institute from 1 January 2027. Regional funds such as Film i Väst, Filmpool Nord and Film i Skåne operate alongside as discretionary co-investors.
What you have to submit
Application form and templates, Tillväxtverket. No budget template: attach an itemised budget for the whole production, for example from Movie Magic, as PDF or Excel, plus the production description template.
Building the budget first? Use the free film budget template or the Budget Builder, then map it onto whatever the fund asks for.
How it compares
Counted on the best rate a production can reach after tax, Sweden sits at number 28 of the 32 European schemes we track (25%). Work out the net value on your own spend, side by side with up to two other countries, in the incentive comparison.
Pays more
Pays less
- Bulgaria 25%
- Slovenia Up to 25%
- Switzerland 20% (40% for minority co-productions and technical costs)
Other cash rebate schemes
- Netherlands Up to 35%
- Germany 30%
- Portugal 30% / 25% (large track); 30% to 40% (medium track)
- Malta 30% to 40%
- Hungary 30% (up to 37.5% with foreign costs)
- Czech Republic 25% (35% animation and VFX)
- Poland 30%
- Iceland 25% (35% for large productions)
Shooting there
We list 38 places to shoot in Sweden and 15 studios, production companies and post houses, each checked on its own site.
Source
Figures taken from Tillväxtverket (Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth) and checked on 2026-09-05. Incentives change: confirm the current terms with the fund before you commit a budget to them.
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