Is surrogacy legal in Sweden?
Unregulated
Sweden has no legal regulations for surrogacy, though it is illegal in Swedish healthcare.
Sweden is one of 10 countries classified “Unregulated” for surrogacy — 23% of the 44 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Surrogacy laws by country
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Finland
- Banned Finland has prohibited all surrogacy arrangements since 2007.
- Poland
- Unregulated Surrogacy is mostly unregulated in Poland, with the legal mother being the woman who gave birth.
- Germany
- Banned Germany prohibits all surrogacy arrangements, both commercial and altruistic.
- Netherlands
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in the Netherlands, but commercial surrogacy is illegal.
- Czech Republic
- Unregulated Czech Republic does not legally regulate surrogacy, though it's generally considered legal.
- United Kingdom
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in the UK, but commercial arrangements are prohibited under the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985.
Other laws in Sweden
- Abortion
- Legal on request
- Euthanasia
- Passive only
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- Specifically banned
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.