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Our current and previous campaigns

Our mission is to inspire the world to discover Sweden. Through smart, creative marketing, we build a positive image of Sweden that sparks curiosity and drives interest in travel. Our marketing campaigns are designed to reach broad international audiences and showcase Sweden as a destination of a different nature.

A yellow beach umbrella, a sun chair, and a pair of slippers sit on a tiny Swedish islet, surrounded by open sea beneath a clear blue sky.
Your Swedish Island
Photo: Hannes Krantz/Visit Sweden

Your Swedish Island

2026. Private islands have long been the ultimate luxury. Recently, we democratised that dream by giving people the chance to win one of their own. Why? Because Sweden has more islands than any other country. 267,570, to be exact.

Your Swedish Island
A female doctor stands in a hole in the ice in northern Sweden, surrounded by snow, with mountains rising in the background.
The Swedish Prescription
Did you know that Sweden is the first country in the world that your doctor can prescribe? Because our country is filled with activities that make you feel good, proven by science.
Photo: Alexander Erdbeer/Visit Sweden

The Swedish Prescription

2025. Sweden’s unique way of life, rooted in balance and with easy access to both nature and culture, makes it an ideal place to reset your mind and body. Together with Swedish senior professor Yvonne Forsell, we identified activities proven by science to help you feel better. That’s why you can now ask your doctor to prescribe Sweden.

The Swedish Prescription
An island in the archipelago with red wooden houses and a white boat in the foreground under clear blue skies.
Käringön, West Sweden
Käringön in Bohuslän has a history as a fishing community and has been continuously inhabited since 1596.
Photo: Amplifyphoto - Markus Holm / Westsweden.com

Visit the Original Sweden

2024. Did you know that there are eight places in the world called Sweden? That’s why we applied to trademark our country’s name. In the meantime, we teach you how to distinguish the original from the dupes.

Visit the Original Sweden
A woman in a white blazer is standing behind a podium, holding a newspaper that reads "President's blooper - mixed up Sweden and Switzerland". Behind her are two Swedish flags.
Sweden not Switzerland: image
Even world leaders mix up Sweden and Switzerland, but a new contract could be the solution.
Photo: Visit Sweden

Welcome to Sweden (not Switzerland)

2023. People all over the world keep mixing up Sweden and Switzerland. To end this confusion, we reached out to Swiss officials.

Welcome to Sweden (not Switzerland)
A pine forest during the night. Further into the forest, a light is shining.
Spellbound by Sweden
The deep forests of Sweden possess both beauty and tranquility – but also drama and mystique. That is why we invite travellers to experience a chilling story – using all senses – by stepping into the mystical parts of Swedish nature. Come, be spellbound by the places and experience where fairy tales, culture and nature meet across Sweden.
Photo: Johan Wennerström/Visit Sweden

Spellbound by Sweden

2022. Sweden’s nature has always been an integral part of our culture and played a central role in Swedish folklore. Inspired by this heritage, internationally-celebrated author John Ajvide Lindqvist brought some of our mythological creatures to life in a chilling tale and audio story, now available on Spotify.

Spellbound by Sweden
A river flows into a lake. There are a couple of houses surrounded by greenery next to the lake.
Toftan, Dalarna
A lot of IKEA’s products are named after places in Sweden. Bolmen, Ektorp, Voxnan, Hemsjö, Kallax…It’s time the world know that these names belong to wonderful places in Sweden. Discover the originals!
Photo: Mikael Svensson/Johnér

Discover the originals

2021. Toftan, Ektorp, Voxnan, Hemsjö, Kallax … These are all wonderful places in Sweden. Yet, most people associate these names with waste bins, sofas, bath towels, block candles and shelf systems. And it’s all because of IKEA.

Discover the originals