Since 2024, Sweden has had national guidelines for open science. They provide support and guidance for the different stakeholders in Sweden who have overarching responsibility in the transition to open science.

The purpose of the guidelines is to outline the direction for the continued development towards open science in Sweden, specifying which key actors are responsible for what, as well as how the guidelines are to be monitored and updated over time.

A key aim is to foster better coordination among the actors with overarching responsibility for the transition to open science. This includes, for example, the exchange of knowledge and experience, as well as collaboration on monitoring and updating the guidelines.

The guidelines are primarily intended for universities and higher education institutions, research funders, and other public agencies and organisations that perform or fund research.

They have been developed through a government assignment to the National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket, KB). You can access the guidelines, along with an in-depth report, on the website Openscience.se External link..