Posts Tagged ‘Sweden’
Some Reflections on the Investment Control Regime in Sweden: Unnecessary Obstacles to Legitimate Financing?
By Alexander Tham and Maja Kristiansson-Gran The Swedish Act on Screening of Foreign Direct Investments (the “FDI Act”) entered into force on 1 December 2023. The FDI Act is the first of its kind in Sweden, at least in the modern legislative landscape. (Pouya Ghotbi 2023 has given an overview, not only of the FDI Act…
Read More ...The Swedish Screening of Foreign Direct Investments Act
By Dr. iur. Magnus Schmauch, Louise Sörelind, Martyna Lechowska, Gustav Eiroff Introduction The Swedish Act on the Screening of Foreign Direct Investments (Sw. lag (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar) (the “FDI Act”) entered into force on 1 December 2023. Closing in on the first anniversary of the FDI Act, Dr. iur. Magnus Schmauch…
Read More ...Sweden – Expanded scope of the Swedish Act on Foreign Direct Investments (24 June 2024)
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Read More ...Huawei Technologies Co. LTD. v. The Kingdom of Sweden – ISDS as a potential remedy against the Huawei ban from the 5G rollout?
By Kilian Wagner, University of Vienna Spearheaded by the United States, several states including Australia, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom have imposed restrictions on the Chinese tech-giant Huawei. These measures essentially ban Huawei’s products for the roll-out of the infrastructure for the fifth generation of wireless technology (5G) on national security grounds. The…
Read More ...Marking a New Investment Era in Sweden: Enter the Swedish FDI Regime
By Pouya Ghotbi, Wistrand Advokatbyrå Background In 1916, the Swedish government introduced a piece of legislation restricting the right of foreigners to invest in Sweden. During the 1970s and early 1980s, the legislation was further tightened, making it difficult for foreigners to acquire businesses in Sweden without government scrutiny. The Act was abolished 1991,…
Read More ...Sweden – Foreign Direct Investment Act (September 2023) (Swedish)
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Read More ...Sweden – Guide to Sweden’s New FDI Regime
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Read More ...PRISM – Politics and Regulation of Investment Screening Mechanisms dataset
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Read More ...Jonas Hallberg and Patrik Tingvall, Analysis: Perspectives on the Economic Effects of FDI and Investment Screening
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Read More ...Helene Andersson, Sweden Next in Line to Start Screening Foreign Direct Investments
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Read More ...Swedish Final Report of Inquiry of Foreign Direct Investments including a Proposal for a new Investment Screening Law (Swedish)
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Read More ...Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions Volume I (2020): Common European Law on Investment Screening (CELIS)
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Read More ...Jonas Hallberg, Foreign Investment Screening in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark
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Read More ...Swedish Protective Security Act (in Swedish) as amended on 1 January 2021
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Read More ...Swedish government’s law proposal on Supplementary provisions to the EU regulation on foreign direct investment (in Swedish), 2 July 2020
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Read More ...Logan Ma, Recent Developments in Nordic Investment Screening
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Read More ...Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson and Ulf Sverdrup, Introduksjon: Når geoøkonomi møter den nordiske modellen
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Read More ...Jerker Hellström, China’s Political Priorities in the Nordic Countries: from technology to core interests
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Read More ...European Court of Justice case law on thresholds for definite influence by investors
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Read More ...Ulf Bernitz, Mechanisms of Ownership Control and the Issue of Disproportionate Distribution of Power
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