Sweden
- Participations in EU-funded quantum projects
- 74 (rank 15 of 47 countries)
- EU-funded projects with a participant in the country (CORDIS)
- 67
- Organisations in these projects
- 16
- EU contribution
- EUR 49.6 million
Definitions: Participations by country; Rank of a country by participations; Projects and organisations by country; Net EU contribution to participants by country
How projects are counted: the figure above is the number of EU-funded quantum projects in CORDIS with at least one participant in Sweden, the definition used across the country pages. National projects are counted separately below. The projects listing filtered by country shows the records whose own country (coordinator or host) is Sweden, EU and national together, and the map counts portal records the same way, so their numbers differ.
Quantum at a glance
- National strategy and programmes
- Top partner countries in EU-funded projects
- Germany (40 shared projects), France (26 shared projects), Spain (25 shared projects), Italy (24 shared projects), United Kingdom (21 shared projects) · collaboration in the policy dossier
- Most active organisations
- Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola Aktiebolag (22 EU quantum projects), Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan (14 EU quantum projects), Lunds Universitet (11 EU quantum projects)
- Organisations on this portal
- 6 companies, 7 research organisations and universities, 2 other organisations (of 16 in EU-funded quantum projects)
- Quantum infrastructure
- EuroQCI national quantum communication project: NQCIS (National Quantum Communication Infrastructure in Sweden)
- National platforms and testbeds: WACQT Quantum Technology Testbed
- National post-quantum cryptography guidance
- National guidance or roadmap found, 1 document · checked 2026-10-21
- Education and training
- Master degrees: 3; other courses and schools: 1 (course directory)
- Open quantum jobs
- 0 open positions in this country on the portal
- More about Sweden
- EU Quantum Europe Strategy tracker · Quantum in Sweden, in plain words
National quantum landscape
Programmes, agencies, centres and networks of Sweden, read on their official pages (checked 2026-10-22). Each item links to the page it was read on; the list is not exhaustive and not an endorsement.
Lead ministries and agencies
- Utbildningsdepartementet (Ministry of Education and Research): The ministry published Sweden's quantum technology strategy in August 2026, presented by the Minister for Higher Education, Research and Upper Secondary Schools as a step towards coordinated, long-term national work in the field.Source: Regeringskansliet: Regeringen presenterar en strategi för kvantteknik, retrieved 2026-10-22; Press release of 18 August 2026
National centres and institutes
- Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT): A national research programme coordinated from Chalmers that aims to bring Swedish research and industry to the forefront of quantum technology, with a main project to build a high-end quantum computer; the page describes a 12 year SEK 1 billion research effort.Source: Chalmers University of Technology: WACQT, retrieved 2026-10-22; About WACQT
National quantum communities
- Quantum Sweden Innovation Platform (QSIP): A Swedish initiative to stimulate and promote quantum technology innovation, coordinated by Chalmers Industriteknik and financed by the innovation agency Vinnova and its partners, which include universities, RISE and Ericsson.Source: QSIP: home page, retrieved 2026-10-22; Home page and Our partners; Vinnova: Quantum Sweden Innovation Platform, retrieved 2026-10-22; Project summary (2023-03215)
QuantERA research funding network
- QuantERA III consortium partner: Research funding organisations of this country in the QuantERA III consortium, a network of research funding organisations that launches joint calls in quantum science and technologies: Swedish Research Council (VR).Source: QuantERA: Consortium (QuantERA II and QuantERA III partner lists), retrieved 2026-10-22; QuantERA III tab, country entry
Context: population, economy and research spending
| Indicator | Value | Year | Eurostat dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January | 10,605,529 | 2026 | tps00001 |
| Gross domestic product, current prices | EUR 600.39 billion | 2025 | nama_10_gdp |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), share of GDP | 3.53% | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) | EUR 19.90 billion | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Participations per million inhabitants | 7.0 | 74 participations (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026 |
| EU contribution per inhabitant | EUR 4.67 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026 |
| EU contribution per EUR 1 billion of GDP | EUR 82,530 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and GDP 2025 |
| EU quantum contribution as a share of GERD | 0.0222% | Yearly averages: EU contribution over the 13 start years 2015 to 2027, GERD over 10 years with figures, 2015 to 2024; includes values flagged estimated |
Method: the CORDIS figures are totals over all EU-funded quantum projects in the catalogue (projects starting 2015 to 2027); population and GDP are the latest single year Eurostat publishes for Sweden. Figures per inhabitant and per unit of GDP therefore set cumulative quantum funding against one year of population or output: they correct for the size of the country, not for time. The share of GERD compares yearly averages instead: the EU quantum contribution divided by the number of project start years, against the average yearly GERD over the years of the same span that have a figure. The time windows of the two sources differ, so read these as indicators of relative scale, not as budget shares. Provisional and estimated values are marked as Eurostat flags them. A dash means no figure or no EU contribution; "less than" marks a positive figure too small to show at this precision.
Source: Eurostat, datasets tps00001, nama_10_gdp, rd_e_gerdtot (retrieved 2026-10-21), reused under the Eurostat copyright notice. The normalised figures are calculated by this portal from Eurostat and CORDIS data; Eurostat is not responsible for them.
Quantum areas
| Quantum area | Projects |
|---|---|
| Quantum computing and simulation | 34 |
| Quantum communication | 3 |
| Quantum sensing and metrology | 14 |
| Enabling technologies and supply chain | 6 |
| Not placed in a pillar | 11 |
67 distinct projects in all; a project with several areas counts in each. 32 projects are placed by the taxonomy rules on their titles or a keyword suggestion, pending review (they have no reviewed technology tag). Pillars follow one method across the portal: the confirmed classification of a project where there is one, else the taxonomy rules on its title, else the snapshot keyword suggestion when a keyword matched; a project that matches none of them is "Not placed in a pillar" and is counted apart, not under enabling technologies. A project in several pillars is split evenly between them; post-quantum cryptography is shown apart.
Research output
- Quantum publications in 2025
- 263 (+64.4% since 2021)
- Quantum patent families, earliest priority 2020 to 2024
- 18 (partial: 84% of the publication months read so far)
Publications: OpenAlex (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-25; patent families: EPO Open Patent Services. A work or family with several countries counts for each. All countries, method and the patent independence bands
Funding over time
EU-funded quantum projects with at least one participant from Sweden, by start year and application pillar. The last two years are still being filled. Besides the CORDIS projects (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe), this chart includes 5 quantum projects of other EU programmes from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.
- Not placed in a pillar
- Enabling technologies and supply chain
- Quantum sensing and metrology
- Quantum communication
- Quantum computing and simulation
Explore funding trends for Sweden by platform, supply-chain segment or kind of organisation, in projects or EU contribution.
Place in the supply chain
Companies from Sweden taking part in EU-funded quantum projects of each supply-chain segment, and their share of all companies in that segment. Segments are keyword matches on project titles; public project data, not a census of suppliers.
| Segment | Companies from Sweden | All companies | Share | Most active company here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryogenics and cooling | 0 | 5 | 0% | - |
| Photonics, lasers and optics | 0 | 117 | 0% | - |
| Control electronics and cryo-CMOS | 1 | 24 | 4% | - |
| Materials, fabrication and foundry | 1 | 82 | 1% | - |
| Qubit hardware platforms | 4 | 76 | 5% | - |
| Quantum software and algorithms | 0 | 72 | 0% | - |
| Quantum communication and security systems | 0 | 201 | 0% | - |
| Quantum sensors and metrology devices | 1 | 111 | 1% | - |
European quantum supply chain · Technology map: supply-chain view
Organisations on this portal
Published on this portal: 15 of the 16 organisations from this country in these projects (Higher education 7, Company 6, Public body 2). With the most EU quantum projects:
- Chalmers Tekniska Högskola Aktiebolag Higher education 22 EU quantum projects
- Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan Higher education 14 EU quantum projects
- Lunds Universitet Higher education 11 EU quantum projects
- Linköpings Universitet Higher education 6 EU quantum projects
- Stockholms Universitet Higher education 4 EU quantum projects
- Uppsala Universitet Higher education 3 EU quantum projects
- Vetenskapsrådet - Swedish Research Council Public body 3 EU quantum projects
- Intermodulation Products AB Company · SME 2 EU quantum projects
- Low Noise Factory AB Company · SME 2 EU quantum projects
- Astrazeneca AB Company 1 EU quantum project
Quantum infrastructure
- WACQT Quantum Technology Testbed: Quantum hardware lab with a Bluefors LD250sl cryostat (below 0.01 K) and measurement equipment, the Chalmers-made WACQT quantum processor, and cloud access to IBM processors through an IBM Quantum client hub (Accessible to Swedish industry and academia; external users can book time. Per the page (updated 12 November 2025), the hardware lab was running its third measurement project with external companies and preparing a commercial launch, and the WACQT quantum computer was set to launch in 2025. A quantum helpdesk advises users.)
- NQCIS (National Quantum Communication Infrastructure in Sweden): National quantum communication infrastructure (EuroQCI terrestrial segment) (The EU Funding & Tenders Portal lists the project under the national EuroQCI deployment topic DIGITAL-2022-QCI-02-DEPLOY-NATIONAL, running 2023-01-01 to 2025-12-31. The EU Funding & Tenders Portal gives the project period 2023-01 to 2025-12; the period has ended.)
These 2 entries in the filterable catalogue
National programmes and public investment
Strategies, programmes and announced financing for this country, from official sources. Amounts are as announced, not disbursed; the list is not exhaustive.
- Sveriges strategi för kvantteknikområdet (Sweden's strategy for quantum technology) · National strategy or programme · 2026-08-18
National sources
Projects and notices from public sources of this country, read automatically and published with their source and licence. They are national data, not part of the EU figures above. Sources and methods: data sources page.
OpenAIRE Graph: projects of national funders
Source: OpenAIRE, from the project data of Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare; Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova); Swedish Research Council. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph). Read twice a week, in turn: the funders of the member states, then the snsf (each weekly), last read 1 Nov 2026 (2 days ago). The record of the funder is authoritative.
- Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare: data last collected by OpenAIRE on 2025-12-06
- Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova): data last collected by OpenAIRE on 2025-12-06
- Swedish Research Council: data last collected by OpenAIRE on 2026-07-23
335 projects of these funders on the portal, newest first:
- Travel Grant 2025 Great Britain, UK National Quantum Showcase, 7 November · Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) · 2025
- Integrated optics for tunable wavelength quantum and high-speed modulation · Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) · 2025
- Travel Grant 2025 United Kingdom, UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase 2025, 7 November · Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) · 2025
- Travel to UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase 2025 · Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) · 2025
- Travel Grant UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase 7 Nov 2025 · Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) · 2025
- Travel grant 2025 to London and UK National Quantum Showcase · Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) · 2025
- UK National Quantum Showcase with QSIP - 2025, Nov 7th · Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) · 2025
- UK National Quantum Showcase · Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) · 2025
- Commercial Scale-Up and Scalable Testing of Quantum-Limited Amplifiers · Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) · 2025
- Evaluation of IR-filters for scalable quantum computers · Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) · 2025
Regional and cohesion funding
Quantum-related projects co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Cohesion Fund), selected and managed by national and regional authorities and located in this country according to the source. They are not in CORDIS and not part of the EU research figures above. Sources and methods: data sources page.
Source: Kohesio (EU cohesion policy projects), European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). Licence: CC0 1.0 (Cohesion Open Data Platform, dataset 2014-2020 Kohesio projects). Read weekly, last read 28 Oct 2026 (6 days ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
No Kohesio project located in this country is published on the portal.
Sources and coverage of this profile
Where each part of this profile comes from, the period it covers, how complete it is and when it was last verified. "Unknown" and "none recorded" mean that the portal holds no verified data, not that the figure is zero.
| Part of the profile | Source | Period | Coverage | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU-funded quantum projects | CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union | Projects starting 2015 to 2027 | Every EU-funded quantum project with a participant in the country | 2026-10-16 |
| National quantum landscape | Official pages of ministries, agencies, programmes and centres | As stated on each page | 4 facts, read on official pages; not exhaustive | 2026-10-22 |
| National programmes and public investment | Public investment registry (official announcements) | As announced | 1 record, amounts as announced, not disbursed | 2026-10-27 |
| Quantum infrastructure | Infrastructure catalogue (EuroHPC, EuroQCI and official pages) | Current status of each entry | 2 entries, located in the country | 2026-10-27 |
| Post-quantum cryptography guidance | PQC guide (national cyber security authorities) | Current guidance | National guidance or roadmap found | 2026-10-21 |
| National funding sources | National funding inventory (#426) | Per source | 3 of 6 sources checked are read by the portal | 2026-10-23 |
| Population, economy and research spending | Eurostat | Latest year published per indicator | Population, GDP and GERD | 2026-10-21 |
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Next steps
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CORDIS projects whose title, acronym or topic identifier mentions quantum, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. Catalogue coverage, not a census of the ecosystem. Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union (retrieved 2026-10-16), reused under the European Commission reuse notice (Decision 2011/833/EU). No endorsement by the source is implied.