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Power plants in Sweden

168 power-plant records · 26,419 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 85%
  • Wind 6%
  • Biomass 5%
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Sweden at a glance

Power-plant records
168
Reported capacity
26,419 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
69.4%
Most records
Hydro, Wind
Grid operator
Svenska kraftnät
Capital
Stockholm

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Ringhals3,932 MW
  2. 2Forsmark3,227 MW
  3. 3Oskarshamn2,603 MW
  4. 4Karlshamn1,020 MW
  5. 5Harspranget871 MW
  6. 6Stenungsund840 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Sweden

Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail

Hydro, nuclear and wind supply almost all power. Sweden is split into four price zones traded through Nord Pool.

  1. GenerationCompeting generators
  2. TransmissionIndependent grid operator
  3. DistributionRegulated local networks
  4. CustomersYou choose a supplier

Who regulates

  • EiEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

Svenska kraftnät, a state agency, runs the national grid; Vattenfall, E.ON and Ellevio own large regional and local networks.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Nordic gridRegional grid

    Part of the Nordic synchronous area shared by Norway, Sweden, Finland and eastern Denmark, with a common power exchange across the region.

What does “Liberalised market” mean?

Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Sweden generates electricity

Electricity generated172.2 TWh
Renewable share69.4%
Low-carbon share98.8%
Carbon intensity34.9 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro64.6 TWh
Wind40.5 TWh
Solar4.2 TWh
Bioenergy10.2 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear50.7 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0.11 TWh
Other fossil2 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Sweden stretches from southern agricultural plains to northern forests and Scandinavian mountains. Long north-to-south distances and large northern river systems are central to its energy geography.

Capital
Stockholm
Languages
Swedish
Major cities
Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö

Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 168 records for Sweden. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

168 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

11 lack an owner/operator; 35 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Sweden

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Browse 168 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.

Ringhals

Nuclear
3,932 MW
Owner in source
70.4% Vattenfall; 29.6% Karnkraft Sverige
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Vattenfall · historical recordDetails & map

Forsmark

Nuclear
3,227 MW
Owner in source
65% Vattenfall; E.ON 8.5%; Mellansvensk Kraftgrupp 25.5%
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Vattenfall · historical recordDetails & map

Oskarshamn

Nuclear
2,603 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
IAEA · historical recordDetails & map
1,020 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Uniper Energy · historical recordDetails & map
871 MW
Owner in source
100% Vattenfall
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1919
Source status
Operating status unverified
Vattenfall · historical recordDetails & map
840 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Nord Pool · historical recordDetails & map
639 MW
Owner in source
Fortum
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1980
Source status
Operating status unverified
Fortum Sweden · historical recordDetails & map
599 MW
Owner in source
75% Vattenfall
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1958
Source status
Operating status unverified
Vattenfall · historical recordDetails & map

Letsi

Hydro
486 MW
Owner in source
100% Vattenfall
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1967
Source status
Operating status unverified
Vattenfall · historical recordDetails & map
463 MW
Owner in source
100% Vattenfall
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1963
Source status
Operating status unverified
Vattenfall · historical recordDetails & map
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
E.ON · historical recordDetails & map

Porjus

Hydro
430 MW
Owner in source
100% Vattenfall
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1975
Source status
Operating status unverified
Vattenfall · historical recordDetails & map

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