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Sweden & Croatia

Trade with Sweden

Sweden is among the 16th biggest foreign direct investors in Croatia with €792 million invested between 1993 and 2025.

Currently, there are more than 50 Swedish companies active on the Croatian market some of which, like Sobi, have recently arrived, while many have been present in Croatia for a long time, such as Assa Abloy, ABB, Electrolux, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, IKEA, Bjelin, Scania, SKF, Securitas, Ytong, Tetra Pak, and Volvo Trucks, just to name a few.

Swedish – Croatian trade amounted to a total of € 564 million in 2024, of which Croatian exports to Sweden amounted to € 242 million, and Swedish export to Croatia to € 322 million.

In February 2024 Swedish company Elekta signed a significant deal with the Croatian Ministry of Health for the sale of 12 linear accelerators, an investment that amounted to € 32 million, and the Swedish producer of medication for rare diseases Sobi is building a new factory near Zagreb together with Pfizer, valued at €100 million.    

There were also close to 250,000 Swedish tourist that visited Croatia in 2025, with their number on the rise for more than a decade now, which contributes further to trade and exchange between the two countries.

Further information about Swedish business activities in Croatia can be obtained from the Embassy in Zagreb.

If you are searching for business contacts in Sweden, services can be offered directly by Business Sweden - the Swedish Trade and Invest Council, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, or the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Stockholm.

 For information about procedures for import, customs, taxes, as well as investment opportunities etc. see links below:

> Business Sweden 
> Sweden´s chambers of commerce
> Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
> Statistics Sweden
> Swedish Tax Agency
> Swedish Customs
> National Board of Trade
> Swedish products and services
> Stockholm International Fairs
> General information about Sweden

Last updated 03 Jun 2021, 2.53 PM