Upphovsrättslagen 49 §, Sui Generis Database Right (Katalogskydd)
Upphovsrättslag (1960:729) 49 §
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In force since 1 January 1998.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not extract or make copies of a substantial part of a database compiled by, or resulting from a substantial investment of, a person or business connected to Sweden without authorization, for fifteen years from the database's completion.
What this law does
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The maker of a catalogue, table, or other similar work in which a large number of items has been compiled, or which is the result of a substantial investment, has the exclusive right to make copies of the work and make it available to the public, running for fifteen years from a date set elsewhere in the section. Its current wording took effect on 1 January 1998 under Lag (1997:790), whose own transitional provisions name section 49 specifically.
The provision applies to a work whose maker is a Swedish citizen or has habitual residence in Sweden, and also to a work whose maker is a Swedish legal person with its registered office, head office, or principal place of business in Sweden. This is the same sui generis database right created by the EU Database Directive, sitting alongside ordinary copyright protection for a database whose selection or arrangement is an original creation.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
riksdagen.se, consolidated text of Upphovsrättslag (1960:729)