Statistics on building permits, new construction and conversion

Official statistics of Sweden

Upcoming publishing: 2025-08-25

The statistics show building permits for new construction, the the scope and direction of construction of residential buildings, such as started and completed dwelling units by different building types and net changes in the number of dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings by conversion, for example conversion of attics into dwellings.

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New construction of residential buildings in the first quarter of 2025

2025-05-23

Preliminary figures show that construction of roughly 7 200 dwellings was started in new buildings during the first quarter of 2025. This is 7 percent down than in the same period last year.

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