Dissemination Permit

Dissemination Permit

Before you distribute photographs, videos or other material that depicts Sweden's land areas from the air, you must apply for a Dissemination Permit from Lantmäteriet. The purpose is to protect information that is important for the total defence of Sweden.

If you have photographed or filmed from aircraft such as drones, planes, helicopters or hot air balloons and want to share, publish or sell your photos, you must apply for a dissemination permit. The permit requirement applies to photographs and similar registration of data. These may include aerial photos, videos, laser data, altitude data etc.

If your material contains images of the sea (maritime geographical information) you may need to apply for a Dissemination Permit from the Swedish Maritime Administration as well.

Applying for a dissemination permit is free of charge.

Watch the film with general information about a dissemination permit.

Apply for a Dissemination Permit

Before you distribute photographs, videos or other material that depicts Sweden's land areas from the air, you must apply for a dissemination permit from Lantmäteriet, and fill an application for a Dissemination Permit.

Laws and regulations

It might be a criminal offence to distribute photographs and films taken from the air without permission. According to the Act on the Protection of Geographical Information, it is forbidden to disseminate a compilation of geographical information without a dissemination permit.

Current processing time

We are currently handling cases from week 19. The estimated processing time is about 20 working days if you apply today.

Exceptions to the permit requirement

Maybe you don’t need to apply for a dissemination permit. Read about the exceptions here!