about stockholm music week
A new international meeting place in one of the world's leading music nations.
Stockholm Music Week is a new international meeting place, for the music industry and all the people shaping its future. Artists, labels, publishers, tech founders, investors, policymakers and researchers come together for one week to share ideas, build connections and explore what's next.
Sweden is a country of 10 million people and one of only four net music-exporting nations in the world. The country has four times more songwriters per capita than the UK, and Swedish writers and producers have shaped global pop for three decades. Stockholm is where Spotify was born, where Epidemic Sound grew into a platform reaching billions of daily plays, and where a new generation of music-tech companies is scaling. And yet, the conversations shaping the industry's future have until now taken place elsewhere.
We wanted to change that, and to do it together.
Each spring, the week brings together creative, commercial and technological perspectives with voices from business, government and academia. The programme spans live performances, conferences, seminars and industry sessions, addressing AI and creative rights, streaming economics, export strategies and new business models. It's built on collaboration: between organisations, sectors, generations and ideas.
Stockholm is hosting this conversation, and much of what the industry is discussing is already being built here. Everyone is invited to be part of it.
"The first edition of Stockholm Music Week is complete. We have launched and established a new international meeting place for the full ecosystem right here in Stockholm, where the music industry, tech, business, academia and city officials all come together to meet in person and discuss on and off stage.
It is a platform for the exploration of the most exciting and inspiring thoughts on the future of music. It's also an open invitation to meet many of the most prominent creative minds influencing the sound and ideas to come. Welcome back in the spring of 2027."
Johan Seidefors, Founder of Stockholm Music Week
the swedish music scene
Sweden's music trade balance, a record high
Swedish songwriters earn SEK 2.8 from abroad for every SEK 1 paid to foreign songwriters, a stronger export ratio than Swedish steel.
the only net music exporter in the EU
One of just four in the world, alongside the US, the UK and South Korea.
total revenues of the Swedish music industry in 2024
SEK 6 billion of it earned abroad.
more songwriters per capita than the UK
Over 113,000 STIM members in 2025.
Swedish songwriters earning over SEK 1 million a year
Up from 29 in 2008.
monthly users of Spotify, founded in Stockholm
300 million paying subscribers (Q2 2026) and €17.2 billion in revenue in 2025.
contributed to the UK economy by ABBA Voyage
Over 3.5 million visitors since 2022.
unicorns founded in Sweden, the most per capita in Europe
Swedish-born founders are behind 76 unicorns worldwide.
combined value of Swedish startups
Sweden has been #1 in Europe for venture capital per capita since 2020.
Sources: STIM (2025 and 2026), Musiksverige (2025), Spotify (2026), Sound Diplomacy (2025), Dealroom (2025 and 2026).