Short answer: CBD is legally sold in Sweden in 2026, but only in certain forms. THC-free isolate, hemp seed foods, and unheated raw hemp under 0.3% Δ9-THC are permitted. Extracted full-spectrum oils containing THC are classed as narcotics under the Swedish Supreme Court's 2019 ruling, and CBD extract is not yet approved as a food within the EU (Novel Food). Products marketed with medical claims can be banned by the Swedish Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket). Here is the full picture.

What can be sold, and what can't

The Swedish CBD market is divided by three boundaries:

  • Legal: THC-free CBD isolate, hemp seed and seed products (foods), and unheated raw hemp under 0.3% Δ9-THC in its natural form.
  • Classed as narcotics: extracted or heated full-spectrum CBD (oils, capsules, tinctures) containing THC, regardless of concentration, under the Swedish Supreme Court's 2019 ruling (NJA 2019 s. 531).
  • Medicine: any CBD product marketed to treat, relieve, or prevent disease is classed as a medicine and requires approval. The only CBD medicines approved in Sweden are Epidyolex and Sativex.

A more in-depth review is available in checklist for buying CBD online.

Safety and limits

For CBD in general, the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) set a provisional acceptable daily intake of 10 mg per day in 2023, based on liver effects observed in studies on pure CBD. Synthetic CBD is a separate issue: when EFSA reviewed synthetic CBD as a novel food in 2025, the authority could not establish its safety, as data was missing on, among other things, identity, stability, and genotoxicity. Synthetic CBD can also contain manufacturing residues, regioisomers, olivetol, and solvents, that plant-based raw material doesn't have.

Where Helsama stands

Helsama does not sell extracted CBD oil. Our Premium CBD Hemp is unheated, ground raw hemp from the whole flower head, grown on Gotland, the whole plant's spectrum in its natural acid form (naturally rich in CBDA), with Δ9-THC below 0.3%. It is sold under Estonian regulatory approval and the EU's free movement of goods, and is plant-based, never synthetic.

About Helsama’s Premium CBD Hampa: Unheated, milled raw hemp made from hemp grown on Gotland, the plant’s full spectrum in natural acid form, below 0.3% Δ9-THC. Under Swedish law, extracted full-spectrum oils are classed as narcotics (Supreme Court, 2019), and isolate isn’t full-spectrum. In a paired comparison, the Gotland material contained 8.83% CBDA against 6.64% for the same variety grown in Italy, a single observation, published by Helsama’s founder and not peer-reviewed. What accounts for the difference has not been isolated.