Sweden - Non-residential Building Permits





Sweden: Non-residential Building Permits

Mnemonic HPMTN.ISWE
Unit Number, NSA
Adjustments Not Seasonally Adjusted
Quarterly 33.9 %
Data 2023 Q4 1,173
2023 Q3 876

Series Information

Source Statistics Sweden
Release Statistics on building permits for housing and non-residential buildings
Frequency Quarterly
Start Date 3/31/1998
End Date 12/31/2023

Sweden: Real Estate

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Building Completions 2023 Q4 13,099 18,045 #, SA Quarterly
Building Permits 2023 Q4 2,133 1,575 Number, NSA Quarterly
House Price Index 2023 Q4 920 929 1981=100, NSA Quarterly
Non-residential Building Permits 2023 Q4 1,173 876 Number, NSA Quarterly
Residential Building Permits 2023 Q4 960 699 Number, NSA Quarterly
Residential Housing Starts 2023 Q4 6,949 5,233 #, NSA Quarterly
House Price Index for Existing Homes 2023 Q3 130.2 130.36 Index 2015=100, NSA Quarterly
House Price Index for New Homes 2023 Q3 151.03 154.25 Index 2015=100, NSA Quarterly

Release Information

For Swden, building permits for residential and non-residential construction. These constitute a short-term economic indicator for the industry for construction of new buildings.

  • Measurement: Unitary count (Number)
  • Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
  • Native frequency: Quarterly
  • Start date: Uniformly 1998Q1
  • Geo coverage: Country

The statistics include all new buildings with building permission or building permit including the apartment contribution when converting apartment buildings.  The base data comes from the municipalities of Sweden and also provide information about newly built and rennovated houses, by using data from the developers.

Definitions

Residential building
a house where gross area of at least 50 percent is residential
Apartment dwelling
refers exclusively or not insignificant part is intended to be permanantly used as a residence
Gross area
the area of floor(s) defined by surrounding walls outsides
Building permits
regulated in the Planning and Building Act.  It refers to the number of permits granted.
Apartment blocks
the basic term of residential buildings with multiple dwelling units.  Usually 3 or more. Includes two family houses and non-residential buildings with atleast 1 dwelling.
Vacation homes
are not intended for permanant residence
Completion
the house where thw apartments are ready to be used.
Office
the premesis where the gross area for office purposes
Premises
spaces in a building created for something other than housing and communication.
Apartment contributions
building measures that change the number of apartments in the houses or distribution of apartment types. This may include additions, extensions, or interior changes
New construction
Brand new, from scratch
Single-family
the generic term of one-family houses 

Moody's Analytics supplements

For all three concepts, we construct seasonally adjusted (SAAR) counterparts using X-13ARIMA-SEATS.

Beause of lags from the municipalities, the preliminary figures are underestimated and then revised quarterly to account for the correction in the reported areas.

  • 30 May 2023, Phillip Thorne - Properties, Moody's Analytics supplements.