Sweden

(A) Section 26 of the Swedish Act on the Protection of Trade Secrets (1990:409) (Sw. Lag om företagshemligheter). The unlawful procurement of or access to trade secrets is considered as a criminal offence under Section 26 of the Swedish Act on the Protection of Trade Secrets, and punishable by fines or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or, if the crime is gross, to imprisonment for at least six months and at most six years. Accordingly, computer espionage may in certain situations be regarded as a criminal offence under the aforementioned provision.
(B) Chapter 4, Section 6c of the Swedish Penal Code. As described in section 5.5 above, any person who, by unlawful use of another person's identity data, claims to be him or her, thereby causing injury or inconvenience to him or her, shall be sentenced for unauthorized use of identity to a fine or imprisonment for at most two years, or, if the crime is gross, the person shall be sentenced for grossly unlawful integrity in prison for at least six months and at most four years. Accordingly, phishing may in certain situations be regarded as a criminal offence under the aforementioned provision.
(C) Chapter 9, Section 1, paragraph 2 of the Swedish Penal Code. As described in section 5.4 above, a person who, by delivering incorrect or incomplete information, or by making alterations to a programme or recording or by other means, unlawfully affects the result of automatic data processing or any other similar automatic process so that gain accrues to the offender and loss is entailed by any other person, shall be sentenced for fraud to fines or imprisonment for at most two years, or, if the crime is gross, to imprisonment for at least six months and at most six years. If the crime is regarded as petty a fine or imprisonment for at most six months shall be imposed instead. Accordingly, phishing may in certain situations also be regarded as a criminal offence under the aforementioned provision.