Hyresnämnden

What does hyresnämnden review?

The committee has two tasks. It mediates in rental and tenant-owned apartment disputes, and it reviews the issues that the law assigns to it. For you who rent or own a residence, it is usually these:

• Permission to rent out a rental apartment in another hand, exchange an apartment or transfer the rental apartment (12 kap. 34 to 40 §§ jordabalken (the Swedish Land Code)).
• Whether the rental agreement should be extended when the landlord has terminated it, and postponement of the move-out (12 kap. 49 and 59 §§).
• The rent and other conditions (12 kap. 54 §), and repayment of too high rent in another hand (12 kap. 55 f §).
• The rent when you rent from a private person according to the private rental law (2 kap. 5 §).
• Defects that the landlord should rectify (12 kap. 11 and 16 §§).
• For tenant-owned apartment: membership in the association, permission to rent out in another hand and measures in the apartment (2 kap. 10 §, 7 kap. 7 and 11 §§ bostadsrättslagen (the Swedish Housing Cooperatives Act)).

The Rent Tribunal's contact information

There are eight rent and lease tribunals. You submit your application to the tribunal in the area where the property is located. If you are unsure, you can search for the property's postal code on domstol.se.

Source: Courts of Sweden: The Rent and Lease Tribunal in Gothenburg, Courts of Sweden: How to apply to the Rent and Lease Tribunal. Each tribunal's page on domstol.se, read 5 October 2026

How do I apply to hyresnämnden?

The application must be in writing. It must include your and the counterparty's names and addresses, the address of the property or property designation, what you are requesting and the circumstances behind it. If you only want mediation, it is enough to describe what the dispute concerns. If something is missing, you will receive a request to complete it, and if you do not follow it, the application may be rejected. Attach copies of contracts, letters and other evidence.

Sveriges Domstolar has forms, including HN1 for a general application and HN1c for subletting. The template below follows the same information.

Source: Law (1973:188) on rental tribunals and tenant-owned tribunals (riksdagen.se), Swedish Courts: How to apply to the rental and tenant-owned tribunal, Form HN1: Application to the rental and tenant-owned tribunal (pdf), Form HN1c: Application for permission for subletting (pdf). 8 § of the law on rental tribunals and tenant-owned tribunals.

Apply to hyresnämnden in seven steps

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   Step 1: Try to resolve the issue directly with the landlord, board or tenant in writing. If it concerns the rent, you must have written to the other party before applying.

   § 12 kap. 54 § jordabalken (1970:994), checked 5 October 2026

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   Step 2: Find out which tribunal applies. It is the tribunal where the residence is located, and domstol.se has a search by postcode.

   § 4 § of the Law on Rental Councils and Rental Councils (1973:188), controlled 5 October 2026

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   Step 3: Write the application: the parties' names and addresses, the residence's address or property designation, what you are applying for and why. Use the template below or a form from domstol.se.

   § 8 § Act on Rent and Lease Tribunals (1973:188), checked 5 October 2026

   Document: Application to hyresnämnden To: The Rental and Rental Board where the home is locatedour council

   The template is in Swedish because it goes to a Swedish recipient.

   Till [hyres- och arrendenämnden i ...] ANSÖKAN Sökande Namn: [ditt namn] Personnummer: [ditt personnummer] Adress: [din adress] Telefon: [telefon] E-post: [e-post] Motpart Namn: [motpartens namn] Adress: [motpartens adress] Telefon och e-post: [motpartens telefon och e-post] Bostaden Adress: [lägenhetens adress] Fastighetsbeteckning: [fastighetsbeteckning] Yrkande Jag begär att hyresnämnden [det du begär, till exempel ger mig tillstånd att hyra ut lägenheten i andra hand från och med ...]. [Välj: Jag begär att nämnden prövar tvisten. / Jag begär bara medling.] Omständigheter [varför du ansöker och vad ni är oense om] Bilagor [hyresavtalet, brev mellan er, bilder] [ort], [datum] ______________________ [ditt namn]

   • The application must be in writing and include the parties' names and addresses, the address of the residence or property designation, what you are applying for and the circumstances behind (8 § of the law on rental tribunals and tenant-owned tribunals).
   • The application is free of charge. Send it to the tribunal where the residence is located, by email, via the e-service or by post (Swedish Courts).
   • Attach copies of the contract, letters between you and the other party and other written evidence, as pdf in separate files if you email (Swedish Courts).
   • If it concerns subletting or rent, there are special forms available from Swedish Courts, for example HN1c for subletting.
   • The tribunal does not gather any investigation itself. What you want the tribunal to consider must be sent in (Swedish Courts).

   Form HN1 at Sveriges Domstolar (pdf)

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   Step 4: Attach copies of the contract, letters between you and other written evidence. The tribunal does not gather any investigation itself.

5. 5

   Step 5: Send the application by email, via the e-service or by post. It is free of charge.

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   Step 6: Attend the meeting. If you who applied do not attend, the case will be dismissed.

   § 9, 10 and 12 §§ Act on Rent and Lease Tribunals (1973:188), checked 5 October 2026

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   Step 7: Read the decision and the reference to appeal. An appeal must have been received by the tribunal within three weeks.

   § 12 kap. 70 and 71 §§ jordabalken (1970:994), checked 5 October 2026

What happens at the meeting?

When the application is complete, the committee sends a copy to the opposing party and asks them to comment. In most cases, you are then called to a meeting. There, a rental committee, which is a judge and chairman, and two interest representatives with experience in property management and tenants' or tenant-owned apartment owners' affairs, are present. You get to tell, show documents and pictures, and sometimes the committee inspects the home.

The committee will try to get you to agree. If you do, the committee can establish the settlement, and then it applies as a judgment. Otherwise, the committee decides the dispute if it is one of the issues that the committee reviews, and in other cases, the case is dismissed. If you, who have applied, fail to appear, it is also dismissed.

Source: Sveriges Domstolar: What happens in the committee when you have applied.

What is mediation in hyresnämnden?

Mediation means that the committee helps you to agree without deciding the issue. You can request only mediation, and the committee tries to reconcile the parties even when no one has requested it. During mediation, the committee may consist of only one rental committee.

Source: Law (1973:188) on rental committees and tenant committees (riksdagen.se), Sveriges Domstolar: What happens in the committee when you have applied. 7, 8 and 12 §§ of the law on rental committees and tenant committees.

Hyresnämnden and tenant-owned apartment

The committee also reviews certain issues between a tenant-owned apartment association and its members. Most common is permission to rent out the tenant-owned apartment when the board has said no. The committee grants permission for a certain period if you have reasons and the association lacks a valid reason to refuse. The committee also reviews disputes over membership when the association denies a buyer. Read more in the guide to renting out a tenant-owned apartment.

Source: Sveriges Domstolar: Renting out a tenant-owned apartment.

Can I appeal the rental committee's decision?

Many decisions can be appealed to the Svea Court of Appeal, including extension disputes, rental terms and membership in a tenant-owned apartment association. The appeal must be in writing and have been received by the committee within three weeks of the decision. Decisions on permission to exchange and subletting are usually not appealable, unless the committee allows it. The Svea Court of Appeal's decision is final.

Source: Sveriges Domstolar: How to appeal the committee's decision.

More about hyreslagen

The rules that the committee applies, from notice to possession protection, are stated in the guide to hyreslagen (the Swedish Tenancy Act).

The law behind it

The sections summarised, with a link to the legal text on riksdagen.se.