01Within an hour of Stockholm, all year
Lagos stays on UTC+1 throughout the year. Sweden runs on Central European Time in winter, which is exactly our clock, and on Central European Summer Time from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, when Stockholm is one hour ahead of us. A 9am stand-up in Gothenburg is therefore an 8am or 9am call for our developers. Support requests arrive during our working day, and launches can be scheduled for a quiet Swedish evening without anyone working through the night.
02GDPR, IMY and what your site collects
Every contact form, newsletter sign-up and checkout processes personal data, so the GDPR and the Swedish Data Protection Act (2018:218) apply, with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) as regulator. We design forms that ask only for what you need, store submissions where you can account for them and limit admin access by role. If a breach ever occurs, IMY expects a report within 72 hours of you becoming aware, so we document where data lives and who can reach it, which makes that assessment fast.
03Cookie banners that pass Swedish scrutiny
Sweden's cookie rule sits in chapter 9, section 28 of the Electronic Communications Act, and the Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) has been clear in its supervision: refusing non-essential cookies must be as easy as accepting them, offered in the same view, and an 'I understand' button is not consent. We configure consent tools so that analytics and advertising scripts genuinely wait for a yes, and we check this in the browser rather than trusting a plugin's settings page.
04Accessibility is now a legal question for sellers
Since 28 June 2025 the Swedish Accessibility Act (2023:254), which implements the European Accessibility Act, has covered e-commerce services, and PTS has begun reviewing larger online sellers, starting with home pages, product pages and search. Public bodies already answer to the DOS law and WCAG 2.1 AA. We build to WCAG 2.1 AA as standard: keyboard navigation, readable contrast, labelled forms and meaningful alternative text. We do not certify legal compliance, but we give you a sound technical basis and notes for your accessibility statement.
05Checkout built around Swish and Klarna
Swedish shoppers reach for their phones to pay. Through Stripe, Swish works by redirecting mobile customers to the Swish app and showing desktop customers a QR code, with BankID approval, while Klarna offers pay now, pay in 30 days or financing in SEK. Cards remain the backbone. We set up WooCommerce so these options appear in the right order, prices show in kronor with VAT handled correctly, and refunds for the 14-day right of withdrawal are straightforward for your staff.
06How we price and contract
Our starting prices are in US dollars: Strategy and Design from $1,500 per project, Development from $5,000, Migrations from $1,000 and Managed Services from $2,000 per year. Every engagement is scoped in writing before work begins. Quotes and invoices are in USD, with a kronor reference figure on request, and payments follow agreed milestones. Your .se domain is registered in your organisation's name, and once the project is paid, the code is yours.
