Policy

Image licensing

Where the pictures on Sweden Herald come from, who holds the rights, and how to ask for a licence.
Updated October 2026

Every picture on Sweden Herald carries a credit line naming the photographer and the source, and the same information in the page's structured data: who made it, the copyright line, the licence it is shown under and where to ask for a licence of your own. This page is that licence page for the pictures that have no public licence of their own.

Pictures from TT

Most news photographs on the site come from TT, Sweden's national news agency, and its partner agencies and newspapers. They are licensed to Sweden Herald for editorial use with the articles they illustrate. Sweden Herald cannot pass that licence on. To license a TT photograph, contact TT's picture desk at tt.se.

Stock and open-licence pictures

Some articles, in particular guides and explainers, are illustrated with pictures from stock and open-licence libraries. They are marked "Illustrative image" in the credit line, and the credit names the photographer and the library. Each library publishes its own licence, which governs the picture wherever it appears:

The structured data of such a picture links to the picture's own page at the library, where it can be downloaded or licensed under those terms.

Pictures from authorities

Police reports and similar items may carry a picture published by the authority itself, for example the Swedish Police Authority. Those pictures are shown under the authority's own terms; requests to reuse them go to the authority.

Sweden Herald's own pictures

Photographs, graphics and illustrations made by Sweden Herald's journalists, and the Sweden Herald wordmark and logo, are © Sweden Herald. The logo may be used to refer to Sweden Herald, for example next to a link to an article. Any other reuse needs our permission. Write to newsdesk@swedenherald.com with a link to the picture and a line on how you intend to use it, and we answer within a few working days.

Mistakes

If a credit is wrong, or you hold the rights to a picture and did not expect to find it here, write to newsdesk@swedenherald.com. We correct the credit or take the picture down as soon as we have checked the claim.