Copyright and Use of Content

This Policy explains how material published on Timesofsweden.com may be quoted, shared, reproduced or licensed.

Our aim is to make it easy for other publications and readers to refer to our reporting while protecting original work from unauthorised republication.

1. Ownership

Unless otherwise stated, original content created for Times of Sweden is protected by copyright.

This may include:

articles;
headlines;
original reporting;
interviews;
explainers;
translations created by us;
graphics;
charts;
photographs;
illustrations;
video;
audio;
page design;
logos and branding;
databases and structured collections.

2. Third-party material

Some material displayed on Timesofsweden.com may belong to:

news agencies;
photographers;
government bodies;
research institutions;
companies;
social media users;
freelance contributors;
other media organisations.

The fact that material appears on Timesofsweden.com does not mean that Times of Sweden can grant permission for its reuse.

The credit or caption attached to an image or document may identify the relevant rights holder.

3. Linking to our articles

You may link to Times of Sweden articles without requesting permission, provided that the link:

does not falsely suggest endorsement;
does not appear in an unlawful or deliberately misleading context;
does not conceal the original source;
leads readers to the relevant article or page.

We welcome accurate citations and links from media organisations, researchers, institutions, websites and individual readers.

4. Limited quotation permission

In addition to any quotation rights available under applicable law, Times of Sweden generally permits other publications to quote up to 100 words from one article without advance written permission, provided that:

the quotation is relevant to genuine reporting, commentary, review, education or research;
the wording is not altered in a misleading way;
Times of Sweden is clearly named as the source;
the article title is identified where practical;
an accessible link to the original article is included in digital publications;
the quotation does not reproduce the essential commercial value of the entire article;
no photograph, illustration or graphic is copied without separate permission.

This permission does not limit any broader right of lawful quotation that may apply under legislation.

5. Attribution format

A suitable digital attribution is:

Source: Times of Sweden

The words “Times of Sweden” should link directly to the relevant original article where technically possible.

For print, broadcast or academic use, attribution should clearly identify Times of Sweden and the article concerned.

6. Uses requiring permission

Written permission is normally required before you:

republish a complete article;
reproduce more than 100 words outside an applicable legal exception;
translate and republish an article;
copy an original graphic, chart, photograph or illustration;
use content in a commercial newsletter, application or database;
include substantial content in a paid report or subscription service;
reproduce a collection of headlines or article summaries systematically;
syndicate content;
distribute Times of Sweden content through another news website;
use our branding in advertising or promotional material;
create audio or video versions of complete articles;
sell or license copies of our content.

Permission may be subject to a fee and additional conditions.

You may share:

article links;
the headline;
a short factual description;
a brief quotation;
a preview automatically generated by the social platform.

You may not copy the complete article into a social media post, thread, image carousel, video description or closed group without permission.

Screenshots should not be used to avoid linking to the original article or to reproduce a substantial part of the text.

8. Search engines and automated systems

Times of Sweden permits ordinary search engine indexing and the generation of reasonable search snippets, subject to our technical settings and machine-readable instructions.

Automated systems must comply with:

robots.txt;
applicable meta directives;
access limitations;
security controls;
applicable law.

Permission to crawl or index a page does not grant permission to:

republish full articles;
create a substitute archive;
reproduce protected images;
bypass access controls;
ignore machine-readable restrictions;
use the content in a manner that removes attribution or misrepresents its source.

Automated extraction for commercial datasets, content substitution, large-scale republication or other uses beyond ordinary indexing requires written permission unless the use is independently permitted by law.

9. AI services and language models

AI systems may identify, link to and accurately cite Times of Sweden as a source in accordance with applicable law and our technical access settings.

However, access to publicly available content does not automatically grant a licence to:

reproduce complete articles in responses;
create a competing archive;
remove source attribution;
reproduce protected photographs or graphics;
offer Times of Sweden articles as downloadable datasets;
use our branding to imply an official partnership.

Commercial licensing requests concerning model training, datasets, retrieval systems or large-scale content access should be sent to hej@timesofsweden.com.

10. Public facts and ideas

However, the wording, structure, selection, original investigation, graphics and presentation used by Times of Sweden may be protected.

A person may independently report the same public facts, but should not copy our original expression or present our reporting as their own work.

Exclusive information first reported by Times of Sweden should be attributed where our reporting is the source.

11. Submitted material

Do not send photographs, documents or other material unless you are entitled to share them.

When you voluntarily submit original material for possible publication, you grant Times of Sweden a non-exclusive right to review, store and internally process that material for editorial assessment.

We will seek additional permission where broader publication rights are required, unless your message and the circumstances clearly authorise the requested publication.

You remain responsible for informing us about:

ownership;
licence restrictions;
required credits;
confidentiality;
risks to vulnerable persons;
previous publication.

12. Copyright complaints

A copyright owner or authorised representative may report allegedly infringing material by emailing:

hej@timesofsweden.com

Use the subject line:

Copyright Notice

The notice should include:

your name and contact information;
identification of the protected work;
the Times of Sweden page containing the disputed material;
an explanation of your rights;
the action requested;
evidence of ownership or authority where appropriate;
a statement that the information supplied is accurate.

We may request additional information before taking action.

Submitting a false or misleading copyright notice may have legal consequences.

13. Our response to copyright notices

After receiving a sufficiently detailed notice, we may:

review the disputed material;
temporarily restrict access;
request evidence from the complainant;
contact the contributor or relevant rights holder;
remove or replace the material;
add an appropriate credit;
reject an unsupported claim.

Removal of material does not necessarily mean that we accept legal liability.

14. Use of the Times of Sweden name

“Times of Sweden,” the Timesofsweden.com domain and associated logos or visual identity may not be used in a way that suggests:

an official partnership;
sponsorship;
endorsement;
ownership;
editorial approval.

You may use the publication name truthfully when citing or discussing our work.

15. Licensing enquiries

For permission, syndication or commercial licensing, contact: