There are about 200 shops and clinics working related with Traditional Chinese Medicine in Sweden, including herbal medicine and acupuncture. And this number is not including health massage. 
More than two-thirds of these 200 shops are located in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. Others are in the rest small and medium cities in Sweden. 
 

The medical stuffs who are working related with Traditional Chinese Medicine in Sweden,

less than half of them are having Chinese medicine education in Chinese universities and have already obtained the qualifications of doctors.

Other medical stuffs are mostly having Western medical education then switch to working with traditional Chinese medicine, or have received special education in traditional Chinese medicine in China but have not obtained the qualifications for doctors, or have participated in various short-term trainings , And self-study etc.

Strictly speaking, even TCM doctors who have obtained the qualification of TCM doctors in China cannot be called doctors in Sweden, because Swedish law does not recognize the qualification of TCM doctors in China.

At present, there is no specific legal requirement to engage in the Chinese medicine industry in Sweden, that is to say, Chinese medicine has not been included in Swedish medical insurance, and acupuncture is practiced in the name of physiotherapist.

The specific  relevant law, is to first participate in the professional study of physiotherapist. After three years of schooling and passing the physiotherapist qualification exam, then one can practice.

The treatment cost of such physiotherapist can be reimbursed in proportion to medical insurance.

Herbs cannot be called herbal medicine, they can only be called herbal tea.

There are about three to five Chinese medicine shops operating herbal teas in Sweden. All herbal teas should not be marked with the healing effect of the herbal tea on the store website or in the store. In addition, the EU prohibits the sale of all proprietary Chinese medicines in Sweden.

In general, Sweden ’s policy on Chinese medicine is relatively loose. There is no strict restriction on Chinese medicine practice in Sweden,——  it is treated as a normal business operation.

There is no strict rule when registering the name of the clinic, but the name must not have the same name. The purpose of this is to protect the enjoyment of legal independent domain names, including intellectual property rights.

Beijing Tong Ren Tang Sweden AB,

doctor,

Victor, Zefeng Wang