Ethical vetting will be the task of six regional boards. These are independent authorities, divided into two or more sections. 

The sections are to make independent decisions on behalf of the regional board. Each section is to be headed by a chairman who is a judge or has been one. The sections are to have ten members with scientific qualifications and five to represent the general public. All members and their substitutes are to be appointed by the government.

Each of the sections is expected to have 10—12 meetings annually. 

The application should be submitted by the responsible research body, i.e. the state authority or the physical or legal entity under whose auspices the research is to be conducted. 

Applications are to be made in Swedish. A downloadable English template of the application document is provided under the following Weblink:

Sweden Application for Ethical Vetting (English)

Regionala etikprövningsnämnden i Göteborg
Box 401
405 30 Göteborg
Tel. 031-786 68 22

Regionala etikprövningsnämnden i Linköping
c/o Hälsouniversitetets kansli
Sandbäcksgatan 7
581 83 Linköping 
Tel. 010-103 70 30 

Regionala etikprövningsnämnden i Lund
Box 133
221 00 LUND
[Hämtställe 27]

Tel. 046-222 41 80

Regionala etikprövningsnämnden i Stockholm
FE 289
171 77 STOCKHOLM

Tel. 08-524 866 60

Regionala etikprövningsnämnden i Umeå
Samverkanshuset , Universitetsområdet
901 87 Umeå.

Tel. 090-786 72 52

Regionala etikprövningsnämnden i Uppsala
Box 1964
751 49 UPPSALA

Tel. 018-471 74 00