Sweden's Government Offices are blocking the ChatGPT and Claude websites on staff computers from Monday, October 26, 2026. Sveriges Radio's Ekot desk reported the change; SVT later published an email from the offices confirming that the browser interfaces for those two services will no longer be reachable from Regeringskansliet service computers starting that day.
The block is an internal terminal and network policy for Government Offices staff. It is not a nationwide ban on ChatGPT or Claude in Sweden, and it is not a product takedown by OpenAI, Anthropic, or Microsoft. The offices want employees to use approved tools, including Microsoft Copilot. Ekot reported that after a review, the offices also raised Copilot's security; the press office did not share the technical details.
Access to the models is not fully cut off. In the same email to SVT, the offices wrote that within the Intric framework, staff still have access to the ChatGPT and Claude language models. Ekot likewise reported that some staff keep access to a self-built AI assistant platform that can reach those two models.
DeepSeek was already limited at the Government Offices earlier. Ekot noted similar blocks at Skatteverket (the Swedish Tax Agency) and Statens institutionsstyrelse (SiS), and that Kronofogden (the Swedish Enforcement Authority) is considering a stance. Digitization director Mikael Wettercrantz declined an Ekot interview; on the internal intranet he said use of AI services without contracts can have consequences for information security.
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