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Songwriter — living in Sweden

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Writers generally join one authors' society for a given territory and right. That society collects your writer share from other countries through its agreements with sister societies, so you don't join a second one for the same rights.

STIM

Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå · Sweden

Your home society
Who can join
Songwriters, Publishers
Joining fee
Free: 'joining is free of charge'. Terms let Stim's board set a reasonable joining fee later, to be published on stim.se.
Yearly fee
Not published (terms allow a reasonable annual admin fee set by the board; none is listed). Admin fees are deducted from royalties instead.
Processing time
Not published. Terms say: if you get no confirmation within 14 days, contact Stim's service team.
Apply online
Yes — fill in the web form and sign it; a paper form can also be posted to Stim.
Members from abroad
Not published
Who is eligible
  • You have written a song that has been performed publicly or released.
  • General terms: a person creating music (with or without lyrics) who holds the economic rights and has at least one work made public or recorded, or has signed a publishing deal.
  • Publishers or other persons/companies holding economic rights in music, or entitled to a share of its royalties, can also join.
  • No age limit; under 18s need a parent/guardian signature on the contract.
  • Bands cannot join as a band; each person who writes music or lyrics joins individually.
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Sources and notes

Joining ('ansluten') is different from voting membership: creators need Stim payouts of at least SEK 200 a year for 3 consecutive years to apply for voting rights.

Minimum payout is SEK 100; smaller amounts stay with Stim until the threshold is reached.

After confirmation you register works on My Pages and report live setlists after each gig.

Stim may refuse an application for acceptable reasons, e.g. it does not represent that category of rights holder.

Sources — STIM's own pages, read on 2026-10-06. Fees and rules change: the society's site is the reference.

How we chose these

Your home society comes first: it is the one you join for the rights listed. The joining details come from each society's own website, read on the date shown on its card. Countries we haven't checked yet show the society from our worldwide directory, with a link to its site.

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Why join?

Songwriters

Societies pay the writers registered with them. If you write songs and aren't a member of an authors' society, your writer share of radio, TV, live and streaming plays can't reach you. It sits unidentified until it is claimed, or is shared out to others.

Performers

When a recording you are on is broadcast or played in public, performers are owed a share (neighbouring rights). It is paid through performers' societies, and registering is how it finds you.

Producers and publishers

Master owners collect their share of the same plays through producers' societies. Publishers collect the publisher share of the songs through the authors' society. Both collect through a society membership.

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