Biggest international and domestic payment card schemes in Sweden 2018-2022
Visa was the leading payment card brand, in terms of purchase volume.
The market share of Mastercard in Sweden was significantly larger than that of both Visa and American Express. In 2021, Mastercard reached a market share of 71 percent, followed by Visa with a market share of 28 percent. Only a small share used American Express (2 percent). On a European level, the market share of Mastercard and Visa was almost reversed to those of Sweden. Mastercard was only the second most common while