I don't know where BBC got that information, but it is very wrong. It's entirely opt-in. You need to either: 1) Register your wishes with the National Board o

I don't know where BBC got that information, but it is very wrong. It's entirely opt-in. You need to either: 1) Register your wishes with the National Board of Health and Welfare 2) Fill in a donor card and carry it in your wallet 3) Notify next of kin/will etc Upon your death you need to be pronounced dead twice with at least 2 hours apart, sometimes after a brain scan. The low participation is indeed true, but according to a 2010 poll, 83% Swedes were positive to organ donation, but very few register as such. Edit: Actually the participation doesn't seem that low [1]. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/blood_tissues_organs/docs/ev_20141126_factsfigures_en.pdf https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/blood_tissues... On the Swedish system, in Swedish: https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/donationsregistret https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/donationsregistret http://www.socialstyrelsen.se/pressrum/nyhetsarkiv/sverigeharhogstdonationsviljaieuropa http://www.socialstyrelsen.se/pressrum/nyhetsarkiv/sverigeha...