Capsule houses and expandable container houses for Swedish campsites

• Delivery to your site, normally via the port of Gothenburg (Incoterm DAP), then installation, connection and commissioning by the partner installer.
• A turnkey price excluding VAT on every model, customs duty included, confirmed in a written, itemised quote.
• You are the importer: 2.7% customs duty. If you are registered for VAT, you report the import VAT in your VAT return, with no cash outlay.
• Four to six months from order to delivery for a first order (five to seven months for a capsule); installation follows delivery. The full schedule, date by date, is in your quote.
• All our units have a temperature-controlled floor area (Atemp) under 50 m²: the energy efficiency requirements of Boverket, the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, do not apply to them.

02 Rules

Which rules apply to your campsite?

A unit placed on a campsite is a building under the Planning and Building Act (plan- och bygglagen, PBL). Contact the building committee (byggnadsnämnden) of your municipality before you order.

Sweden (general information)

Topic	Rule
Building permit (bygglov)	Required, as a rule, for every cabin, even one standing on plinths or pallets without a foundation. The Land and Environment Court of Appeal (Mark- och miljööverdomstolen) held that ten rented campsite cabins required a permit and that the penalty charge was to be calculated for each cabin separately (MÖD 2022-02-17, case P 14400-20). The campsite applies for the permit. We produce the drawings and the technical documentation.
The campsite	A building permit is also required to substantially alter a campsite. Ask your municipality whether your project counts as such.
Temporary building permit	A temporary permit (tidsbegränsat bygglov) can be granted for up to ten years and extended by up to five years at a time, for a total that, as a rule, may not exceed fifteen years, provided the site can be restored (PBL, chapter 9, sections 71 and 72). The total may exceed fifteen years only for a use of a seasonal nature.
Processing time	The municipality must decide within ten weeks of the day the application arrives, or of the day you complete it if the committee asked you to within three weeks. This period can be extended once, by up to ten weeks. Work may not begin until the municipality has issued the start notice (startbesked).
Inspection and final notice	A certified quality controller (kontrollansvarig) is normally required, and the building committee calls a technical consultation (tekniskt samråd) before the start notice. The units may not be used, and therefore not let, until the committee has issued the final notice (slutbesked), unless it decides otherwise.
Shoreline protection	Shoreline protection (strandskydd) normally applies 100 metres from the shoreline and can be extended to at most 300 metres. A new building there needs a shoreline dispensation (strandskyddsdispens), normally granted by the municipality and, in some protected areas, by the county administrative board. Since 1 July 2025, shoreline protection normally no longer applies to lakes of one hectare or less and to watercourses no more than two metres wide.
Energy	Boverket's energy efficiency requirements do not apply to buildings with a temperature-controlled floor area (Atemp) under 50 m² (BFS 2026:9, chapter 1, section 3, in force since 1 October 2026). All our units are below that threshold.
Electrics	The fixed connection is electrical installation work and may only be carried out by an electrical contractor registered with Elsäkerhetsverket. The installation is checked under the contractor's own inspection programme before it is put into use. Safety information and instructions for the electrical equipment must be available in Swedish.
Fire safety	At least 8 metres between buildings; otherwise, fire separation is required. A smoke alarm in every unit. The Swedish civil defence agency (Myndigheten för civilt försvar) also recommends a 6 kg powder extinguisher and a fire blanket in every dwelling.
Snow load	The ground snow load varies between 1.0 and 5.5 kN/m² depending on the location. The permissible snow load of the roof for your location is confirmed in writing in the quote.

Which documents do we supply?

Drawings showing dimensions, height and method of placement, a single-line diagram, a component list with EU declarations of conformity, the available fire classifications of the panels and the manufacturer's instructions. You need them for the building permit, for your electrical contractor and for your insurer.

Safety information and instructions for the electrical equipment are supplied in Swedish.

The detail, with the legal texts and the 2022 judgment: our guide to building permits for campsite cabins in Sweden.

General information based on the Swedish rules in force in October 2026. It does not replace your municipality's decision.

Import, VAT and payment

You buy from Lodgeyard, a brand of REXOR GROUP LLC. Prices are in Swedish kronor (SEK), excluding VAT, and turnkey: the unit delivered to your pitch (Incoterm DAP), invoiced by Lodgeyard; the customs duty you pay on import; and the installation and connection that the partner installer invoices you directly, with its VAT.

Who makes the customs declaration?

You are the importer. The customs declaration is made in your name, with your EORI number, by the customs broker of your choice or by one we suggest.

We require the manufacturer to give the name and address of the economic operator in the EU that it has appointed, on the rating plate and in the documents (Regulations (EU) 2019/1020 and 2023/988). Without such an operator, the goods may be held at customs.

Customs duty and VAT

• Customs duty: 2.7% (prefabricated buildings, Chinese origin).
• Import VAT: 25%. If you are registered for VAT in Sweden, you report it in your VAT return to Skatteverket, the Swedish Tax Agency, and deduct it in the same return.
• If you are not registered for VAT, Tullverket, Swedish Customs, collects the import VAT.

Payment

By bank transfer only: 40% with the order and the balance before the unit leaves the factory, against the report of an independent inspection.

Our general terms of sale are attached to every quote, in English and in Swedish.

Lead times and delivery

For a first order of a model, allow four to six months from order to delivery for an expandable container house, five to seven months for a capsule: three to six weeks of approvals (drawings, component lists, reference sample), five to seven weeks of production for an expandable container house, 11 to 12 weeks for capsules, then inspection and loading, sea freight to Gothenburg, customs clearance and delivery. Installation follows delivery. The full schedule, date by date, is in your quote.

For a spring opening, prepare the project in the autumn: the municipality has up to ten weeks to decide on the building permit, and this period can be extended by another ten weeks.

On delivery day

• A delivery report is drawn up. It is not a final inspection of building work: we deliver a finished unit.
• Write any reservations on the consignment note, with photos: missing parts, damage, visible defects. Confirm them in writing within three working days.
• You receive the manufacturer's user and maintenance instructions.
• Risk passes to you on delivery, while the unit is still on the truck. Insure it from that moment.

Before you order

• The municipality's decision on the building permit, for each unit.
• A certified quality controller, whom you appoint for the building permit.
• The distance to the shore, if the site is near water.
• At least 8 metres to the nearest building, or a fire-engineered solution.
• Your EORI number and your VAT registration number. Send them to us before the unit leaves the factory.
• Truck and crane access right up to the pitch: width, bearing capacity, slope, obstacles and power lines.
• A connection point for electricity no more than 15 metres, and for water and drainage no more than 10 metres, from the pitch.