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Rosenberg bids farewell to Sweden’s Gambling Authority
After eight years at the helm of Sweden’s gambling regulator, Camilla Rosenberg is making an exit.
On 1 November, she will step into a new role as director of the Swedish Real Estate Agents’ Inspectorate (FMI), closing a chapter that has defined the country’s modern gambling framework.
Rosenberg’s departure comes a year before her mandate was due to expire, a move framed as both a recognition of her regulatory pedigree and a shift in Sweden’s leadership priorities. “I would like to thank Camilla Rosenberg for her meritorious work at the Swedish Gambling Authority during a time of profound changes,” said Claes Norgren, chair of the Swedish Gambling Authority (SGA), assuring stakeholders that business will continue “at an unabated pace.”
Reformer in turbulent times
Rosenberg took the reins in 2017 and presided over Sweden’s shift to a licensed online gambling market in 2019. The reform cracked open a previously grey landscape, forcing global operators into a regulated structure with stricter compliance and consumer protection rules. Under her stewardship, the SGA became both watchdog and architect of a fledgling system trying to keep pace with innovation and rising consumer demand.
Before joining the SGA in 2015, she held senior posts at the Swedish Energy Agency, including chief legal officer, and before that worked as a tax advisor. It was this legal and administrative grounding that made her a natural choice to steer the authority through its most significant re-regulation.
Unfinished business
But Rosenberg’s tenure has not been without criticism. A 2024 National Audit Office report pointed to the regulator’s limited inspections, weak follow-ups, and an overreliance on risk analyses that left gaps in both licensed and unlicensed markets. The audit cast a shadow on an authority tasked with policing a sector where money laundering, consumer protection, and offshore operators remain pressing challenges.
Rosenberg herself acknowledged the shortcomings but maintained that progress has been steady, citing increased budgets and reforms since 2019 as tools to sharpen oversight. Still, her departure raises questions about whether the momentum she built will be sustained.
Her new posting at FMI has already drawn praise from Sweden’s Minister of Civil Affairs, Erik Slottner, who stressed her expertise in anti-money laundering as particularly valuable to the real estate sector. “Camilla’s experience will be of great value to FMI,” he said, signalling the government’s confidence in her regulatory credentials.