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This paper is an examination of the Swedish housing sector institutions with particular emphasis on the public control measures on the demand and supply sides. Our observations are relevant to the metropolitan housing markets of Greater Stockholm, Greater Goteborg and Greater Malmo, although main points also apply to the non-metropolitan part of Sweden. In the literature on the Swedish housing sector, a single comprehensive statement of how this sector is structured, how it operates and how it is controlled by various government policy instruments, does not exist. 1 It is hoped. that the current paper provides the first comprehensive view that can be a starting point for future, more detailed investigations. The Swedish housing sector is based on social values and attitudes quite different from those prevailing in purely free-market oriented societies such as the United States. It is therefore useful to many societies …