se-domain Domain

The domain extension .se is the country-specific domain of the Scandinavian state and the Kingdom of Sweden.

Country-specific because the ending .se refers to the country Sweden. This shows that a website with this ending is connected to the Scandinavian country. Therefore this domain ending is mainly used by companies and other organisations from Sweden.

The first level domain .se was introduced on 4 September 1986. Since then it has been administered by the Internet Infrastructure Foundation. This is a private independent organization. Its headquarters are located in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. In addition to the Swedish domain extension, the foundation is also responsible for the .nu domain extension of the island of Niue since January 2013.

The Internet Infrastructure Foundation promotes its strong and secure Internet infrastructure in Sweden. The organisation has set itself the task of enabling Swedes to make the best use of the Internet. Therefore, it is not only responsible for the registration and administration of the top-level domain (TLD), but also offers training courses on topics related to the Internet and digitization.

29 years after the introduction of the Swedish top-level domain, in 2015, there were already more than 1.3 million registered domains in Sweden. Currently, as of November 2020, there are exactly 1 553 309 active domains. Statistics also show that there has been an increase in registrations since September 2020.

Contrary to the long-held assumption that certain domains have a direct influence on Google's ranking, this is not the case. However, the country-specific domain ending can already have an impact on the ranking. This is because a country-specific domain provides Google with information regarding geotargeting. Thus the ending .se ranks better at Google in Sweden than any other country specific domain.

As already mentioned, Sweden is one of the Scandinavian countries. This includes, depending on the definition, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland as well as Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Together they form a part of Northern Europe. With a population of more than 10.3 million inhabitants, statistically one out of ten people in Sweden owns an active domain ending in .se. These can be companies and other organisations as well as private persons.