This is us
The Swedish Internet Foundation is an independent, private foundation that works for the positive development of the internet. Read more about us here.
English
The Swedish Internet Foundation is an independent, private foundation that works for the positive development of the internet. We are responsible for the Swedish top-level domain .se and the operation of the top-level domain .nu, and our vision is that everyone in Sweden wants to, dares to and is able to use the internet.
Here you can see if a domain name is available.
Type in the domain name above and click on ”Search” to see if it is available. Then, just select a registrar that you want to use to register your domain name.
Domains
Learn more about how to see if a domain is free, and how to register a .se or .nu domain.
How to register a domain name
It’s easy to register your own domain name! In this guide, we tell you how to do it. Start with checking if the name you want to register is available!
.se and .nu domains that may soon be available
The Swedish Internet Foundation produces a list with .nu and .se domain names that may become available within the next few months. Learn how to search the list here.
Terms and conditions for .se and .nu domains
Which characters are allowed in a .se or .nu address? And which domain names are not possible to register?
Dispute resolution
If you believe that someone else has registered a .se or a .nu domain to which you are entitled, you can appeal the allocation of the domain name retroactively.
Dispute resolution
The ”first come, first serve” principle applies when allocating .se and .nu domain names
Dispute resolution for .se
As of June 26, 2017, ADR for the toplevel domain .se will be administered by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization).
Dispute resolution for .nu
Occasionally, disputes arise about who is entitled to register a domain name. For such disputes, the .nu domain name employs the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy – UDRP.
Registrars
For new and existing registrars, The Swedish Internet Foundation has a separate website, the Registrar Web.
Become an accredited registrar for .se and .nu
The Swedish Internet Foundation works in accordance with a business model called the registry-registrar model, which is an internationally established standard for top-level domains.
Registrar.se
Registrars.se is the industry organization for the registrars of The Internet Foundation in Sweden, the only association in the Swedish registrar and web hosting industry.
Tech articles
If you want to deepen your knowledge of Registry Services work, you will find lots of technical articles on everything from DNSSEC to xmlint.