What does a classroom tool cost per pupil? (2026)

Short answer

Count in kronor per pupil per year, with everything the school needs: both kinds of computer, teacher accounts, AI and support. Viafocus costs 99 SEK per pupil per year, and nothing is sold as an add-on.

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What it comes to for a school. 99 SEK per pupil per year, excluding VAT. The smallest agreement is 50 pupils.

School sizePupilsPer year
Smallest agreement50SEK 4,950
An average Swedish compulsory school235SEK 23,265
A large compulsory school400SEK 39,600
Most pupils under SEK 100,0001,010SEK 99,990

Next to the learning-materials budget. What the school already spends per pupil.

Learning materials per pupil, 2024
SEK 1,198What Swedish schools spend on learning materials per pupil per year.
Viafocus per pupil
SEK 99About 8 percent of that sum.

What the price should include. Ask about every line before you compare.

Computers
Chromebook and WindowsThe same price whichever computers the pupils have.
Teachers
Teacher accountsThe teachers who teach the pupils you pay for are included.
AI
Within reasonable useNo credits and no extra invoice for usage.
Invoice
Once a yearThe price is locked for the agreement period.

Do we need to run a procurement? That is for the education provider to decide. Two thresholds are worth knowing.

SEK 100,000
The documentation thresholdDirect awards above this amount must be documented. A school stays under it up to 1,010 pupils.
SEK 700,000
The direct award threshold for 2026A municipality adds up purchases of the same kind over twelve months.

Sources

  1. National Agency for Education, pupils in compulsory school 2025/26: 1,089,267 pupils in 4,630 school units
  2. Läromedelsbarometern, December 2025: learning-materials spending per pupil in 2024
  3. National Agency for Public Procurement: direct award threshold and documentation duty 2026
  4. Public Procurement Act, chapter 5 section 11: calculating the contract value

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