Propobly as in most countries, the swedish phonecard was first introduced when the coin phones became to expensive to entertain and service, and it became a popular target for thievery.

• The swedish telecompany "Televerket", owned by the government, initiated a test known as "Uppsalatestet" in 1981. This is quite early compared to most other countries. The "Uppsala test" consisted in an optical card from SEDECO (L&G) wich came in two versions, the 25 and the 90 units issues. Both issued in 90.000 copies.

• The test with the second system was initiated in 1987, when card phones was placed at the Berga \'d6rlogsskolor outside of Stockholm, at Södersjukhuset (hospital) and at the Karlbergs Krigsskola (military school) in central Stockholm. Approxymately 15 card phones were placed out, and the card tested was a plastic magnetstripe card, purchased from Plessey (later GPT).

• The third sytem that was tested, "Lindköpingtestet", was initiated in 1989 and tried at the swedish city Linköping regional hospital. Theese cards consisted of paper with a magnetic stripe, purchased from the japanese NTT/marubeni.

After theese tests, Televerket finally decided to go with a system from the french"Sclumberger Industries" . The cards were tested, and then officially initiated in October 1990. The system was choosen based on the secure and reliable IC-circuit ( Integrated Circuit) cards, wich also came a bit more expensive. Normally, we just call those cards "chip cards". The chip cards has been used in Sweden ever since, and proven to be a good choice.

• At the introduction of the first public cards, two value types accured. 50 and 100 units. Then at the end of 1991 a card with 25 units were issued.

• The Swedish telecompany Televerket changed name in 1993, to the up to date "Telia", still owned mainly by the government.

• In 1994 the value types changed to 30, 60 and 120 untits. Theese types are still used today, 2000. Cards in other value types has accured though, but only in rare or single events.