Is Cannabinol legal in Sweden?

Also known as: cbn

Legal status

Not named in the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter (LVFS 2011:10) om förteckningar över narkotika, made under 3 § förordningen (1992:1554) om kontroll av narkotika. The version read for this cell is the consolidated text, which states on its own first page that it contains amendments through HSLF-FS 2026:26. I searched that text for Cannabinol as a word on its own and the bare token CBN. No entry for Cannabinol was found. The string cannabinol occurs in the text read only inside longer compound names. Dronabinol, whose second name is printed as Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is Förteckning II with international P II. Hexahydrocannabinol is Förteckning I. Hydroxitetrahydrocannabinoler, the delta-8 and delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolacetats and the parent Tetrahydrocannabinoler row are all Förteckning I. Cannabinol itself, which is the non intoxicating degradation product and a different compound from any tetrahydrocannabinol, has no row of its own. The föreskrift says of itself that the names of substances, plant material and fungi are not exhaustively given and that other designations may occur, so this is an absence of the names searched for rather than a finding that nothing at all reaches the substance. The live cell for this row said that Sweden has no national list and controls drugs by incorporating the conventions. Sweden does have a national list, it is the föreskrift named here, and this substance was searched for in it and is not there.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Sweden has no death penalty for any offence, so no drug offence here carries capital exposure. The live block for this row was a recital of the statutory definition rather than a statement about this substance, and it opened on the premise corrected above. Every figure in it is carried forward here. 8 § of the Narkotikastrafflag defines narkotika as medicines or goods hazardous to health with dependence forming properties or euphoriant effects, or goods readily convertible into such, which are subject to control under an international agreement Sweden has acceded to, or have been declared narkotika by the government. The second limb is the one that carries the national list: the declaration is made by föreskrift, and the föreskrift is the one quoted in this cell. The entry the live cell read from the cached Green List is «CANNABINOL, with its stereochemical variants». That reading was stated as at the INCB Yellow List 65th edition and the Green List 36th edition of 2025, read on 16 September 2026. An ordinary narkotikabrott carries up to three years. A ringa offence, which is the minor form, carries a fine or up to six months. A grov offence carries two to seven years and a synnerligen grov offence six to ten years. This row is placed outside that regime, so the penalty figures above are recorded as Sweden's published drug penalties and not as this substance's exposure.

If prescribed or medical

Not a listed narcotic in its own right, so no controlled drug prescription rule applies to it under the narcotics law. Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription.

Documentation

No controlled drug documentation requirement arises under the drug law for a substance that is not in the narcotics lists. Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Sweden’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.