Swedish trade association Branscheforenigen för Onlinespel (BOS) highlighted three priorities that it hoped new Minister for Financial Markets Niklas Wykman would deal with, as he takes over gambling policy as part of Sweden’s new government.

The appointment follows an election earlier this year in which the previous centre-left coalition was voted out in favour of a right-leaning coalition led by the Moderate Party.

At the time, BOS said that it hoped the new government would be more welcoming to the gambling industry, and in particular that it would relax the country’s strict limit on bonuses.

Wykman – a Moderate Party member – was appointed as Minister for Financial Markets, a role that will include taking charge of the gambling sector.