Seed exchange in Scandinavia

I found this at Runåbergs fröer, which implies that you can order seeds from Sweden if you're in Norway, but you'll probably have to pay a bunch of customs duties and stuff. They also refer to this from Mattilsynet, for more specifics. Don't know if these rules apply to seed trades, or if it's only for commercial imports. It seems to be legal at least...

Greetings folks! I'm looking for more Swedish heirloom crops for my gardens to commemorate my community's past and edify everyone. I know about the peas, tomatoes and potatoes, but what about the rest? Somebody please shoot me up some more varieties in this forum so I can see them. Thanks!

Seed exchange is free inside EU, i'm part of a people's breeders collective which exchanges lots of seeds all over Europe, and befriended a lady growing melons and corn and lots of out of place crops in northern Sweden. It's not always necessary to use heirlooms, although they're a good base line to create one's own landrace adapted to short season and cold climate it can be necessary to insert some seed bank germplasm.

That's great to read Hugo, seed exhange being free within the EU.
I'd love to be a part of the seed exchange collective! Could I please get more information from you about joining? Perhaps in a Purple Mooseage?
Thanks in advance

What's happening! Wanna find out if there are some stuff that could be sent to America for some certain crops that can't be found nowhere else. I'm trying to find the Swedish cabbage, onions, kale, rutabaga, beets and few others grown in the 1800s by immigrants in America, but tough sledding. Which places or groups have more rarer Swedish varieties from the 1800s or earlier?

Sure Nina, i've send you PM. Blake, yes, it's an international organization and seed exchanges like that do happen, so we can introduce these special traits into our crops. It could be that this Swedish crop you're looking for got already traced down and collected by another grower/member in USA or wherever. We've got people looking for tomatoes and mais from Peru, but also for crops from India or North Korea, people write to seed banks and stuff to get special seeds. It connects all these differing places for the sake of local gardeners that can really use this free community help.

Hugo Morvan wrote:Sure Nina, i've send you PM. Blake, yes, it's an international organization and seed exchanges like that do happen, so we can introduce these special traits into our crops. It could be that this Swedish crop you're looking for got already traced down and collected by another grower/member in USA or wherever. We've got people looking for tomatoes and mais from Peru, but also for crops from India or North Korea, people write to seed banks and stuff to get special seeds. It connects all these differing places for the sake of local gardeners that can really use this free community help.

Hi! Another Swedish person here! I'd like to be invited too if im not too late! :)