The Swedish government proposes that higher education be free of charge for Swedish citizens and citizens of an EU/EEA state or Switzerland, and that that citizens from other countries — "third country students" — should pay a fee for their higher education as of the autumn term 2011. The government wants Swedish higher education institutions to compete on the basis of quality, not on the basis of a free education.
Pdf link: Competing on the basis of quality — tuition fees for foreign student