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Silver Award
The Swedish Prescription
Visit Sweden
Sweden
2026
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Entrant Company
Prime Weber Shandwick
Entry Type
Public Service
Program
Clio Awards 2026
Medium Type
Professional
Medium
Experience/Activation
Category
‌Other
The Swedish Prescription invited people to experience Sweden not just as a travel destination, but as a prescribable approach to wellbeing. Instead of creating a single event, the campaign introduced an interactive experience built around a science based digital prescription. Developed in collaboration with Professor Yvonne Forsell at Karolinska Institutet and supported by doctors in multiple countries, the prescription translated everyday elements of the Swedish way of life into evidence backed wellbeing activities. These included time in nature, sauna, fika (a Swedish daily coffee ritual focusing on connection), calm cultural experiences, natural light, silence and restorative sleep. Audiences around the world could download and engage with the prescription themselves, turning Swedish culture into something tangible and actionable rather than something to simply observe. The experience was introduced through a humorous hero film and activated through global PR, social participation and context driven out of home placements, including Times Square in New York and a major international medical trade fair in Düsseldorf. By combining scientific credibility, cultural authenticity and understated Swedish humour, The Swedish Prescription transformed an entire country into a participatory experience. It reframed travel as a contribution to balance, recovery and wellbeing, and positioned Sweden as a destination defined not by landmarks, but by how it makes people feel.
Credits
Agency
Prime Weber Shandwick
Stockholm
Tourism Board
Visit Sweden
Stockholm
Agency
Prime Weber Shandwick
Stockholm
Production Company
FLX/Crazy Pictures
Stockholm
Creative Director
Petter Lublin
Prime Weber Shandwick
Chief Marketing Officer
Nils Persson
Visit Sweden
Art Director
Fredrik Moberg
Prime Weber Shandwick
Copywriter
Kasper Moss
Prime Weber Shandwick
Art Director
Christoffer Lind
Prime Weber Shandwick
Client Lead
Josefina Bergström
Prime Weber Shandwick
Senior Creative Copywriter
David Aronson
Prime Weber Shandwick
Project Manager
Sara Wenkel
Prime Weber Shandwick
Producer
Reneé Lorenius
Prime Weber Shandwick
PR Specialist
Sergio Guimaraes
Prime Weber Shandwick
Designer
Åsa Skyttle
Prime Weber Shandwick
Designer
Johanna Åkeson
Prime Weber Shandwick
Strategist
Karl Nyberg
Prime Weber Shandwick
Planner
Amanda Hjelle
Prime Weber Shandwick
Project Manager
Kristina Nyström
Visit Sweden
Production Manager
Frida Wallen
Visit Sweden
Digital Producer
Emmie Blomstedt
Visit Sweden
Head of PR
Viveca Burkhardt
Visit Sweden
Head of Web and Social Media
Malin Careliusen
Visit Sweden
Head of Travel Trade
Christian Steer
Visit Sweden
Director
Rasmus Råsmark
FLX/ Crazy Pictures
Executive Producer
Albin Pettersson
FLX/ Crazy Pictures
Executive Producer
Therese Pettersson
FLX/ Crazy Pictures
Photographer
Hannes Krantz
FLX/Crazy Pictures
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