Become a Sperm Donor
Do you want to help others achieve their dream of a family? Become a sperm donor and make a meaningful difference. Our professional clinic in Stockholm offers supportive, friendly guidance. Your donation can help fulfill another family's deepest wish for a child.
Sperm Donation
There can be many reasons for wanting to become a sperm donor. Most do it because they want to help involuntarily childless couples and single women. Perhaps you know someone who has had difficulty having children. Or maybe you wish to help with what many people desire the most. A completely unique gift of life.
One of the benefits of becoming a sperm donor is that you receive a thorough health check and a sperm analysis, completely free of charge. You are also financially compensated for each approved donation.
Testing For Sperm Donation
It's crucial that all donors are healthy. Therefore, we conduct a thorough health examination and basic screening of all our donors before approval. This screening consists of interviews, infection tests, genetic tests, a medical examination, and a sperm sample.
Before sperm donation, blood and urine are tested for the following:
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About six months after your first donation, a new blood test is taken to rule out HIV I/II, HTLV I/II, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. During this time, the sperm is kept in quarantine to ensure that no potentially infected sperm is used. As soon as we have received the test results and confirmed that they show no form of infection, the sperm is made available for donation, and you are financially compensated for the donation.
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Step-by-Step Sperm Donation Process
Our clinic, where you leave your sample, is centrally located on Kungsholmen in Stockholm.
Application
First, you need to express your interest by filling out the form. If you have questions, use the forms here or contact us at 076-941 74 00 on weekdays between 09:00 and 17:00 or email liviospermbank@livio.se. Our donation coordinator will call you to review the process and your health declaration.
Sperm analysis & donor introduction
After approval of your health declaration, your first visit for sperm sampling is scheduled. Provide your name at reception and bring valid ID. We'll ask about your last ejaculation (which should be between 48 and 72 hours before your visit).
You'll receive a container for your sample, and we'll show you to a private room. We'll contact you within a week if your sperm quality meets our donor requirements.
Doctor's visit, blood and urine tests
After approving your sperm sample, we'll contact you with information about blood and urine tests and provide a health declaration to complete and return. You can take these tests at your nearest health center or at our clinic during regular hours. We'll contact you within two weeks with your results. If all tests are approved, you'll be called for a visit and consultation with one of our doctors at Livio Kungsholmen.
Consultation with a behavioral scientist
All medically approved donors must also consult with a behavioral scientist for final approval. This can be in person or digitally. It's important that you have an altruistic attitude towards donating and understand what it means for yourself, your future, and your private relationships.
Donation begins
After completing these steps, you're approved as a donor and your sperm can be distributed to patients. We compensate donors with 610 SEK per approved donation. We desire each sperm donor to donate multiple times.
Regulations for Becoming a Sperm Donor
According to Swedish legislation, a child conceived through egg or sperm donation must have the opportunity to discover their genetic origin at a mature age. Therefore, the donor's information will be archived at Livio Sperm Bank. In cases where the child wishes to seek their genetic origin, Livio Sperm Bank will always contact you beforehand, so you are prepared.
A sperm donor in Sweden may, according to Swedish law, give rise to children in a maximum of 6 families.
The most important aspects of the law that you as a donor need to know:
"A child born through sperm donation has the right, if they have reached sufficient maturity, to obtain information about the donor recorded in the hospital's special journal. The Social Welfare Board is obliged to assist the child in obtaining this information upon request."
The donor signs a consent form allowing donated sperm to be used for fertilization outside the body, and thus the donor has no legal rights or obligations towards any potential future children.
Reimbursement for Sperm Donation
As a sperm donor, you are financially compensated for each donation you make, but according to Swedish law, donation must be done altruistically. This means that as a donor, you give of your own free will, with the purpose of helping someone else and without financial gain. The financial compensation you receive is intended to compensate for your travel time and any potential loss of income due to visits and trips to the clinic.
Sperm Donation Frequently Asked Questions
First, fill out our application form. We'll contact you to discuss the process and schedule a sperm analysis. If sperm count and motility are approved, the next steps are a medical examination, urine and blood tests to rule out infections, and a genetic evaluation. Read more here. Once approved, you become a Livio sperm donor, and we plan the donation process together. We prefer our donors to donate multiple times.
Your information is only stored at Livio Egg and Sperm Bank. You'll be anonymous to prospective parents, but Swedish law allows donor-conceived children to learn their genetic origin at a mature age. This means the child may contact you in the future. Livio will always contact you first in such cases to prepare you. Read more here.
No, your identity is encrypted and protected by Livio Egg and Sperm Bank. There won't be any record of your donor status in your regular medical journal or elsewhere.
At least 48 hours but no more than 72 hours should pass since your last ejaculation. We prefer our donors to donate multiple times.
As a sperm donor, it's desirable to donate at least 4 times per month, but this isn't mandatory.
You're financially compensated for each donation, but by Swedish law, donation must be altruistic. This means you donate voluntarily to help others, without financial gain. The compensation covers travel time and potential lost income for clinic visits.
Swedish law allows a sperm donor to father children in up to 6 families. Donors can also choose to have their sperm used abroad, mainly in our sister clinics in Norway and Iceland, or other European fertility clinics. Although donors choose whether to donate only in Sweden or other countries, Livio limits the total number of families per donor to 25 across all countries. Donors certify they never donate privately or at other clinics/tissue establishments.
Fill out the application here, and we'll contact you to schedule a sperm test, the first step to becoming an approved donor.
For sperm donors, it's preferable to be between 18 and 45 years old.
We conduct blood and urine tests for STDs and certain genetic diseases. You'll receive the results. Read more about the tests here.
Yes, if you've completed treatment for a chlamydia infection, you can become a donor.
The Livio clinics - your Nordic partner
With us, you will always receive professional and friendly treatment, and we always do our utmost to ensure that you as a donor get all the information you need and feel safe with us. Our clinic, where you leave your sample, is centrally located on Kungsholmen in Stockholm.
Contact Us
If you have questions, it's easy to get in touch with us via email or by phone at 076-941 74 00, weekdays between 08:00 - 16:00, or email us at livioeggandspermbank@livio.se
Livio Sperm Bank's reception is located at St:Göransgatan 126, 6th floor, on Kungsholmen in Stockholm.
