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In recent years the need for improved seismic risk evaluations in Sweden has led to accurate estimates of detection porbabilities with respect to weak Swedish earthquakes. Generally, these rather low-magnitude events (M"SUB l"4) are recorded only by means of the Swedish Seismograh Station Network (SSSN), currently consisting of 6 permanent stations. Only occasionally do neighbouring Finnish and/or Norwegian stations also contribute with arrival-time readings, hence, for weak regional events, we lack usual reference system of organisations like ISC, NEIS, or EMSC when estimating the detection performance of the SSSN-stations. The main objective of the present short communication is to indicate the ability of the SSSN to detect earthquakes in Sweden and the relative detection contributions from individual network stations. The data used comprise 121 earthquakes located within Sweden and adjacent waters (Wahlström 1978). The statistical model used and other theoretical aspects of the modified approach are discussed in an earlier paper.-Authors