Today is one of the reasons that Sweden works for improved public health to reduce the incidence of the most common diseases. The eleven objectives are the key determinants of public health work and are thus assigned as the common positions for players to work towards the same goal. The purpose of this study was to examine which aspects of health promotion in Sweden examined in the scientific articles. The method is a literature review based on scientific articles. Searches have been conducted in the databases SAGE Journals Online, ASSIA and Cinahl. The exclusion and inclusion of the articles have a query template obtained form the basis for assessing the quality of scientific articles. This study aimed to investigate which aspects of health promotion in Sweden as described in the scientific articles. None of the aspect that was presented in the literature can be regarded as sensational addition to the aspect of humor that was considered could be regarded as a possible factor in health promotion. The reviewed articles shows that school, workplace and health care seen as arenas where it is possible to carry out work on health while reach out to many people. The results also showed that the factors self-esteem, confidence and empowerment are important to the work of health promotion.