The equilibrium geometries, excitation energies, force constants and vibrational frequencies for several low-lying electronic states X 1A 1, 3B 1, 1B 1, 3A 2, 1A 2, 3B 2 and 1B 2 of SF 2 have been calculated at the MRSCDI level with a double-zeta plus polarization basis set. Our calculations indicate that the X 1A 1 → 1B 2 transition may correspond to the X̃ 1A 1 → C̃ band system which lies between 57000 and 60000 cm −1 in the REMPI spectroscopy of SF 2. Our calculated equilibrium geometry for the X 1A 1 state, excitation energies for the X 1A 1 → 1B 1 and X 1A 1 → 1B 2 transitions and vibrational frequencies for the X 1A 1 and 1B 1 states are in good agreement with experiment. The electronic transition dipole moments, oscillator strengths for the 1B 1 → X 1A 1 and 1B 2 → X 1A 1 transitions, radiative lifetimes for the 1B 1 and 1B 2 states are calculated using the MRSDCI wavefunctions.