Swedish passport
Swedish passports is a travel document issued to nationals of Sweden for the purpose of international travel. Every Swedish citizen is also a citizen of the European Union and the passport, along with the national identity card allows for freedom of movement in any of the states of the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Swedish citizens are also permitted for travel within the Nordic countries, the Nordic Passport Union allows Nordic citizens to move freely without requiring identity documentation.
Besides serving as proof of Swedish citizenship, the Swedish passport facilitate the process of securing assistance from Swedish consular officials abroad or five years.
It is possible for a Swedish citizen to hold two valid passports at the same time if it is needed for work or other special reasons for as long as the necessity applies, but not longer than the ordinary passport is valid for. One example being that some countries in the Arab League do not allow entry to passport holders of any nationality with Israeli visas or passport stamps, requiring two passports in that situation.
Physical appearance and data contained
The Swedish passports issued since 1 October 2005 are burgundy, with the words "EUROPEISKA UNIONEN", "SVERIGE" and "PASS" inscribed at the top of the front cover, and the Swedish lesser coat of arms emblazoned on the bottom of the front cover. The Swedish passport has the standard biometric symbol emblazoned below the coat of arms and uses the standard European Union design. Diplomatic passports are dark blue, with the words "DIPLOMATPASS" and "SVERIGE"Identity information page
The Swedish Passport includes the following printed data:- Photograph of passport holder
- Type
- Code
- Passport number
- 1 Surname
- 2 Given names
- 3 Nationality
- 3a. Personal identity number
- 4 Date of birth
- 4a. Height
- 5 Sex
- 6 Date of issue
- 7 Date of expiry
- 8 Place of birth
- 9 Authority
- 10 Holder's signature
Different spellings of the same name
The name in the non-machine-readable zone is spelled as in the national population register, i.e. transliterated to Latin script if required. In the machine-readable zone, letters outside the A–Z range like å, ä or ö are mapped to digraphs, å becoming AA, ä becoming AE, and ö becoming OE. For example:. Letters with accents are replaced by simple letters.Chip data
The current series of passports contain an RFID chip with 16 data groups.- DG1 – MRZ, mandatory
- DG2 – Face, mandatory
- DG3 – Finger, optional
- DG4 – Iris, optional
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- DG14 – SecurityInfo, optional
- DG15 – Active authentication public key, optional
- SO – Security object, mandatory
Languages
The data page/information page is printed in Swedish and English, with translation in other official languages of the European Union elsewhere in the document. The page containing the guide to check the security features of the data page is printed only in English.Identification requirements
Application is done at passport offices or embassies. The applicant must show up in person, and will have the photo taken there. When doing the application identification of the applicant is needed. This is done by:- Showing a valid Swedish passport, Swedish national identity card, Swedish driving licence, Swedish tax office id card, or an id card following the SIS standard.
- Husband, wife, someone living at the same address, parent, grandparent, own child, sibling, adopted parent or equivalent, employer since at least one year, or an official at an authority who knows the person through their work.
Visa-free travel
Visa requirements for Swedish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Sweden. As of 2025, Swedish citizens have visa-free, eTA or visa on arrival access to 188 countries and territories, ranking the Swedish passport 4th in the world, according to the methodology of the Henley Passport Index.The Swedish national identity card can be used for traveling to most European countries. It can also be used instead of a Swedish passport for entering Dominica, French overseas territories, Georgia, Montserrat and on package holidays to Tunisia. However, direct outbound travel from Sweden to non-EU/Schengen territories is not permitted by Swedish border police.
As a member state of the European Union, Swedish citizens enjoy freedom of movement within the European Economic Area. The Citizens’ Rights Directive defines the right of free movement for citizens of the EEA. Through bilateral agreements freedom of movement is extended to Switzerland, and all EU and EFTA nationals are not only visa-exempt but are legally entitled to enter and reside in each other's countries.
Misuse
In 2013, Swedish passports were reported to be among the most frequently traded passports on the black market. The reason cited was that there was no limit on the number of replacement passports a holder could request. This prompted calls for legislation to limit the number of times replacement passports could be issued per individual.Before 2016, Sweden had no limit on the number of times an individual may claim to have lost a passport and have a new one re-issued. That led to Swedish passports being sold on the black market and used by people smugglers. This prompted calls for legislation to limit the number of times replacement passports could be issued to each citizen. On 15 April 2016 a new law was enacted limiting holders to a maximum of three passports issued within a five-year period.
| Number of passport issued to individual | Number of such individuals |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | 998 |
| 6 | 291 |
| 7 | 96 |
| 8 | 33 |
| 9 | 14 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 |
| 12 | 3 |
| 18 | 1 |