ID Card

Conditions for applying
          Approved ID documents
          Approved attestor
How to apply
How to obtain your card when it´s ready
Offices that issue ID cards (addresses)
If you lose your card
Checking other issuers´ cards

You may apply to Skatteverket for an ID card (identity card). To apply you must:

• Go to a Skatteverket office.
• Have paid the application fee before you visit  the office.
• Be able to prove your identity by an ID document or via an attestor, i.e. provide evidence of who you are.
• Be registered as living in Sweden.
• Be at least 13 years of age.
• Have your parent/guardian´s approval if you are less than 18 years of age.

 
We recommend that you carefully read through the terms and conditions for applying before you go to the office.

 
You can apply for your ID card even if you or your attestor have protected personal data. If so, contact your protected data case officer before applying.

You can use your card in many situations

The card also incorporates e-identification (pdf, 120 kB). That may be used, if you wish, to avail yourself of the e-services that many government agencies offer, for example for filing your income tax return or notifying a change of address. You use your e-identification by entering a PIN code that you receive by letter through the post at your home. To be able to use your e-identification, you also need a computer, a card reader and a program you can download from the Internet. For more information, visit Telia´s Website.

You cannot use your ID card instead of a passport when you travel abroad.

What the card looks like:

Conditions for applying

We recommend that you carefully read through the following before you go to a Skatteverket office to apply. Otherwise, you may find that you are not prepared when you arrive at the office and then it will take longer to obtain your card. If you have not paid your application fee before going to the office, you will not be permitted to apply.

You have to pay your application fee in advance

• Bankgiro 389-0100 or
• Plusgiro 50 40 62-1.

If you pay via the Internet: remember to quote your personal identity number in the field for messages/other information. Print out confirmation of the payment, as you will have to show it when you go to the office.

You must be able to prove who you are

Your ID card must meet the security requirements that apply to ID documents in Sweden. This means that you must confirm your identity to obtain your card.
 
So, when you visit the Skatteverket office you must be able to provide evidence of who you are, usually via an approved ID document. If you do not have one, you can take with you a person who will certify in writing the information contained in your application — an attestor. This person must also be able to prove his or her identity by showing an approved ID document.

You must be registered as living in Sweden

You must be at least 13 years of age

To be apply for an ID card, you must be at least 13 years of age.

If you are less than 18 years of age, you must have your parent/guardian´s consent

If you are less than 18 years of age, you must have your parent/guardian´s consent to apply for an ID card. If you have two parents/guardians, you must have the permission of both. At least one parent/guardian must accompany you on your visit to the Skatteverket office.

Your parent/guardian must give his/her permission by completing and signing form SKV 1502. If you have two parents/guardians, remember that one of them must sign the form in advance if both cannot accompany you to the office when you apply.

Your payment is for Skatteverket to examine your application. As a result, your fee will not be refunded if your application is rejected.

Approved ID documents

The following ID documents are approved as a means of proving your identity:

• An ID card issued by Skatteverket
• A Swedish passport in a maroon cover.
• A Swedish national ID card
• A Swedish driving licence
• A Swedish, SIS-marked ID card issued, for example, by a bank, a company, a government agency or Svensk Kassaservice (Swedish Cashier Service)
• A Swedish professional identity card (without an SIS mark) issued by a government agency as of autumn 2009.

 
In addition, any of the following passports will be accepted as document proving identity, if still valid:

• A foreign EU passport issued on or after 1 September2006 inany of the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria ,Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Germany or Hungary.
• An EU passport falls within the scope of EC Council Regulation 2252/2004. This means that it fulfils the requirement of a reasonable standard of security. ( Bulgariaand Cyprus, on the other hand, do not yet have EU passports that fall within the scope of the EC regulation.) An EU passport has a maroon cover and the words “European Union" (in the respective language) on the front. It also incorporates a microchip containing “biometric" information about the person (i.e. unique physical characteristics such as fingerprints).
• An EU passport is characterized by the symbol used for biometrics (see illustration below).

• A passport issued by Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland on or after 1 September 2006. These passports have the same standard of security as EU passports.

Approved attestors

An approved attestor must:

• Be at least 18 years of age
• Accompany you when you go to the Skatteverket office
• Know you well and be able to prove his/her relationship with you
• Be able to identify himself/herself by showing an approved ID document
• Certify your personal data in writing and confirm that your photograph on your application is correct. The form may be completed in advance, but must always be signed by the attestor at the office at the time of submitting the application.

• Your spouse or registered partner
• Your child or grandchild, if at least 18 years of age
• Your parent/guardian
• Your brother/sister or half-brother/half-sister, if at least 18 years of age
• Your maternal or paternal grandparent.

 
The person who under the Swedish Cohabitation Act is considered your cohabitant will also be accepted as your attestor. For you and your attestor to be considered as cohabitants, all of the following conditions must be satisfied:

• You are permanently cohabiting or have children together. As a rule of thumb, you should have cohabited for at least six months.
• You have a relationship as a couple.
• You have a joint household, meaning that you share tasks and expenditure.

Finally, any of the following persons may act as an attestor if he or she can present a decision or certificate showing the relationship you have with each other:

• A trustee or administrator
• A foster home parent
• An official at a local or central government agency, with whom you have a professional relationship, for example, a social welfare secretary, introductions officer (or equivalent), head of department or international supervisor at a government institute of higher education
• Your employer for at least a year.

You can supply further information afterwards
If you are uncertain about whether you meet the requirements, you can still hand in your application. Skatteverket will then make an overall assessment of the information you have provided in your application, for example about a relationship that has ended, a foreign passport document or a decision on residence permit from Migrationsverket (the Swedish Migration Board). We will check your details with other government agencies or, where necessary, ask you to supply further information to confirm your identity.
 
Your payment is for Skatteverket to examine your application. As a result, your fee will not be refunded if as a result of Skatteverket´s examination it is rejected.

How to apply

• A receipt for payment of the application fee. If you have paid via the Internet, take a printout of the confirmation of payment. If you cannot prove that you have paid in advance, we cannot accept your application.
• An approved ID document. If you do not have one, you must be accompanied by an approved attestor.
• Your parent/guardian if you are aged 18 years or less.

Do not take a photograph with you. You will be photographed at the office.

1. You will be asked to prove your identity and show a receipt for payment of the application fee.
2. You must complete the form Ansökan identitetskort med e-legitimation (Application for identity card with electronic identification) (SKV 1501). You may of course complete the form before going to the office, but you must in all cases sign it during your visit to the office. If you are accompanied by an attestor, that person must also sign the form during the visit to the office.
3. If you are aged less than 18 years, the form Identitetskort med e-legitimation, vårdnadshavares medgivande (Application for identity card with electronic identification, parent/guardian´s consent) (SKV 1502). If you have two guardians, the form has to be signed by both.
4. You will be photographed and your height measured.
5. You will have to write your signature. The signature will appear on your card.
6. You will have to sign and approve an order document containing the information that will be used during the production of the card and will be displayed on the card. You will also be asked to read Telia´s terms and conditions for e-identification in Swedish (SKV 1598 (pdf, 32 kB)) or English (SKV 1598B (pdf, 120 kB)).

How to obtain your card when it´s ready

When the card is ready, you will receive a letter from Skatteverket. This will tell you that five days later you will be able to collect your card from the office where you applied for it. Keep the letter and take it with you when you got to collect your card. You must collect the card in person, because you will have to sign a confirmation that you have taken possession of the card and have been acquainted with the terms and conditions of the e-identification that the card contains.
 
Collect the card within two months of receiving the letter. Contact the office where you applied for the card if you cannot collect it within two months.
 
Remember to notify Skatteverket without fail if you move to another address.
 
What the letter from Skatteverket will look like:

Letter from Telia with your PIN code

When your card is ready, you will also receive a letter from Telia containing the PIN code for your e-identification. Never keep your PIN code with your ID card.

Period of validity

The card will be valid for five years (unless a freeze is put on it before then if, for example, it is stolen).

Offices that issue ID cards (addresses)

You may apply for an ID card at the following offices:

Gävle 
Göteborg, Nordstan
Halmstad 
Helsingborg 
Jönköping  
Kalmar
Karlskrona
Karlstad 
Linköping 
Luleå 
Malmö 
Norrköping
Sollefteå
Stockholm 
Sundsvall 
Södertälje 
Trollhättan
Umeå 
Uppsala 
Visby  
Västerås  
Växjö  
Örebro  
Östersund

If you need to contact us

• You have a functional impairment
• A municipality or other body needs information to be able in turn to provide information to others.

Complete this form if you would like an in-person contact with us. You will be contacted by an official by telephone or e-mail.
 
 

If you lose your card

If you lose your card, you must immediately call Tel. 020-32 32 62 to have a freeze put on the card in order to prevent anyone else from using it. If your card is stolen, you must also inform the police.
 
If your card comes apart, contact Skatteverket. Write a letter to Skatteverket, Id-kortssektionen, 106 61 Stockholm. In your letter, explain how your card came apart and how you kept it during the time it was in your possession. You cannot put a freeze on the card.

Checking other issuers´ cards

If you work for a bank and wonder if a freeze has been put on an ID card, you can call Tel. 08?530 835 13, to check via information on the card whether it is valid or not.