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Moving to Sweden
If you have moved to Sweden from abroad and are planning to live in Sweden for one year or more, you are generally required to be registered in the Swedish Population Register. When you have been registered you will be given a Swedish personal identity number and be registered as living in a building with an address. Your civil status and any relationship to your spouse, children or parent will be registered.
In order to be registered in the Swedish Population Register (folkbokförd) you need to notify the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) that you have moved to Sweden. This can be done by visiting one of our service offices (servicekontor).
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You can find the official information regarding British people moving to and living in Sweden, including EU Exit guidance, registering, residency and healthcare if you follow the following link.
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Prepare for your visit
To ensure that your visit to the service office goes as quickly and as smoothly as possible, you should use our Move to Sweden service before you visit us. This applies both to you and to any children you may have. Use this service to submit your personal data and answer questions on your planned stay in Sweden. Once you have gone through all of the steps in the service, you will come through to a number of pages. Print these pages and bring them to the service office, along with other required documents.
The Move to Sweden service is still under development, which means that we are constantly reviewing it and improving it with the help of comments and feedback from our users.
Bring the following documents
The required documents to bring to the service office depend on your citizenship or if you move with or move in with a family member.
Choose the alternative that best applies to you
» You are a citizen of a Nordic country
» You are a citizen of a EU or EEA country
» You are a citizen of a non-EU or EEA country or stateless
» You belong to a family that lives in or are moving to Sweden
The film describes how to fill in the notification
Seeking asylum in Sweden
To be registered in the Swedish Population Register you must have a residence permit (uppehållstillstånd). You can apply for a residence permit at the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket).
For more information about asylum application and residence permit we ask you to contact the Swedish Migration Agency.
To be registered
When you are registered in the Swedish Population Register you will receive a Swedish personal identity number (personnummer). The Swedish Tax Agency will register the following information:
- which building and address you live at
- where you were born and your citizenship
- your civil status and any relationship to your spouse, children or parent.
Population registration certificate
Some authorities or organisations may request that you present a population registration certificate (personbevis) when you make an application to them.
A population registration certificate is an extract from the population register showing what information is registered about you, such as your name, address and civil status. You can order a population registration certificate when you are registered as a Swedish citizen, and when you have received a personal identity number.
Children under 18
If a child under the age of 18 is planning to move to Sweden, all the guardians need to fill out an application. If one of the guardians is abroad, he or she needs to provide written consent for the move to Sweden.
Children over the age of 16 can fill out their own application without their guardians' written consent.
If you have income from another country
Please remember that when you move to Sweden and become registered in the Swedish Population Register, you may also be obliged to pay tax in Sweden on income that you receive from another country. Please contact the Swedish Tax Agency if you have such income.
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