Information about population registration certificates for foreign government agencies
In certain circumstances, foreign government agencies ask for population registration certificates, such as birth certificates, marriage certificates or marriage licences. They may also request apostille stamps or legalised documents. Here you will find information for these circumstances.
If you need a population registration certificate, you can print or order it:
Order a population registration certificate
Population registration certificates explained
If a foreign government agency needs to have a population registration certificate explained, please refer them to our webpage “Information for foreign government agencies”.
Stamped and signed population registration certificates
The Swedish Tax Agency only stamps and signs population registration certificates that are due to be sent to foreign government agencies. If a population registration certificate comprises several pages, we will sign and stamp the last page. The stamp will be in Swedish.
You can request the following stamped and signed population registration certificates:
- Family registration document (information about you and your spouse, registered civil partner and children, if applicable)
- Extract from the Swedish Population Register (information about you and your spouse or registered civil partner, if applicable) in Swedish or English.
- Extract from the Swedish Population Register – 120 (information about you and your spouse, registered civil partner, parents and children, if applicable) in Swedish or English.
Stamped and signed population registration certificates in English
The Swedish Tax Agency can stamp and sign population registration certificates in English, but we do not process these documents manually. If you require any complementary information, please request a population registration certificate in Swedish that includes the necessary details, then have the document translated.
International birth certificates and marriage certificates
International birth certificates and marriage certificates are not issued in Sweden, unlike in some other countries. The document that corresponds to a birth certificate and a marriage certificate is a population registration certificate called “Extract from the Population Register – 120”, which provides information about you and your family.
Marriage licences
If you intend to get married abroad, a foreign government agency may require a marriage licence for you. If you are a Swedish citizen and you are listed in the Swedish Population Register, you can apply to the Swedish Tax Agency for this document. Click on the link below to find out how to apply for a marriage licence.
Getting married in Sweden or abroad
- Bilingual documents for use within the EU
The Swedish Tax Agency can issue bilingual documents that explain the content of population registration certificates or extracts from the Population Register. These documents can only be used within the EU. A population registration certificate or extract from the Population Register must be accepted without an apostille stamp or document legalisation under EU Regulation 2016/1191.
A bilingual document can be issued in relation to the following:
- Birth: This document provides information about the child and the child’s parents.
- Capacity to marry: This document confirms that you have the right to get married under Swedish law (requirements: consideration of impediments to marriage and a marriage licence).
- Death: This document confirms that a person has died, and the date of death (requirement: the death must be registered when you request this document).
- Country of residence or place of residence: This document confirms your registered address (provided that you are not registered as an emigrant or a missing person).
- Marital status: This document confirms your marital status and the date on which your marital status was established.
- Marriage: This document confirms that you are married, the name of your spouse and your wedding date.
- Registered civil partnership: This document confirms that you are a registered civil partner, and the date on which your partnership was established.
- Status: in a registered civil partnership: This document confirms that you are a registered civil partner, the name of your civil partner and the date on which your partnership was established.
Requesting a bilingual document
Please request the document by filling in our contact form. Fill in the following details:
- the purpose of the document (see list above). State this in the field marked My message
- the personal identity number of the person in question
- the language to which the document needs to be translated
- the postal address to which you would like us to send the document
your contact details.
Contact form: Send us a message
Alternatively, you can request the document you need by calling our tax information service:
Population registration certificates with apostille stamps or other forms of document legalisation
Government agencies outside the EU might require apostille stamps or document legalisation. The Swedish Tax Agency does not issue these.
Apostille stamps
Please contact a notary public if you need an apostille stamp. You can find the names of all notaries public in your county on the County Administrative Board’s website. Search for notary public (“notarius publicus”).
The County Administrative Board’s website
Document legalisation
If a population registration certificate needs to be legalised, please contact Sweden’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs. You can find information about document legalisation on the Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ website.