Do You Need a Visa to Visit Sweden?
Nordic and EU citizens: no visa. US, UK and ~60 nationalities: 90 visa-free days. Everyone else: a EUR 90 Schengen visa. EES is live, ETIAS is not.
What do I need to enter Sweden?
Passports, visas, what you may bring
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The Schengen 90/180-Day Rule Explained
Look back 180 days from each day of your stay - max 90 inside. How to count, what EES changed, worked examples, and what an overstay actually costs.
ETIAS and Sweden: What Non-EU Travelers Need to Know
ETIAS is not in operation and nobody can sell you one. What it will cost, who needs it, the six-month optional period, and where it hits a Sweden trip.
Guides
- EES Explained: Sweden's Biometric Border Checks Fingerprints, face photo, no stamp. What EES takes at Sweden's borders, how long it is kept, where it applies - and how to fix a wrong record.
- Passport Rules for Visiting Sweden Issued within 10 years, valid 3 months past your Schengen exit - plus the ID card rule changing 3 August 2026, children's documents and lost passports.
- Customs Allowances: What You Can Bring Into Sweden Two different rules apply. EU arrivals get own-use guide levels; Norway, the UK and other non-EU arrivals get hard limits. Alcohol, food, cash and pets.
- Bringing Medicines Into Sweden A year's supply from the EEA, three months from outside - but only five days of some controlled medicines. The limits, the paperwork, and who issues it.
- Bringing Food Into Sweden: EU and Non-EU Rules Any food from the EU; no meat or dairy from the UK or beyond. Why Norwegian cheese is fine but Norwegian berries aren't, plus formula, fish and snacks.
- Snus: Sweden's Legal Tobacco and the Rules for Taking It Home Snus is legal only in Sweden. Buying age, where you can use it, and the limits at your next border: Finland, Norway, Britain, Germany and France.
- Crossing the Border Between Sweden and Norway Crossing between Sweden and Norway? Both directions are customs borders. Norway's quotas, banned snus products, Kvoteappen, tolls, dogs and fines.
- Traveling With More Than 10,000 Euros in Cash EUR 10,000 or more in cash must be declared to Swedish Customs, and since April 2026 that includes EU trips. What counts, how to declare, Norway, the UK.