Visa requirements for Swedish citizens


Visa requirements for Swedish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Sweden. As of 7 April 2020, Swedish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 186 countries and territories, ranking the Swedish passport 6th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements

Dependent, Disputed, or Restricted territories

Visa requirements for Swedish citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries, and restricted zones:
;Europe
Travellers with Artsakh visa or evidence of travel to Artsakh will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.
;Africa
;Asia
Visa not required for 15 days for traveling as part of a tourist group
;Caribbean and North Atlantic
;Oceania
;South Atlantic and Antarctica
Holders of Swedish diplomatic passports have additional visa-free access to Russia. Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

Non-visa restrictions

Vaccination

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

When in a non-EU country where there is no Swedish embassy, Swedish citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.
Further, according to the Helsinki treaty, public officials in the foreign services of any of the Nordic countries are to assist citizens of another Nordic country if that country is not represented in the territory concerned.