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
- — Visa required. ID card de facto valid
- — Visa required.
- Mount Athos — Special permit required. There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
- Brest and Grodno — Visa not required for 10 days.
- Crimea — Visa issued by Russia is required.
- — Visa free access for 3 months. ID Card valid.
- UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
- — Visa not required. ID Card valid.
- Jan Mayen — permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
- — From 1 July 2019, Swedish citizens are eligible for E-visa access for 8 days.
- — visa free for 90 days. ID Card valid
- — Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
- — Visa free. ID card valid. Registration required after 24h.
- — special permit required.
- — visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required.
- * — eVisa for 3 months within any year period.
- * — Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.
- * — Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
- — undefined visa regime.
- — visa required.
- Hainan — Visa on arrival for 15 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
- — Visa not required for 90 days.
- — Protected Area Permit required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
- — Visa not required for 90 days.
- outside Pyongyang – People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide
- — Visa not required. Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.
- — Visa not required for 90 days.
- Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required and another special permit is required for Lake Sarez.
- Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required.
- — A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.
- Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone.
- UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones.
- — Visa not required for 3 months.
- — Visa not required for 30 days.
- — Visa not required.
- Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa not required for 3 months.
- — Visa not required.
- — Visa not required for 6 months.
- — Visitors arriving at San Andrés and Leticia must buy tourist cards on arrival.
- — Visa not required for 3 months.
- — Visa not required for 6 months. ID card valid if in transit to a third country if staying for max 14 days
- — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
- — Visa not required for 3 months. ID Card valid if arriving at L'Espérance Airport in the French part of the island
- — Visa not required for 90 days.
- — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
- — Electronic authorization for 30 days.
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required.
- Clipperton Island — special permit required.
- — Visa free access for 31 days.
- — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
- — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.
- — 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.
- — Entry permit required.
- United States Minor Outlying Islands — special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
- — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arrival.
- — Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required.
- Antarctica and adjacent islands — special permits required for,,, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.
Non-ordinary passports
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.