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Accept all Only criticalFor a child born abroad before 1 April 2015, to a Swedish father and a foreign mother, who are not married to each other, a Notification has to be submitted in order to obtain Swedish nationality for the child.
Find information about fees here.
All documents must submitted in original
The processing time is usually several months.
Once Swedish citizenship has been granted, the child must have a Swedish ID number before he/she can apply for a passport. Find out more on Swedish ID-number and registration of name
Opening hours at the Embassy. If you apply at a Consulate please check opening times directly the Consulate
Sweden has diplomatic relations with almost all States in the world. It has embassies and consulates in around half of these. Sweden's foreign representation consists of approximately 100 missions abroad and 350 honorary consulates.