If you are a citizen in a country outside the EU and want to visit Sweden for a maximum of 90 days, you may need to apply for a visa. A visa is only valid for your stay in the Schengen countries for up to 90 days during a period of 180 days.
If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU and you want to visit Sweden (and the other Schengen countries), you may need to apply for a visa. A visa is a permit to enter a country and stay there up to 90 days.
Whether you need a visa depends on what country you are from or if you have a residence permit in another Schengen country or if you are permanently living in an EU country.
If you have a valid residence permit issued by another Schengen country, you do not need to apply for an entry visa to visit Sweden up to 90 days.
Here you can apply for a Schengen visa
In some countries, Sweden has an embassy or a consulate general that handles Schengen visa applications. In other places of the world, Sweden is represented by another Schengen country. This means that the representing Schengen country makes decisions on visa cases. In addition, Sweden has an agreement with an external service provider, VFS Global, for receiving applications for Schengen visas. However, VFS Global does not make any decisions, that responsibility rests solely with a Swedish mission abroad.
First, you need to find out if you need a visa to enter Sweden. You can see this on the government's website List of foreign citizens who require Visa for entry into SwedenExternal link, opens in new window.
The visa is most often valid for entry into all Schengen countries. In exceptional cases the visa may only be valid for entering Sweden and/or some Schengen countries.
Read more about what applies if you do not need a visa to travel to Sweden
If you want to visit Sweden for more than 90 days you need to apply for a visitor’s residence permit.
