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Swedish citizenship

Citizenship is a legally binding undertaking between a state and an individual (citizen) that commences either automatically at birth or through an application or notification process.

Only Swedish citizens are allowed to carry Swedish passports.  A Swedish citizen has the unconditional right to live and stay in Sweden.

One can become a Swedish citizen through:

  • Birth
  • Adoption
  • Legitimization (Marriage of parents)
  • Application (Naturalization)
  • Notification (Children, young adults aged 18-20 and Nordic citizens)

Child passport applicants who were born abroad and have never previously had a Swedish passport must first be added to the Swedish population registry by applying for a Swedish coordination number (ID number).

Detailed information about all laws and regulations is available at the Swedish Migration Agency website.

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.

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