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Application to retain Swedish citizenship if you are between 18 and 22 years old and have never lived in Sweden

You will lose your Swedish citizenship when you reach the age of 22, if you

  • were born outside of Sweden
  • have never lived there and
  • have not visited Sweden in circumstances which indicate an attachment to the country.

You will not lose your Swedish citizenship if this would cause you to become stateless.

To avoid losing your Swedish citizenship, you can apply to retain it. You must do this after you have turned 18 but before you reach the age of 22. You do not need to make such an application if, at any time, you have lived in Sweden or if you have regularly visited Sweden.

Please note that it is important that you fill in the form clearly and add your contact details.

How to submit an application, follow link.

Last updated 20 Oct 2026, 3.27 PM

Sweden in United Kingdom

Embassy of Sweden

Swedish consulates

  • Phone

    +44(0) 28 9035 0035

    E-mail

    davidc@heyn.co.uk

    E-mail

    karenp@heyn.co.uk

    Fax

    +44(0) 28 9035 0005

    Honorary Consulate of Sweden in Belfast
    1 Corry Place
    Belfast Harbour Estate
    Belfast BT3 9AH
    Northern Ireland

    The consulate covers the areas of: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone

    You can collect passports at this consulate.

    Office hours: by appointment

    Honorary consul

    David Clarke

    Assistent

    Karen Patterson

  • Phone

    +44(0) 1304 248 322

    E-mail

    jgr@georgehammond.com

    Honorary Consulate of Sweden in Dover
    c/o George Hammond Marine Ltd
    Hammond House
    Limekiln Street
    Dover CT17 9EF
    Kent


    Office hours: by appointment

    The consulate covers the areas of: Kent (the Rochester area, east of a line between Tunbridge Wells and Faversham)

    Honorary consul

    James Ryeland

  • Phone

    +44(0) 1316 050 109

    E-mail

    edinburgh@swedishconsulate.eu

    Honorary Consulate of Sweden in Edinburgh
    22 Hanover Street
    Edinburgh
    EH2 2EP

    The consulate covers the areas of: Borders, Central Fife, Grampian, Highland, Lothian, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Tayside and The Outer Hebrides.

    You can collect passports at this consulate.

    Office hours: by appointment
    Phone hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9am – 2pm

    Honorary consul

    Mike Christopherson

  • Phone

    + 350 200 12721

    E-mail

    consul@swedishconsulategibraltar.com

    Honorary Consulate of Sweden in Gibraltar
    Cloister Building, 1st floor Market Lane
    PO Box 554, GX1 11AA
    Gibraltar

    You can collect passports at this consulate.

    Office hours: 9am - 5pm

    Honorary Consul

    George Gaggero

    Assistant

    Maria Jesus Lyon

  • Phone

    +44(0) 1469 571 387

    E-mail

    camilla.carlbom@carlbom.co.uk

    Fax

    +44(0) 1469 571 023

    Honorary Consulate of Sweden in Immingham
    Carlbom Shipping Limited
    Mariner House
    Trondheim Way
    Stallingborough
    Immingham
    North East Lincolnshire DN41 8FD

    Humberside, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, Cleveland and North Yorkshire (north of a line between Hawes and Scarborough)

    Office hours: by appointment

    Honorary consul

    Camilla Carlbom Flinn

Sweden has diplomatic relations with almost all states in the world, with 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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