DUTY-FREE
Duty-free is no longer permitted between EU countries. These are:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland (excluding Åland), France, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (excluding Canary Islands) and Sweden.
For the rest of the world, tax- and duty-free shopping is still available, but travellers are restricted to the duty-free allowance of the various countries.
The following information applies to those travelling from non-EU countries and for those travelling within the EU.
Non-EU country (including Åland, Canary Islands etc)
Alcohol
1 litre of spirits or
2 litres of fortified wine (including sparkling wine)
4 litres of wine
Beer classified as "Other items".
Tobacco
200 cigarettes or
100 cigarillos or
50 cigars or
250g of tobacco or a proportionate selection of the above*.
There is no limitation on the amount of snuff a traveller is permitted to take into a country for personal use. However, the maximum value is SEK 1,700 without incurring customs duty and tax.
Travellers are entitled to take into a country a small number of cigarettes together with a number of duty-free cigars, for example 100 cigarettes and 25 cigars. This limit does not apply to taxes.
Within the EU
Within the EU, tax on alcohol is paid at the time of purchase; the same applies to tobacco. Private tax-free imports from an EU country are only possible if the person is purchasing the products for private or family use. Such products must be personally transported from the EU country to Sweden.
Within EU countries, certain reference levels for estimating whether specific commodities are to be considered imported for private or commercial purposes are applied. The cut-off point between private and commercial purposes is as follows:
Alcohol
10 litres of spirits
20 litres of fortified wine
90 litres of wine (no more than 60 litres of this sparkling wine)
110 litres of beer
Spirits: more than 22% proof
Fortified wine: more than 15% but less than 22% proof
Wine: other than fortified wine, including beverages that are more than 3.5% but less than 15% proof, not including beer
Beer: more than 3.5% proof
Alcohol beverages may only be brought in by a person who is at least 20 years old.
Tobacco
800 cigarettes or
400 cigarillos or
200 cigars or
1 kg of tobacco
Tobacco may only be brought in by a person who is at least 18 years old.
More information
For more information about tax- and duty-free regulations, please contact Swedish Customs (Tullverket) at 0771-520 520 or go to www.tullverket.se
Which Swedish airports offer tax- and duty-free shopping?
Go to “At Airport” under the relevant airport.
TIME ZONES
The globe is divided into 24 time zones ‑ plus a few in between!
Would you like to know what time it is at your destination before your flight? Here is a map detailing the times zones around the world.
On the map, all times are based on Swedish time (Central European Time or CET), which is Greenwich Mean Time + 1 hour.
The map shows most time zones. However, there are some countries that have chosen to use the half hour to differentiate them from other countries. India is one of these.
The globe is divided into 24 time zones. Britain’s Greenwich is the starting point. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is 0, and the zones then proceed with +1, +2 etc. to -1, -2 etc.
Click on the Time Ticker for more detailed information.
Click here to see the time difference between Sweden and selected countries.
CURRENCY EXCHANGE
Make sure you have the right currency for your destination. Below you have access to currency converters at Forex and X-Change.
Forex
X-Change