
Visa to enter Sweden – Quick Facts
Do I need a visa to go Sweden?
If you are a citizen of a country from outside of the EU you may need to apply for a visa to enter Sweden, but not always as Sweden is a member of the Schengen Cooperation. Which means that if you have a visa to travel to Sweden you can also travel to other member countries, or if you have a visa to another Schengen member country you can travel to Sweden with that visa. EU citizens don’t need a visa to visit Sweden.
If you obtain a tourist visa to Sweden you are allowed to enter and stay here for less than 90 days. Whether you need a visa depends on what country you are from.
Which countries need a visa for Sweden?
The citizens of those countries below need to have visas before entering the Schengen area.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Rep.
- Chad
- China, excl. Hongkong and Macao
- Comoros
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
- Congo, Rep.
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakstan
- Kenya
- Korea (North-)
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgystan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Nothern Mariana Islands
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- The Philippines
- Qatar
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Sao Tomé & Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Surinam
- Swaziland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How to apply for a tourist visa?
You can read more about how you apply for a visa here; Sweden Abroad.