Important to know

Options for Nordic citizens

If you are a Nordic citizen, you have several different opportunities to become a Swedish citizen. If you have lived in Sweden for at least five years, you can file a notification. For information about notification for Nordic citizens, continue reading this page.

If you have not lived in Sweden for five years, you can submit a citizenship application instead. To become a Swedish citizen through application, you must have lived in Sweden for at least two years.

Citizenship for adults

If you are between the ages of 18 and 21, you can choose to file a notification for people aged 18 to 21. In terms of proving your identity and that you have lived an orderly life in Sweden, such a notification has different requirements than those that apply if you file a notification as a Nordic citizen.

Citizenship for people aged 18 to 21

In order for you, as a Nordic citizen, to become a Swedish citizen through notification, you must meet certain requirements. Before submitting your notification, you must meet the following requirements:

You must be a citizen of Denmark, Finland, Iceland or Norway

You must have reached the age of 18

You must have lived in Sweden for five years (period of habitual residence)
As a rule, your period of habitual residence is calculated from the date on which you became listed in the Swedish Population Register.

You must have not been sentenced to prison or other incarceration in the past five years

If you have children under the age of 18 who live in Sweden, they will become Swedish citizens at the same time as you, if any of the following is true of you:

  • You have sole custody of the child.
  • You share joint custody with the child’s other parent, who is a Swedish citizen.
  • The other parent becomes a Swedish citizen at the same time as you.

If none of these situations apply to you and you want your child to also become a Swedish citizen, you must submit a separate notification for the child.

Citizenship for children

It is not possible to say exactly how long you will need to wait for a decision. There are many things that affect the waiting time, for example whether your application is complete to begin with or whether we need to request more information, or whether we need to check with other authorities when investigating your case.

Here we show statistics on how long it has taken for people who have applied for the same permit as you. The statistics are based on cases decided in the last 12 months.

75% of recently decided cases have been decided within:1 months

Notification fee for Nordic citizens: SEK 475

You will not receive a refund if your application is rejected.

The Swedish Migration Agency is responsible for considering applications from people who want to live in Sweden, seek protection or become Swedish citizens. Our work is based on Swedish laws and international conventions, with a focus on legal certainty and effective reception and return.