If the Swedish Tax Agency cannot determine your living arrangements
If the Swedish Tax Agency investigates where you should be registered as living, and concludes that your living arrangements are unclear, we can delist you from the Swedish Population Register because we regard you as “missing”. This means you will no longer be eligible for the benefits to which individuals listed in the Swedish Population Register are entitled.
If Swedish Tax Agency investigates your living arrangements and cannot determine where you live, you can be delisted from the Swedish Population Register because we regard you as “missing”. This may be because:
- we have not been able to get in touch with you directly, and have not been able to determine where you live, having made inquiries with other government agencies and organisations
- you have stated that you live in Sweden, but you do not wish to provide us with details of the property or apartment in which you live
Please note that in the context of population registration, the term “missing ” is attributed to a person whose living arrangements are unknown.
We will inform you before we delist you from the Swedish Population Register. However, this information might not reach you if we don’t have your contact details. This is why it’s important to inform us of your living arrangements.
If you’re delisted, this can affect you in various ways
If we delist you from the Swedish Population Register because we regard you as “missing”, there will be certain consequences:
- For example, it can affect the payments made to you by other government agencies such as the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (“Försäkringskassan”) and the Swedish Pensions Agency (“Pensionsmyndigheten”).
- It can make it difficult for you to access healthcare services, or to collect the prescription medication you need.
Visit a state service centre to be relisted in the Swedish Population Register
If you have been delisted from the Swedish Population Register as “missing”, you need to apply to the Swedish Tax Agency to be relisted. You also need to visit a Swedish state service centre in person and provide proof of your identity. You must do this, even if you have not left Sweden. You must also provide the Swedish Tax Agency with information proving that you live in Sweden, and where you live. We can then reassess your living arrangements.
It is illegal to provide incorrect information deliberately
Anyone who deliberately fails to report a change of address, or knowingly gives the Swedish Tax Agency incorrect or incomplete information about where they live, might be committing a crime. The Swedish Tax Agency is obliged to report suspected criminal offences connected with population registration. Other government agencies and private individuals can also report suspected criminal offences to the police. If a person is convicted of a criminal offence connected with population registration, they can be fined or imprisoned for up to two years.