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Road user charges (tolls) for foreign heavy goods vehicles

Tolls must be paid for trucks and truck/trailer combinations with a total weight of 12 tonnes or more that are used exclusively for the transport of goods.

This information applies only to foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles using the Swedish road network. You can also consult the German organisation AGES for further information on tolls.

Ages.de External link.

Other rules apply to Swedish-registered heavy goods vehicles.

Tolls for Swedish heavy vehicles (in Swedish)

One charge – for three countries

On 1 January 1998, Sweden joined the Eurovignette system in which several countries collaborate in the joint collection of tolls for heavy goods vehicles using certain roads. In addition to Sweden, the toll collaboration scheme includes Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Tolls paid in one of these countries are also valid for travel in the other countries’ road networks.

Vehicles subject to tolls

Tolls must be paid for trucks and truck/trailer combinations with a total weight of 12 tonnes or more that are used exclusively for the transport of goods.

Toll roads

Tolls must be paid on all motorways and the following roads:

The E4 between Uppsala and the Finnish border
The E10 between Töre and the Norwegian border
The E12 between Holmsund and the Norwegian border
The E14 between Sundsvall and the Norwegian border
The E22 between Karlskrona and Norrköping
The E65 between Svedala and Ystad.

Payment

Tolls must be paid before travel on the toll road starts using the Swedish road network.

The German organisation AGES is responsible for selling Eurovignettes on behalf of the Eurovignette countries. Payment can be made at certain fuel stations and forwarding agents, or online at AGES.

Eurovignette Booking Portal (AGES) External link.

Note that the toll period for a day charge is 00.00–24.00. If transport on a toll road takes place between 21.30 and 02.30, payment for two days is required.

Tolls are paid in SEK. The toll amounts may be changed at the start of the year, depending on the exchange rate of SEK to Euro.

All information that was previously on the toll certificate is now in the AGES electronic system in a central database to which the member countries have access. The police are able to check if toll has been paid for a specific vehicle, regardless of its nationality, through a search in the database. This allows for increased and improved supervision of payments, without the need to stop vehicles in order to check vignettes.

Toll tariffs

The toll tariff depends on the number of axles of the truck or truck/trailer combination and which emission requirements the truck's engine meets in terms of carbon dioxide emission class, and where applicable, Euro emission class.

Refunds

Refunds may be allowed for tolls paid for a year, month, week or day. The Swedish Tax Agency will decide on refunds, but the application must be sent to AGES (address below). The amount refunded is calculated on the basis of the number of days remaining of the toll period, starting on the day on which the application is received by AGES. An administration fee of 25 euros is deducted from the refunded amount.