Register the correct address

If you move away from home to study at a college or university, you must report your change of address to the Swedish Tax Agency. This is the case whether you stay with a friend, live in student accommodation, or rent your own flat. Regardless of whether you remain in the same town or move away to a new area, you must notify the Swedish Tax Agency of the address of your new home.

If you go away to study at a secondary or upper-secondary school located elsewhere, provided that you live at your registered address during school holidays, you do not need to report the move. This applies even if your studies are due to last for more than a year.

• Report a change of address as a student

If you are moving abroad to study and your studies are scheduled to last one year or more, you must report your change of address to the Swedish Tax Agency. The same applies if you initially plan to live abroad for a shorter period of time but extend your stay to one year or more. You retain your Swedish citizenship and personal identity number even if you move from Sweden.

• Moving abroad

If you are moving abroad to study and your studies are scheduled to last one year or more, you must report your change of address to the Swedish Tax Agency. The same applies if you initially plan to live abroad for a shorter period of time but extend your stay to one year or more. You retain your Swedish citizenship and personal identity number even if you move from Sweden.

• Moving abroad

If you have come to Sweden to study or work on a PhD, and have been registered at an address here, you must notify the Swedish Tax Agency when you leave Sweden again. You can do this by completing form Notification, Moving Abroad (SKV 7665b).

You keep your Swedish personal identity number. If you return to Sweden, you should use your personal identity number whenever you are in touch with the Swedish Migration Agency and the Swedish Tax Agency, for example.

• Moving abroad
• Form: Notification, Moving Abroad (SKV 7665b)

You don’t need to report a change of address if you plan to be abroad for less than a year. If you extend your stay abroad to one year or more, you must notify the Swedish Tax Agency by completing form Notification, Moving Abroad (SKV 7665b).

• Moving abroad
• Form: Notification, Moving Abroad (SKV 7665b)

If you plan to live abroad for one year or more, you must notify the Swedish Tax Agency. The same applies if you had planned to remain abroad for a shorter period, but extend your stay to a year or more.

• Moving abroad

You retain your Swedish citizenship and personal identity number even if you move away from Sweden. Remember to notify the Swedish Tax Agency if you change your address abroad so that you do not miss out on important information or lose the opportunity to vote in the Swedish Parliamentary elections. Use the form Ny adress/röstlängd för utvandrad, Anmälan (SKV 7842).

• Form: Ny adress/röstlängd för utvandrad, Anmälan (SKV 7842), in Swedish

You must be registered at the address where you live, regardless of whether you have become someone’s lodger or are renting sublet accommodation. Make sure you put your name on the door or postbox to ensure that your mail is delivered. Take care to write the correct apartment number when reporting your change of address. You cannot register an address care of (c/o) the primary tenant or owner of the property.

• Getting your post delivered to the right address

If you rent out your house or flat to someone else and no longer live there yourself, you must be registered at the specific address at which you live. Only the person or persons renting the accommodation should be registered there. To ensure effective community planning and welfare services such as housing benefit, residential property owners, primary tenants and subletters must all be registered correctly.

To ensure an effective postal service, the subletter’s name should be on the front door or postbox. It is no longer possible for a subletter to register a care of address (c/o).

Be sure to check with your landlord whether or not subletting is permitted.

• Make sure your mail reaches the correct address

Send us a change of address notification, providing us with as much information as possible. The Swedish Tax Agency can then make an assessment as to the address at which you should be registered: either at one of the addresses at which you are living intermittently; or at another address altogether, to which you have the strongest connection. If you are moving away for a shorter period, you can remain registered at your primary address until you know where you plan to live permanently.

Please contact the Swedish Tax Agency if you are uncertain which address you should be registered at.

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You don’t need to report a change of address if you are planning to live somewhere else for less than a year.

If, however, you plan to move between several different places of residence, you usually have to be registered at the address with which you have the strongest connection. Typically, this is the place where you usually sleep or spend the night. Other circumstances – such as the place where your family lives – may help to determine the address at which you should be registered. Outline your situation in your change of address notification, and the Swedish Tax Agency will assess where you should be registered. Please contact the Swedish Tax Agency if you feel uncertain about anything.

• Multiple places of residence (in Swedish)

You don’t need to report a change of address if you plan to live somewhere other than your registered place of residence for less than a year.

If, on the other hand, you plan to move between several different places of residence, you usually have to be registered at the address with which you have the strongest connection. Typically, this is the place where you usually sleep or spend the night. Other circumstances – such as the place where your family lives – may help to determine the address at which you should be registered. Outline your situation in your change of address notification, and the Swedish Tax Agency will assess where you should be registered. Please contact the Swedish Tax Agency if you feel uncertain about anything.

• Multiple places of residence (in Swedish)

Generally speaking, you should be registered at the address at which you most often sleep. For the majority of people, this will be their permanent place of residence rather than their holiday home. However, if you live in your holiday home most of the time, you should probably be registered there. Other circumstances – such as the place where your family lives – may help to determine the address at which you should be registered. Outline your situation in your change of address notification, and the Swedish Tax Agency will assess where you should be registered. Please contact the Swedish Tax Agency if you feel uncertain about anything.

• Multiple places of residence (in Swedish)

You should generally be listed in the Swedish Population Register at the property where you sleep. This applies even if your home can be moved. You should be registered at the property on which your caravan or motorhome is parked, or where your boat is moored. The property could be a residential address, a campsite or a harbour, for example.

If you move your home between different locations, you still have to be registered as living at one of these places.

• Living at different addresses (in Swedish)

Please provide as much information as possible when you notify us of your change of address. This will help us to determine the address at which you should be registered. Your registered address could be the place where your home is currently located, an address at which you sometimes stay, or a property with which you have a significant connection.

You are welcome to contact the Swedish Tax Agency if you are not certain of where you should be registered.

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If you are not going to return to the address currently registered for you in the Swedish Population Register, you must notify the Swedish Tax Agency of your change of address. If you do not know where you are going to live, or do not have a significant connection to any specific address, you will be listed in the Swedish Population Register in the municipality to which you are most strongly connected. This is often the most recent municipality in which you were registered. Please provide the Swedish Tax Agency with clear details of your current housing situation when you notify us of your change of address.

Fill in the form Notification – moving within Sweden (SKV 7845) when moving within Sweden.

• Form: Notification – moving within Sweden (SKV 7845), in Swedish

Read more about special postal addresses, for information and what to do if you would like your post to be sent to an address other than your registered address.

• Special postal address

If you do not have a home, you must fill in and submit form Notification – moving within Sweden (SKV 7845) to the Swedish Tax Agency, providing us with as much information as possible. If there is not enough room on the form, please write any additional information on a separate piece of paper and submit that with your form. This will help us to determine the address at which you should be registered. Remember to provide your contact details so that the Swedish Tax Agency can reach you.

• Form: Notification – moving within Sweden (SKV 7845), in Swedish
  

You can report your change of address even if you don’t have Swedish e-identification. Do it by completing form Anmälan – Flyttning inom Sverige (SKV 7845) instead. If you do not have access to a printer, we can assist you at one of our service centres.

• Form: Anmälan – Flyttning inom Sverige (SKV 7845), in Swedish

If you don’t find the answers to your questions, or are not sure what to do, feel free to contact the Swedish Tax Agency, and we’ll help you.

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