Report a change of address as a student

Are you studying at a university or college?

You need to report a change of address if you are going to move to another town or city in order to study at a university or a college. As a rule, you must be registered as living in that town or city.

Are you going to study abroad?

If you are planning to study abroad for one year or more, you must notify the Swedish Tax Agency that you are moving away from Sweden. The same applies if you extend an intended shorter stay abroad to one year or more.

You must include university or college holidays in your period of study abroad. This rule applies even if you return to Sweden for the holidays.

You report your move away from Sweden by filling in this form:

Notification: Moving abroad (SKV 7665b)

If you move to another Nordic country to study, you might be registered as living in that country. It depends on the rules that apply in the country in question. If you are registered in the other Nordic country, you will no longer be registered as living in Sweden. This applies from your date of registration in the other country.

Moving away from Sweden

Are you moving to Sweden to study?

There are several things you need to do when you report a move to Sweden, depending on whether you have a residence permit for studies, or right of residence.

Moving to Sweden

Are you an international student?

Are you moving from Sweden after your studies?

If you are an international student and you are moving away from Sweden after completing your studies, you must notify the Swedish Tax Agency of your move. You report your move away from Sweden by filling in this form:

Notification: Moving abroad (SKV 7665b)

Are you moving from your place of study, but remaining in Sweden?

If you are moving within Sweden after completing your studies, you must notify the Swedish Tax Agency of your new address. If you have eID that is accepted by the Swedish Tax Agency, you should submit your notification via our e-service. If you do not have eID, use this form instead:

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

Are you studying at a Swedish folk high school (“folkhögskola”)?

You might need to report a change of address if you are moving into on-campus accommodation. You might have dual residence if you have access to more than one place of residence and spend at least one night a week at another of these places.

Livin at different addresses (in Swedish)

You should not report changes to your population registration details if you are going to live in on-campus accommodation for less than a year, and then move back to your previous home.

Are you are attending lower or upper secondary school?

You must still be registered at the address of your parents if you are under 18 years old and live away from home for lower or upper secondary school education, or an equivalent study programme. This rule applies as long as the studies you started before your 18th birthday are ongoing. However, it only applies until your 21st birthday.

Do you live at more then one address?

Dual residence means you have more than one place of residence, and you spend at least one-seventh of your time at each one. An example of dual residence is if you still spend one night a week at your previous home. However, you can only be listed at one address in the Swedish Population Register. When the Swedish Tax Agency assesses where you should be registered, we take your overall circumstances into consideration. We consider the following, for example:

• whether you live with family members at any of your places of residence (family members include your spouse, registered partner, cohabiting partner or children who still live at home)
• the location of your workplace
• the location of your university or college if you are studying
• the size and standard of each of your places of residence
• how often, and for how long, you stay at each of your places of residence

Livin at different addresses (in Swedish)