Friday, January 23 | 2026
Friday, January 23 | 2026
Life is about testing new things, expanding the horizons and finding just the right thing our hearts beat for. It might happen that you left Sweden only to feel a longing to come back after some time apart.
You are not a Swedish citizen, you don’t have the citizenship and you might have cut all the ropes anchoring you to Sweden when you moved out.
Now you want to give it another try.
Start over again? You remember you had to do so many things when you first arrived, will you have to go through all those processes again?
One can change its mind, right?
Let’s embark on our exploration on what applies and what not together and make the return a pleasant and easy one.
You plan on staying in Sweden for longer than three months. Other than that, you don’t really need to do anything in order to come back to Sweden, unless you are going to work or if you need any kind of special financial support along the way.
Here apply many different rules and it is always advisable to visit Tax office and Immigration office first to ask about your specific case!
However, there are few things to bear in mind before returning to Sweden.
The most important factors are the time spent outside Sweden, time spent in Sweden before moving out and your personal/business connection to Sweden and the country you lived in.
If you had a residency permit (uppehållstillstånd) and lived outside Sweden up to three years you would have to live in Sweden before at least four years to keep your permit.
In other cases, the Immigration office will consider your connections to both lands, Sweden and your homeland. The first thing to do is fill in the application which you find on this page together with a lot of useful information – and then you just have to wait for the decision.
Good luck with returning to Sweden and if still in doubt whether to come back or not, check our article about the best things in Sweden!
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