Current travel advisories for Sweden

Last Update: Monday, 20. January 2020 at 07:22

Travelling Sweden is (relatively) safe.

Travel warnings for this region [to world map].

Current situation : 1.5 / 5

Sweden is a country in Europe (Northern Europe) with around 10 million citizens and a land mass of 449,964 km². We detected travel advisories from 4 sources for this country.

Bordering countries: 1.5 / 5

Sweden shares land borders with Norway and Finland. For these countries, the individual warning index is 1.6 (Norway) and 1.3 (Finland). See danger map of the region.

Single advisories / travel warnings

Canadian government

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/sweden

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:

Danger level: 0

Exercise normal security precautions.

US American government

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/sweden-travel-advisory.html

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Exercise normal precautions in Sweden. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page.

Danger level: 1

Irish government

https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/sweden/

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Normal precautions

Danger level: 1

Normal precautions.

New Zealand government

https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/sweden

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Exercise increased caution in Sweden due to the threat of terrorism.

Danger level: 2

Exercise increased caution / Some Risk.

Finnish government

https://um.fi/resemeddelande/-/c/SE

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Iaktta normal försiktighet - Enligt svenska säkerhetspolisen SÄPO är terrorhotnivån i Sverige fortfarande 3 på en femgradig skala http://www.sakerhetspolisen.se/ovrigt/pressrum/aktuellt/aktuellt/2017-02-19-terrorhotnivan-oforandrad.html

Danger level: 2

Travel is usually safe. .

If there is more than one advisory/message of a single government for a given country, it indicates regional differences in means of security for your personal health and well-being. Single messages can indicate specific regions to be safer or less safe as mentioned in the main advisory. In these cases it's advisable to consult your own governments information.

Warnindex Description

Extreme Warning (index value: 4.5 - 5)

You should avoid any trips. A high warning index is a sound indicator of potential harm to your health and well-being.

High Risk (index value: 3.5 - 4.5)

Travel should be reduced to a necessary minimum and be conducted with good preparation and high attention.

Medium Risk (index value: 2.5 - 3.5)

Warnings often relate to specific regions within a country. However, high attention is still advised when moving around.

Low Risk (index value: 0 - 2.5)

Usually this is an indicator that travelling in this country is relatively safe. Higher attention is advised with values > 1.

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Country information

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Basic facts

Citizens: around 10 million
Covering landmass: 449,964 km²
Electricity: 230V - 50Hz
Currency: Krona (SEK)
ISO 2-Letter Code: SE
Phone prefix: +46
Top Level Domain: .se
Mobile frequencies (MHz): 900/1800/3G

Airports in Sweden (extern)

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Note of the displayed travel advisories

These trabel advisories are automatically gathered. We use the RSS Feeds of the corresponding authorities of the single countries. In some cases, we analyse the website itself. Since the information originates from different countries and different countries have different understanding of danger and danger levels. Thus, the information displayed is an automized and normalized representation with no right to completeness and correctness. If a country is not shown, it doesn't necessarily mean it's safe. The information shown if a first indicator.