How to address a letter to Sweden

Learn how to address and mail letters to Sweden - with address examples and many tips.

How to write an address to Sweden

Here’s what a typical address in Sweden looks like for postal mail.

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Recipient name

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Street name House number

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Postal code City

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Country

Learn more about addresses in Sweden

Address example Sweden
Basic structure:

Sven Nilsson
Nyby 10
123 45 Lillbyn
SWEDEN

Address example Sweden
With additional Information:

Sven Nilsson
Lgh 3, 2 tr
Nyby 10
123 45 Lillbyn
SWEDEN

Address example Sweden
For P.O. box:

Postbolagen AB
Box 112
111 81 Stockholm
SWEDEN

Postal information

Country name

Sweden

Postal code format

Starts with "SE-" followed by 5 digits (eg: SE-012 34)

Standard address field position

Bottom right

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^(?:SE)*(\d{5})$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

SE

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

SWE

UN M49 numeric country code

752

Country information

Flag

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Common name (English)

Sweden

Official name (English)

Kingdom of Sweden

Native name

Konungariket Sverige (Sverige)

Capital

Stockholm

Continent

Europe

Subregion

Northern Europe

Area

450,295 km2

Borders with

Currency

SEK (Swedish krona, Symbol: kr)

Time zone

UTC+01:00

Total population

10,605,098

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