Guides for the move
When you move, you do three different things with your address. You notify Skatteverket (the Swedish Tax Agency) of the move, which is free and changes your population registration. You choose whether to have your post forwarded through Svensk Adressändring, which costs money. And you change it yourself wherever Skatteverket does not reach, such as the electricity network, associations and magazines. The guides below take them in turn.
Source: Skatteverket: Flyttanmälan, Skatteverket: Getting your post to the right address, Svensk Adressändring: Change of address and mail forwarding, Svensk Adressändring: Price list, Göteborg Energi: Moving.
By the editorial team, Flytthandboken. Updated . Last checked 2 October 2026.
The seven steps of a move
The address
- Skatteverket or Svensk Adressändring? Two different notifications: population registration is free, forwarding your post costs money.
- How do I make a flyttanmälan (notification of change of address)? In the e-service with an e-ID or on form SKV 7845, no later than a week after the move.
- What does mail forwarding cost? 698 to 998 kronor for a household, depending on the period. The change of address itself is free.
- How do I move with protected population registration? With written flyttanmälan, as the e-service does not work. The protection follows the personal identity number, and forwarding is ordered on a form.
- Where should I be registered? Where you sleep at least one night a week. A postal address and c/o are something else.
- Is the change of address free? Yes. Flyttanmälan and the change of address for post cost nothing. The forwarding costs from 698 kr.
- How do I get the mail to a different address for a while? Temporary post-delivery for up to six months, or a dedicated postal address free of charge at Skatteverket for at least six months.
Everything else you change
- Who gets my new address automatically? The authorities get it from Skatteverket. You change electricity contracts, broadband and associations yourself.
- How do I move my electricity? The grid agreement is signed with the grid company where you move in, in Gothenburg Gothenburg Energy. You choose the electricity supplier yourself.
- Can I cancel my broadband when I move? The binding period applies even when you move. In Gothenburg's city fibre network you choose a provider per address.
- Do I need to change the address on my car? No, Transportstyrelsen (the Swedish Transport Agency) gets it from Skatteverket. You arrange resident parking, insurance and charging box yourself.
- How do I move my firearms? Myself, unloaded and under supervision, to a security cabinet in the new home. The removal company does not take them without an agreement.
- How many moving boxes do I need? Roughly 0.8 per square metre by one removal company's rule of thumb, and where to rent them in Gothenburg.
- How do I change my healthcare centre when I move? On 1177.se, at most twice a year unless you have special reasons. You can change your dentist whenever you want.
The rental apartment
- What applies to my rental apartment when I move? The notice, the inspection and the keys, with the legal references in jordabalken (the Swedish Land Code).
- How long is the notice period for an apartment? Three months to the nearest end of a month. The calculator shows the day your contract ends.
- What happens at the move-out inspection? The pre-inspection, the final inspection and the keys, and when you pay for damage.
- How do I find a rental apartment? Housing queues city by city, private landlords, rent a house or row house and the difference from tenant-owned apartment.
- What says hyreslagen (the Swedish Tenancy Act)? The paragraphs in chapter 12 jordabalken in the order you meet them, the protection of possession and hyresnämnden.
- Can the landlord take a deposit? Yes, if you agree. The law has no rule about the amount, the guarantee can be terminated after two years and the municipality can provide a rental guarantee.
- How do I apply to hyresnämnden? In writing and free of charge to one of the eight boards, the one where the residence is located. With contact information and template.
- Can I assign my rental contract? Only with the landlord's yes, or the Rental Tribunal's permission to a close relative who has lived with you. Husband or partner after division of property can take over directly.
- How does Stockholms bostadsskö work? $200 per year from 18 years old. The average lease period for a regular rental right was $9,0 in 2025.
Subletting and swapping
- Can I sublet my rental apartment? With your landlord's consent, or permission from the hyresnämnden if you have a valid reason.
- Can I sublet my tenant-owned apartment? With the board's consent or permission from the hyresnämnden. The rules changed on 1 July 2026.
- How do I swap rental apartments? Both landlords' consent, or permission from the hyresnämnden, and usually one year of residence.
- What rules apply to a lodger? Jordabalken for a rental apartment, the Private Letting Act for a home you own. With a contract template.
- Which rental contract should I use? Jordabalken or the Private Rental Act, with templates for villa, residential right, second hand and property.
- What applies when I rent out my house? Private Rental Law from 1 July 2026: agreed rent, three months' notice, no protection against eviction and 40,000 kr in standard deduction.
Buy home
- What is the cost of registration of title and mortgage deed? Stamp duty 1.5 per cent plus 825 kr for registration of title, 2 per cent plus 375 kr for new mortgage deeds. With calculator.
- What happens from contract to move when I buy a home? The contract, the loan, the access that is the date of the move, the legal flight or membership and flyttanmälan, in order.
- How much cash do I need to bet? At least 10 percent of the price since 1 April 2026.The hand money is paid by it on the contract, the rest on the entry date.
- What happens on the entry day? You pay the rest of the price, get the keys and, for a house, the purchase letter. Checklist for the day and template to the seller.
- Do I need to check the home before the purchase? For houses there is an examination obligation under jordabalken. For housing rights no, but what you should have noticed you cannot complain about.
- How do I review the association before I buy a housing right? Key figures of the annual report, the maintenance plan, genuine or ungenuine association, and the membership examination of the board.
- Housing rights, rental rights or ownership rights? What you have, how to move out and if you can rent out, for rental rights, rental rights, ownership rights, ownership rights and cooperative rental rights.
- What applies when I buy a new-built home? Preliminary agreement with a seven-day consideration period, lease, final inspection and rights if the move-in is delayed.
- What should I arrange when I move to or from a house? Water, sewage and waste collection change owners, chimney sweeping follows the house, you sign up for electricity yourself. Read the meters on the day of moving in.
- Can I live permanently in my holiday home? Yes. You are registered where you sleep, and no building permit is required to start living there year-round.
Sell home
- What happens when I sell my home and move? Contract, tax, defects after the sale and move-out before moving in, in that order.
- How much tax do I pay when I sell? 22 percent of the profit. If you buy a new home, you can get a deferral of up to 3 million kronor.
- How long am I responsible for defects in the house I sold? Up to ten years from the move-in date for a house. For a tenant-owned apartment, the buyer complains no later than two years after the move-in date.
- Who pays the property fee the year I sell? The person who owns the house on 1 January pays for the whole year. The buyer and seller can share it in the settlement.
- What applies when I sell my tenant-owned apartment? Written transfer agreement, the buyer must be accepted as a member and the association's fees according to the statutes.
- What should be left and how cleaned should it be? Fixed furnishings, stove, refrigerator and keys are included with the house. The apartment should be well cleaned if nothing else is agreed.
Separation and estate of a deceased person
- What do you do when someone dies, and what happens to the home? Checklist in case of death, mortgage, debts, inheritance change and the resignation of the home by the mortgage.
- How do you change the address for an estate of a deceased person? A new address with Skatteverket on SKV 8403 and forwarding for all other post, in nine steps.
- Who can stay when couples or spouses move apart? The sharing within one year for couples, who needs the house best and what happens to the rental contract.
- How to empty a mortal estate? The shareholders decide together, the bookmark values the things, and the rental right can be terminated with a one-month termination period.
- When does the mortal estate have to apply for a legal order? When it is to sell or give away the property. The expedition fee is SEK 825 and no stamp tax is paid.
Cost, damage and complaints
- What is the cost of moving and what will you get back? The cost, box deduction, double settlement, housing allowance and insurance, combined.
- What does it cost to move? Add up the quotes, the van, double rent and mail forwarding, with the RUT tax deduction subtracted.
- What about home insurance and damages? Home insurance on two addresses and what to do when the relocation company hurts something.
- The removal company damaged something, what do I do? Complain in writing, and report to ARN (the National Board for Consumer Disputes) within one year if the claim is at least 750 kronor.
- What is included in a home insurance, and what happens when I move? Rescuers, liability, protection, assault and travel. The new insurance is valid on both addresses for 14 to 45 days.
- Can I get housing allowance when I move? Young people aged 18 to 28 and families with children are looking for housing allowance at Försäkringskassan (the Swedish Social Insurance Agency), retirees at Pensionsmyndigheten (the Swedish Pensions Agency). Notify the move within 14 days.
- Can I get a move leave and a move allowance? A move allowance is governed by the collective agreement. Employer's move allowance is tax-free when you change workplace.
- Can I get a deduction for double accommodation? Yes, if you moved for work over 50 km and retained the residence: the residence for two years, home trips and 90 kr per day the first month.
Moving out of home and moving abroad
- Moving from home, abroad or to the elderly? The guides for the first accommodation, student accommodation, overseas relocation and the relocation of the elderly.
- How do I get a student accommodation? The status and study requirements of the student accommodation hosts, the location of the study places in 2026 and the population record.
- What do I need when I move out of my parents' home? Your own home insurance, a flyttanmälan and a budget. The calculator is based on Konsumentverket's example.
- How do I report that I am moving abroad? To Skatteverket no later than a week before you leave, if you will live there for a year or more.
- How do I choose a removal company for moving abroad? Three quotes with labour and transport listed separately, and the RUT tax deduction only within the EU/EEA and Switzerland.
- How does the move to senior or senior residence take place? Application to the municipality, residence estimate for senior and security residence, termination period and template for the termination.
- Do I have to pay tax in Sweden when I have moved abroad? Yes, as long as you have a significant connection here. Otherwise, SINK on Swedish pension and salary: 22.5 percent 2026.
- How do I move back to Sweden? Notify the move to Skatteverket if you are going to stay here for at least one year, and visit an identity check service office.
- What do I need to do to move to Spain? Register after three months, report the move to Skatteverket and apply for certificate S1 if you are retired.
- Where do I report the move to Denmark, Finland or Iceland? In the country you are moving to, if you are to stay there for at least six months. Skatteverket print you the day you are registered there.
- Do I have to pay customs duties for the moving goods? Not within the EU. From a non-EU country, goods may become duty-free if you have lived there for one year and owned them for six months.
- How do I move to Norway from Sweden? Register the move in Norway if you are to stay there for at least six months, with ID check at a tax office. No residence permit is required.
- What is required to move to the United States? A visa: ESTA is only sufficient for visits up to 90 days. Notify your move to Skatteverket a week before.
- How do I move to another city? The housing first, then the relocation company or the trail easy way. Only the work of the relocation company gives box extracts.
- How do I get a coordination number? An authority or a university requests it, or you apply yourself to Skatteverket and show up at a service centre.
Decluttering, selling and moving yourself
- What do you do with what’s wrong? Sell, donate, containers, remove and move yourself with the trailer.
- Should I sell, donate or throw away the furniture? The decision guide tells you, and transport to a second-hand shop qualifies for a 25 per cent RUT tax deduction.
- Can I leave the trailer in another town? With rental firms that offer one-way hire. The driving licence check shows whether category B is enough.
- What does it cost to rent storage during the move? The lowest published prices were from 165 to 376 kronor per month. The rent gives no RUT tax deduction.
- How much does it cost to rent a trailer? From $249 for four hours at OKQ8, three hours free at Use4Free. with a B driver's license up to 750 kg, or 3 500 kg with the car.
- How much does it cost to rent containers? In Gothenburg 3 038 kr plus 4 250 kr per ton of gross waste (2026). On the street the police's permission is required, 990 kr.
- What is the cost of deforestation of rough debris? In Gothenburg 775 kr for the municipal collection of not more than 1.5 cubic meters (2026). Transport to the recycling does not provide a box deduction.
- How do I move the washing machine, the refrigerator and the safe? The transport insurance in the washing machine, the refrigerator upright before starting, the electric installation for the fireplace and the weight of the safe in the contract.
- How to move a piano? With a move company who knows about it in advance according to Bohag 2010.The fly requires its own agreement, and the work provides field extracts.
- What do I need to know before I rent a moving car? The B driver's license is up to 3,500 kg. Check your own risk, take a picture of the car and find out the price per kilometer.
Children and pets
- What do children and animals need when you move? The pets in the register and on the trip, and how children are prepared for the move.
- Can the child stay in school when we move? Yes, school year out. Preschool will be offered by the new municipality within four months, and in the case of joint custody the consent of both guardians is required.
- Do I need to change the address in the dog and cat register? For cats, the address is updated via flyttanmälan. Registration costs SEK 40, owner change within four weeks.
Gothenburg
- Where do I take furniture in Gothenburg? Kretsloppsparken Alelyckan, the shops that collect and the city's collection-at-home service.
- How do I get a single piece of furniture home? Trailer, removal company or courier firm. A purchase from a private individual gives no RUT tax deduction.
- What do I sort out with Göteborgs Stad? Resident parking, preschool, school, health centre and, for a house, water and waste.
- How do I get a student apartment in Gothenburg? The queues at SGS, Chalmers Studentbostäder and Boplats, study requirements and notice. With template.
- How does Gothenburg's housing system work? Boplats Väst, the municipal housing companies, private queues and tenants' income requirements.
Company move
- How to move a business? The location, address of Bolagsverket (the Swedish Companies Registration Office), the relocation company, IT and customers, in that order.
- How long is the termination period for a local? Nine months until the next change of month unless otherwise agreed, and in writing.
- How does the company change the address of Bolagsverket? The address, seat and corporate order, and who gets the task forward.
- What should we do before the office move? Local, moving company, IT, warehouse, address and customers, with when each point is made.
- Can the company deduct moving costs? Costs in the business are deducted as other operating expenses. RUT tax deduction does not apply to companies.
- What applies to office moves in Stockholm? Loading on the street, office waste and moving companies with their own page on office moves.
- What is the case for office moves in Gothenburg? Dispens for the moving car, the waste from the office and three controlled moving companies.
- What applies to office moves in Malmö? Loading on the street, office waste and moving companies with their own page on office moves.
Your moving plan
Enter your moving date and tick what applies to you, and you get everything above in the right order, with dates. Everything is calculated in your browser.
Make your moving listAll the templates, from the notice of termination to the power of attorney for an estate of a deceased person, can be filled in and downloaded under templates for the move.
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