Temporary change of address

Which temporary change of address suits you?

Under 26 years and students pay half the price for temporary forwarding and for pausing the post.

Source: Svensk Adressändring: Price list, Skatteverket: Special postal address, Skatteverket: I am moving temporarily from my current address. Do I need to change my population registration?, Skatteverket: Flyttanmälan (change of address).

Do it step by step

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   Step 1: Work out how long you will be away and if you will be moving back.

2. 2

   Step 2: Less than a year and you are moving back: keep the population registration. More than a year: make flyttanmälan (notification of change of address) to the new address.

   § 7 § folkbokföringslag (1991:481), checked 5 October 2026

   § 25 § folkbokföringslag (1991:481), checked 3 October 2026

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   Step 3: Up to six months: order temporary mail forwarding on adressandring.se, at least 14 days.

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   Step 4: At least six months: notify Skatteverket of a special postal address, at the earliest one month before it is to take effect.

   § 25 § andra stycket folkbokföringslag (1991:481), checked 5 October 2026

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   Step 5: If you're just going away: pause your mail instead, 7 days up to 2 months.

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   Step 6: End the special postal address yourself when you get back. It does not end by itself.

Temporary forwarding with Svensk Adressändring

With temporary forwarding, post is sent to another address for a period you choose, from 14 days up to six months. After that, the post is delivered to your usual address again. It is suitable, for example, for a summer house, an internship period or the time between two homes. A household pays 160 kr in start fee and 80 kr per week, up to 798 kr. Under 26 years and students pay 80 kr and 40 kr per week, up to 399 kr. With an active student package, it costs nothing. If you pay by invoice, 49 kr is added.

Source: Svensk Adressändring: Temporary forwarding, Svensk Adressändring: Price list.

Special postal address with Skatteverket

If you want to have post to another address than the population registration address for at least six months, you register a special postal address with Skatteverket. It costs nothing, and the address can be in Sweden or abroad. Make the registration in advance, but not more than one month before the address is to take effect. If you do not have an e-identification, use form SKV 7844.

The special postal address does not expire when you report a move, so you must terminate it yourself in the same e-service. The population registration is not changed by it. How the population registration address, postal address and c/o are related is stated in the guide on where you should be registered.

Source: Skatteverket: Särskild postadress.

Do I need to change my population registration when I live somewhere else for a while?

No, not if the stay at the other address is less than a year and you plan to move back. That is the Skatteverket's answer to that question. If you live at the other address for more than a year, you must report a move there. If you are going to live abroad for more than a year, you do not report a special postal address, but a move abroad, see the guide on moving abroad.

Source: Skatteverket: I am moving temporarily from my current address. Do I need to change my population registration?, Skatteverket: Special postal address.

Pause the post when you travel

If you are not going to live somewhere else but just be away, Svensk Adressändring can store the post instead, from seven days up to two months. When the period is over, it is distributed at home. It costs 350 kronor for the household and 175 kronor for those under 26 or students. If you order with BankID, the service can start in six working days.

Source: Svensk Adressändring: Pause the post, Svensk Adressändring: Price list.

Are you moving for good?

Then it is a regular move: flyttanmälan to Skatteverket and, if you want, forwarding for 3, 6 or 12 months. The prices are stated in the guide on forwarding of post and what is free in change of address for free.

The law behind it

The sections summarised, with a link to the legal text on riksdagen.se.