How do I work out when the contract ends?
Add three months from the day you give notice and go forward to the next end of a month. The notice must be in writing if you have rented for longer than three months. The calculator, how to send the notice and the template are in the guide to notice periods for an apartment.
Source: Jordabalken, 12 kap. (riksdagen.se).
What do I do once the notice is sent?
Keep the landlord's confirmation and the date the contract ends. That date decides the rest of the move: when the removal company comes, when the move-out cleaning must be finished and when the keys are handed over. The next step is to book a removal company.
Does the same notice period apply to commercial premises?
No. For a premises, the notice period is nine months to the end of the month, unless otherwise agreed, according to 12 kap. 4 §. More about that in the guide on renting and terminating premises.
Source: Jordabalken, 12 kap. (riksdagen.se).
Templates for the step
Fill in and download the template as Word or PDF, or copy the text and fill in what is in square brackets. Where there are formal requirements, the legal provision is shown under the template. All templates are under templates for the move.
Letter: Notice of termination of tenancy agreement To: The landlord, or whoever receives the rent on the landlord's behalf
The template is in Swedish because it goes to a Swedish recipient.
- Notice must be in writing if you have rented for longer than three months. Oral notice is only enough if the landlord gives you a written acknowledgement (12 kap. 8 § jordabalken (the Swedish Land Code)).
- Send it as a registered letter to the landlord's usual address. Notice is then deemed given when the letter was handed in for postal delivery (12 kap. 8 § fourth paragraph jordabalken). Keep the receipt.
- If you hand the letter in person or use the landlord's e-service or email: keep the landlord's written confirmation. It shows that the notice has arrived (our advice).
- If you rent from a private individual (sublet or private letting): the Private Letting Act (2026:772) applies to agreements from 1 July 2026. Under it, it is enough to send the notice to an email address the landlord has given for messages about the agreement (6 kap. 8 §).
- If two of you are on the contract: both sign (our advice).
- Use the calculator in the guide Notice period for an apartment to work out the day the agreement ends.
Email: Asking about an earlier end date To: The landlordour advice
The template is in Swedish because it goes to a Swedish recipient.
- The law gives no right to a shorter notice period. Count on the old date until you have a written answer.
- Once the apartment is available to let, you must let it be shown at a reasonable time (12 kap. 26 § jordabalken).
Email: Times for viewing of terminated apartment To: Landlordour advice
The template is in Swedish because it goes to a Swedish recipient.
- Once the apartment is available to let, you must let it be shown at a reasonable time (12 kap. 26 § jordabalken).
- The landlord needs a clear permit to enter with their own key. A note in the mailbox is not enough (Hyresgästföreningen (the Swedish Union of Tenants)). The choice in the template is your permit, or your no.
- The number of days in advance is not specified by law; write what suits you (our advice).
The law behind the step
The sections summarised, with a link to the legal text on riksdagen.se.
12 kap. 4 § jordabalken (1970:994), checked 3 October 2026
A tenancy agreement of indefinite duration for a residential apartment can, unless a longer notice period has been agreed, be terminated for the end of the month that falls nearest after three months from the notice.
12 kap. 5 § jordabalken (1970:994), checked 3 October 2026
If the tenancy agreement concerns a residential apartment, the tenant may always terminate the agreement to end at the end of a month that falls at least three months after notice is given.
12 kap. 8 § jordabalken (1970:994), checked 3 October 2026
Notice must be in writing if the tenancy has lasted longer than three months; the tenant may give notice orally if the landlord provides a written acknowledgement. If it is sent by registered letter, notice is deemed given when the letter is handed in for postal delivery to the recipient's usual address.
12 kap. 1 d § jordabalken (1970:994), checked 3 October 2026
Contract terms that conflict with a provision of the chapter have no effect against the tenant, unless otherwise stated.
12 kap. 26 § jordabalken (1970:994), checked 3 October 2026
When the apartment is vacant for letting, the tenant is obliged to allow it to be shown at a suitable time.
6 kap. 1 och 2 §§ privatuthyrningslag (2026:772), checked 3 October 2026
When a private individual lets, the tenant may always give notice on a fixed-term agreement, and an agreement that runs until further notice can be terminated, for the end of a month at least three months from the notice. The law applies from 1 July 2026; older agreements follow lagen (2012:978) om uthyrning av egen bostad.
6 kap. 7 § privatuthyrningslag (2026:772), checked 3 October 2026
Notice must be in writing, but the tenant may give notice orally if the landlord gives a written acknowledgement. Notice has been given when the recipient has received it.
6 kap. 8 § privatuthyrningslag (2026:772), checked 3 October 2026
If the recipient has given an electronic address for messages about the agreement, notice is deemed given when it was sent there; registered mail to the recipient's usual address counts from the time of posting.
6 kap. 4 § bostadsrättslag (1991:614), checked 3 October 2026
A contract to sell a tenant-owned apartment must be in writing and signed by the seller and the buyer, and state the apartment and the price.
12 kap. 7 § jordabalken (1970:994), checked 5 October 2026
After the lease period has expired, the tenant must leave the apartment at the latest the following day and at the latest at 12 o'clock on that day keep it available to the person to enter. If the day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, other public holiday, mid-summer evening, Christmas evening or New Year's Eve, the next weekday will take place.
Links for the step
- Statute Jordabalken (1970:994), 12 kap.
- Statute Privatuthyrningslag (2026:772)
