Move within the Nordic countries

How does population registration work between the Nordic countries?

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have a common agreement on population registration. The person moving between countries reports the move to the registration authority in the country they are moving to, within the time that applies there, and the countries then exchange the information. For you who are moving from Sweden, this means that you report the move in the new country if you are going to live there for six months or more, and that Skatteverket registers you as moved out the day you are registered there.

If you are going to be away for more than a year, you also submit a flyttanmälan (notification of change of address) to Skatteverket, on form SKV 7665. The e-service cannot be used when moving within the Nordic countries.

Source: Skatteverket: Moving within the Nordic countries, Skatteverket: Moving from Sweden, Law (2005:268) on the Nordic registration agreement (riksdagen.se).

Move to Denmark

Report your move to your new home municipality, to the citizens' services, no later than five days after you have moved to Denmark. Then you will receive a CPR number, the Danish personal number. As a Nordic citizen, you have the right to register with the population if you are going to live in Denmark for more than three months, and you are required to do so if you are going to live there for more than six months. Denmark is a member of the EU, so your removal goods do not require customs clearance.

Source: Info Norden: Population registration in Denmark, Tullverket (Swedish Customs): Move to and from Sweden

Move to Finland

If you come from another Nordic country, you visit the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV) in person and register as soon as possible, no later than one month after the move. If you move to Finland for more than a year, you will receive a Finnish personal identity code and a home municipality. The rules also apply to Åland.

Source: Digital and Population Data Services Agency: Move between the Nordic countries, Info Norden: Population registration in Finland

Move to Åland

On Åland, the State Department of Åland flyttanmälan handles population registration and personal identity codes. You visit them in person with a valid ID. The right of domicile on Åland does not prevent you from moving there, and you can buy a home with a permit to acquire land.

Åland is outside the EU's tax area. Therefore, the same rules apply to your removal goods as when you move to a country outside the EU, and they must be exported. More about this in the guide to removal goods and customs.

Source: Info Norden: Move to Åland, Tullverket: Move to and from Sweden, Tullverket: Move from Sweden to a country outside the EU.

Move to Iceland

If you are going to live in Iceland for at least six months, you must register with the population. Report your move within a week by visiting Þjóðskrá or the municipal office where you have moved. You will receive a kennitala, the Icelandic identity number, which you will keep for life. Iceland is not a member of the EU, so your removal goods must be exported.

Source: Info Norden: Population registration in Iceland, Tullverket: Move from Sweden to a country outside the EU

Move to Norway

Notification, ID check at the tax office, tax and car are in the guide to move to Norway from Sweden. Norway is not a member of the EU, so your removal goods must be exported when leaving Sweden.

Source: Tullverket: Moving from Sweden to a country outside the EU.

Move to Sweden from a Nordic country

As a citizen of another Nordic country, you do not need a residence permit to be registered in Sweden. If you are going to live here for at least one year, you register your move in Skatteverket's e-service Move to Sweden and visit a service office in person with a passport or national ID card. How the visit goes is described in the guide to moving to Sweden.

Source: Skatteverket: You are a citizen of another Nordic country, Info Norden: Moving to Sweden.

How to move within the Nordic countries

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   Step 1: Determine how long you will live in the new country. Six months or more: report your move there.

   § Appendix, Article 2 of the law on the agreement between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden on population registration (2005:268), checked 6 October 2026

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   Step 2: Book a visit to the registration authority and bring your passport or ID card: Borgerservice in the Danish municipality, DVV in Finland, the State Authority on Åland or Þjóðskrá on Iceland.

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   Step 3: Meet the deadline: five days in Denmark, one week on Iceland and one month in Finland after a move from another Nordic country.

4. 4

   Step 4: If you will be away for more than a year: also report your move to Skatteverket on form SKV 7665. The e-service does not work for moves within the Nordic countries.

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

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   Step 5: If you are moving to Norway, Iceland or Åland: declare your moving goods for export, either yourself or through the removal company.

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   Step 6: Report your move to Försäkringskassan (the Swedish Social Insurance Agency) and order forwarding of your mail. our advice

The law behind it

The rules summarized, with a link to the law text on riksdagen.se.