Compare Swedish Driving Schools in English
Find regulated traffic schools, compare real-time lesson prices normalized by hour, and read our comprehensive licensing guides designed specifically for expats and foreign residents.
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The Expat’s Step-by-Step Guide to getting a Driving License in Sweden
Sweden has a structured path for getting your driver’s license. The process is identical for Swedish citizens and foreign residents alike. Follow these three main milestones to succeed:
Permit & Eye Test
Apply for a driving permit (Körkortstillstånd) at Transportstyrelsen. You must also book an eye test (synintyg) at an optician or a doctor to complete the application.
Mandatory Safety Training
Complete two mandatory risk courses before booking your exams: Risk 1 (theory course on drugs, alcohol, and fatigue) and Risk 2 (skid track practice/halkbana). Providers set their own course language, so ask which language a session is run in before you book.
Theory & Practical Tests
Book your exams via Trafikverket. The theory test is available in English, one of 15 languages it is translated into. The driving test is not translated, and Trafikverket sets out no interpreter route for it. The only language arrangement it names is a sign language interpreter, booked in advance on 0771-17 18 19.
Rules for Exchanging Foreign Driving Licenses in Sweden
EU / EEA Driving Licenses
A valid driving license issued in any EU or EEA country stays valid in Sweden for as long as it is valid in the country that issued it, and it never has to be exchanged. If you become permanently resident in Sweden you can exchange it for a Swedish license without exams or safety training. Since 1 May 2026 an EEA license that was itself obtained by exchanging a license from outside the EEA can only be exchanged if it was issued after a passed driving test in an EEA country, if the original license came from the United Kingdom, the Faroe Islands, Switzerland or Japan, or if you held a license of the same category issued within the EEA for at least five years before settling in Sweden.
Non-EU / EEA Driving Licenses
A license issued outside the EU and EEA (for example the USA, India or Canada) is valid for one year from the day you are entered in the Swedish population register (folkbokföring). Licenses from the United Kingdom and the Faroe Islands are exempt from that limit and keep working however long you have been registered here. Licenses from the United Kingdom, the Faroe Islands, Switzerland and Japan can also be exchanged for a Swedish license without tests, and Swiss and Japanese holders have to apply before the year is up. Licenses from any other country outside the EEA cannot be exchanged, so the route is the complete Swedish licensing process, including both Risk courses and exams.
Directory of Swedish Driving Schools: Compare by Municipality
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