Send a parcel to Sweden

Customs, Prohibitions and Restrictions

• In order to check that your items are not prohibited or restricted, please check our dedicated page here 

• Should you require specific customs advice and the latest rules please visit the Swedish customs website

Exporting alcohol to Sweden 

Alcohol sent to Sweden can only be sent to business addresses as private individuals are not allowed to import any kind of alcohol into Sweden. 

If sending alcohol to a business address, the importer/consignee must be a registered alcohol importer with Swedish tax authorities. 
 

Buying dietary supplements online 

A dietary supplement is a food product intended to supplement a normal diet. Dietary supplements are covered by Sweden’s foodstuffs legislation. Various rules apply to buying dietary supplements online. 
 

Dietary supplement or medicine? 

It can be difficult to know whether your goods are a dietary supplement (i.e. a foodstuffs product) or a medicine. If it is claimed that goods prevent or treat illness, said goods are classified as a medicine. If goods are a medicine, rules different to those for dietary supplements apply. To be sure that you are not ordering a medicine, you should check the description of the goods both on the goods and on the packaging. 

If you are unsure whether your product is a dietary supplement or a medicine, you can contact the Swedish Medical Products Agency before you place an order. 

Medicines (information from the Swedish Medical Products Agency). 

If you happen to order a dietary supplement that is classified as a medicine and we seize your goods, you will receive a decision from us. This decision will state what you are to do. 
 

Buying from a country outside the EU 

When you buy a dietary supplement online from a country outside the EU, you have to pay customs duty, VAT and any other taxes. Customs duty depends on the composition of the goods and the country from which they are coming. For dietary supplements (i.e. foodstuffs), VAT is 12 per cent. 

On certain items, where the VAT rate is not 25% - which is mainly books and magazines - these may go out in the ordinary VAT flow where VAT and other charges are added. If this happens it could result in your customers being charged VAT additionally on delivery along with a small handling fee. If this happens and a customer is overcharged in this way, they can contact Swedish Customs to claim it back. We are continuing to work with the Swedish Post and will provide an update once this issue has been resolved.  

Please note: There may be instances where PostNord have to produce full customs declarations locally irrespective of item value or the VAT scheme used. In any such instances, handling fees of 175 SEK will be payable locally. 
 

This is for information only and should not be considered to have legal basis. Where doubt exists appropriate legal advice should be sought.

Bank Holidays & Non-Working Days

• Bank Holidays for this year in Sweden can be found here 
• Typical Non-Working Days in Sweden are: Saturday and Sunday 

Postcode Areas

• There are currently three different delivery speeds across the different regions of Sweden for globalpriority Europe 
• The attached PDF summarises the details for each of the Swedish regions. 
  SE Postcodes Apr20 v1 241224.pdf (PDF 232.19 kb) 

Additional information

High Level Standard Offered By Swedish Post

General Advice

• In order to ensure a delivery on time, please ensure that your parcel has the full, correct address, an email address in the correct format and a mobile or landline number for the intended recipient. This will help the delivery partner to ensure the parcel is delivered correct first time. This should be clearly marked on the parcel. 
• Timescales shown above do not include delays caused by destination country customs processes. Please be aware that customs could add additional time to your parcel delivery. 

Product Specific Advice

• The definition of 'working days' and other important information can be found here 

    europriority parcels 

• B2B parcels are delivered direct to the recipient. B2C parcels are delivered to a parcel shop for collection locally. 

   globalexpress parcels

• To avoid delivery / customs issues, our carrier partners request that a full name is mandatory for globalexpress parcels (e.g. Mr John Smith) 
• globalexpress transit times are based upon collection times, sender and recipient locations. 

   globalpriority Europe 

• These services to Sweden are collection only. 
• Please note - Tyres are permitted via our globalpriority Europe service and not europriority as per our carrier partner regulations.