Guidance

Sweden: Knowledge Base profile

This document contains information about Sweden to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 12 March 2024
• Last updated: 14 November 2025
  Show all updates

  1. 14 November 2025

     The Sweden guidance has been updated.

  2. 12 April 2024

     Updated to reflect a change in gender recognition legislation.

  3. 12 March 2024

     First published.

Documents

Sweden: Knowledge Base profile

HTML

Details

Knowledge Base is an information resource for HM Passport Office staff.

This document includes information about:

• names
• nationality
• adoptions
• surrogacy
• gender recognition
• civil partnerships and marriage
• documents from Sweden