Register your address with your local tax office. You can find their address in the phone book under ”Lokala skattemyndigheter” (local tax authorities).

You will eventually be given a “personnummer” (personal identity number) comprising your date of birth plus four control digits. If you are staying in Sweden for less than one year you will be given a ”samordningsnummer” (coordination number). Your personal identity number/coordination number will be used in various contexts in your contacts with various authorities such as Försäkringskassan (the Swedish Social Insurance Administration), but most importantly when you apply for the document ”Rätt till uppehåll som EU-medborgare” (right of residence as an EU citizen). You can obtain the document from the Migrationsverk (the Swedish Migration Board). If you are sure that your stay in Sweden will last for at least one year you can apply for an “uppehållstillstånd” (residence permit) from the Swedish Migration Board.

Edits required applying to New Zealand citizens

Reproduction based on information from the European Communities, information may have been altered to apply to New Zealand citizens.