Alcohol from a country outside the EU

You may bring alcohol into Sweden tax-free when travelling from a country outside the EU if the alcohol is for personal use (or for your family) and you are personally transporting the goods into Sweden.

You must be at least 20 years of age to bring alcohol into Sweden. Also, duty- and tax-free import of alcohol to Sweden from countries outside the EU by private individuals is limited to a traveller´s allowance of certain quantities of goods. Customs duties and Swedish excise must be paid on alcohol products in quantities over the traveller´s allowance.

Note that you are not allowed to order alcohol on the Internet from a country outside the EU.

For travellers living in Sweden, duty- and tax-free importation only applies if:

the traveller is arriving in Sweden on a commercial airline or
the traveller´s trip abroad was longer than 20 hours or
the alcohol has been taxed in the Åland Islands or Norway.

The following quantities of alcohol are included in the traveller´s allowance:

1 litre of liquor or 2 litres of fortified wine (including sparkling wine)
4 litres of wine
16 litres of beer

The following customs duties and excise must be paid on alcohol products in excess of the traveller´s allowance:

Liquor: 4 SEK/litre in duties, 253 SEK/litre in tax
Fortified wine: 2 SEK/litre in duties, 67 SEK/litre in tax
Wine: 1 SEK/litre in duties, 30 SEK/litre in tax
Beer over 3.5%: 3 SEK/litre in duties, 16 SEK/litre in tax

Definitions

Liquor: beverages with an alcohol content over 22 per cent by volume
Fortified wine: beverages with an alcohol content over 15, but not over 22 per cent by volume
Wine: Non-fortified wine and other alcoholic beverages other than beer, with an alcohol content between 3.5 and 15 per cent by volume
Beer: Beverages with an alcohol content over 3.5 per cent by volume.

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