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Funeral items

If you wish to bring (import) items into Sweden for a funeral, you do not, in most cases, have to pay customs duty, VAT and other taxes. You can here read about the special rules that apply.

You do not have to pay customs duty, VAT and any other taxes on:

  • a coffin or urn containing the body or ashes of the deceased person; and, appertaining flowers, wreaths and other ornamentation
  • flowers, wreaths and other funerary ornamentation carried for private purposes by people resident in a country outside the EU and taking part in a funeral or coming to adorn a funerary memorial in the EU (Sweden).

Basis for manual customs declarations for imports

If you choose to handle your customs declaration yourself, you can provide the information on a simplified form and lodge it at a customs office where a customs officer will help you enter the declaration into our import system.

Find a customs office

Forms

Download the ‘Basis for manual customs declaration for imports’. If you have several different types of goods, you may also need a continuation form.

Help filling in the form

Use our guide to know what to write in the different fields of the form.

Guide for manual customs declaration for imports (in Swedish)

Applicable rules

  • Rådets förordning (EG) nr 1186/2009, artikel 113 (information about the council regulation in Swedish)
  • Lag (1994:1551) om frihet från skatt vid import, m.m., 2 kap. 2 § (information about Sweden's relief from tax on importation in Swedish)