23. Permission to enter Swedish airspace or waters

Applications must be sent to the Swedish Armed Forces HQ.

Swedish Armed Forces HQ
Operations Directorate/J3 
Diplomatic Clearance Branch
SE-107 85 Stockholm
Tel. +46 72 188 82 30
Fax: +46 8 788 7931
email: [email protected]

The Swedish Armed Forces should receive the applications as follows.

Applications for state transport aircraft, including non-commercial military transport and non-combat helicopters must be received two (2) working days prior to the visit (form 5.1)

Applications for military vehicles including non-combat military vehicles transporting combat vehicles as well as military helicopters must be received three (3) weeks prior to the visit (form 6).

Applications for naval vessels on unofficial or routine visits must be received three (3 weeks) prior to the visit (form 2).

Availability is limited during weekends.
Duty Officer: Tel. +46 8 788 75 00

Commercial flights

The following types of traffic require a permit from the Swedish Transport Agency:

1.   Scheduled air services and charters between Sweden and a third country.

2.   Third-country operators running scheduled air services and charters between Sweden and countries within the internal aviation market and for domestic aerial transports.

3.   Overflights of Swedish territory, except for scheduled air services  – if the right derives from a bilateral or multilateral agreement, or for flights other than scheduled air services by foreign aircraft  – if the right derives from the Convention on International Civil Aviation of 7 December 1944 (Chicago Convention).

4.   Specialised operations which will be carried out in Sweden by air carriers or aircraft operators from a third country.

5.   Taxi flights intended to be carried out as a domestic flight in Sweden by a third-country operator.

Applications for charter flights 

Applications for individual flights (ad hoc flights) must be received by the Swedish Transport Agency no later than 48 hours before the flight is scheduled to depart. Saturdays, Sundays and Swedish public holidays are not included in this time span.

For more information, visit the Swedish Transport Agency website.

Applications must be sent to: [email protected]