3.2.4 Personal identity number

Staff members, their family members and private servants who wish to apply for a personal identity number may do so if they are to reside in Sweden for more than one year. Personal identity numbers given to staff members of diplomatic missions and consular posts are sometimes referred to as “immunity numbers”. 

Personal identity numbers are registered in the Swedish Population Address Register (SPAR) and facilitate everyday transactions and contact with banks, medical and health care institutions, and schools. A personal identity number does not, in itself, give access to the Swedish social security system or other residence-based welfare benefits.