Swedish citizenship fees: plan the costs

Application fees

An adult citizenship application costs 2,900 kr. A separate application for someone under 18 costs 475 kr. Since 6 June 2026 children apply separately through their guardians. An unsuccessful application is not refunded.

Nordic notification is a different route, with a 475 kr fee. Nordic citizenship does not automatically mean that notification is the right procedure. Check its residence and other conditions first.

Civics test fee

The test-fee provision first applies to sittings held in 2027: 2,000 kr paid to UHR for each sitting. Sittings held in 2026 are free. This amount comes from section 6 and the transitional provision of SFS 2026:451; UHR’s information page still says fee details will follow.

Do not add an assumed language-test fee to an official total. No bookable Swedish-language sitting or separate operational fee has been established in the checked UHR information.

Fee exemptions

The test-fee exemption covers a stateless person granted refugee status or a travel document by a Swedish authority. Migrationsverket also lists exemptions from the application fee for stateless refugees. Confirm the documentation and the relevant fee separately. An age exemption from a knowledge requirement is not a general application-fee exemption.

A budget is not a decision timeline

For one fee-paying adult and one paid civics sitting in 2027, the published components total 4,900 kr. This is a worked example, not a prediction that you need a test. Official Sverige i fokus study material is free. Optional practice products, travel, passport and other costs are outside the calculator.

Read the processing-time guide before planning around an application. Paying a fee does not reserve a decision date.