#52026XC03363EU update to Sweden’s Schengen border crossing points
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This update replaces the previously published list of Sweden’s official Schengen border crossing points. It identifies the airports and ports where people may legally cross Sweden’s external Schengen borders, including commercial ports, ferry terminals, and cruise ship locations. The practical impact is mainly operational. Airlines, ferry operators, cruise companies, freight operators, border authorities, and travel compliance teams should use the updated Swedish list when checking approved entry and exit points for non-Schengen border movements.
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Key Changes
- Replaces the previous EU-published list of Sweden’s Schengen border crossing points from July 2024
- Updates Sweden’s approved air border crossing points by listing airports and municipalities
- Updates Sweden’s approved maritime border crossing points for commercial vessels, ferries, and cruise ships
Obligations
What this law requires
For external Schengen air border movements into or out of Sweden, carriers and travel operators should route passengers only through the Swedish airports listed as official border crossing points in this update, including Arlanda, Göteborg/Landvetter, Malmö-Sturup, Stockholm-Skavsta, Umeå, Visby, Växjö, Örebro, and the other listed airports.
For commercial vessel movements at Sweden’s external Schengen borders, freight and port operators should use only harbours listed with the vessel category “Commercial” as approved border crossing points, such as Göteborgs hamn, Gävle hamnar, Helsingborgs hamn, Halmstad, Kalmar, and other listed commercial harbours.
For ferry traffic at Sweden’s external Schengen borders, ferry operators should use only harbours listed with the vessel category “Ferry”, including Åhus, Göteborgs hamn, and Helsingborgs hamn where applicable in the updated list.
For cruise ship calls involving external Schengen border crossings in Sweden, cruise operators should use only harbours listed with the vessel category “Cruise ship”, including Göteborgs hamn, Handelshamnen Karlskrona, and Helsingborgs hamn where applicable in the updated list.
Compliance teams should treat this update as replacing the prior Swedish border crossing point list published in OJ C/2024/4287 of 3 July 2024 when validating approved Swedish Schengen external border entry and exit points.