Patients from other countries

EU/EEA countries
Patients from other EU/EEA countries must be able to provide an EU card in order to be entitled to essential treatment in Sweden. The patient is then entitled to essential medical and dental treatment for the same patient fee as residents of Sweden. The patient is also covered by the high-cost protection scheme for appointment fees and medicine, as well as by the county council’s regulations for patient transport. This also applies to Swedish citizens residing in other EU/EEA countries.

If the patient has no EU card then he/she will have to pay the entire cost of treatment.

Patients resident in any other of the Nordic countries can simply give their name and address details for the country of residence.

EU/EEA countries currently include Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the UK, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Austria. Switzerland is also included in these regulations via a special healthcare agreement.

Other countries with agreements
In addition to the EU/EEA countries, Sweden also has healthcare agreements with other countries. Patients from Algeria and Australia are entitled to emergency medical and dental treatment for the same fees as residents of Sweden. The patient must show his/her passport.  

Patients from Quebec in Canada must show an insurance certificate from Quebec and a work permit or registration certificate from a Swedish educational establishment in order to be entitled to emergency treatment for the same fees as Swedish residents.

Patients from the rest of the world
Foreign patients who are not Swedish citizens and who do not come from EU or EEA countries pay the entire cost of treatment themselves, in the event of emergency treatment as well. Swedish citizens who live outside the EU/EEA receive both outpatient and emergency hospital treatment for the same fees as residents. In the case of planned care, the fee is determined by whether or not the patient can receive satisfactory treatment in their country of residence. For example, if the patient lives in the US, the patient must pay the entire cost of planned treatment him/herself.    

Asylum seekers
Asylum seekers pay the fees that were established in ordinance 1994:362. The person requiring treatment should be able to show an LMA card certifying that the patient is registered as an asylum seeker.