Bank Account

As you may need to open a bank account before you have received your “personnummer”, most banks issue an interim number (which they need to enable their computers to handle your account), and you will be able to apply for a cash card (uttagskort) to enable you withdrawals from the Bank’s ”Uttagsautomater” automatic teller machines all over Sweden. As soon as you have received your Personnummer from the Tax Department, notify your bank of your ”real” Personnummer.

Please note:

a) Contact your own bank to transfer money from your home country to Sweden.

b) Notify your bank, as you leave Sweden, to close your bank account.

c) ID cards from other EU countries are not accepted by Swedish banks.

• How to get a bank account