Excellent coverage, no registration requirement, and prepaid SIMs sold in every Pressbyran kiosk. EU visitors roam free; everyone else should decide between a SEK 149 local top-up and an eSIM bought before departure.
- No registration is required - Sweden does not tie prepaid SIMs to an ID document, so it is a two-minute purchase at any Pressbyran or 7-Eleven.
- Telia has the best coverage in the far north, which is the one thing that matters if you are going to Kiruna, Abisko or the Lapland fells.
- Reckon on SEK 149 for 5 GB from Telia or SEK 250 for 10 GB from Telenor, both around a month.
- EU and EEA visitors need neither a SIM nor an eSIM - roam-like-at-home covers Sweden at no extra cost. UK visitors should check, as some operators reintroduced daily fees.
- Sweden runs on apps: tickets, parking, menus and museum entry all assume a working phone, and paper tickets barely exist on Stockholm transport.
Buying a SIM
- No registration is required. Sweden does not tie prepaid SIMs to an identity document, so it is a two-minute purchase.
- Pressbyran and 7-Eleven kiosks sell them in every station and city centre, as do the operator shops and supermarkets.
- Telia, Telenor and Tre own the networks; Comviq, Halebop and Hallon resell them.
- Telia has the best coverage in the far north, which matters if you are going to Kiruna, Abisko or the Lapland fells.
What a local SIM costs
| Operator | Typical prepaid top-up |
|---|---|
| Telia | from SEK 149 for 5 GB over 30 days |
| Telenor | SEK 100 for 1 GB, SEK 250 for 10 GB, both 31 days with unlimited Swedish calls and texts |
| Tre | about SEK 199 for 10 GB |
| Comviq | about SEK 175 for 8 GB over 31 days |
- Coverage is outstanding by any standard, including on trains and in most of the countryside.
- The far north is the exception. Above the Arctic Circle, away from the E10, there are long gaps and you should treat offline maps as essential.
eSIM
- All the networks support eSIM and so does Saily: USD 3.99 for 1 GB over 7 days, USD 9.99 for 5 GB over 30 days, USD 15.99 for 10 GB over 30 days.
- For a week in Stockholm the eSIM is the least effort and the price gap with a local kontantkort is small.
- EU and EEA visitors need neither. Roam-like-at-home means your domestic allowance works in Sweden at no extra cost, which covers most European visitors entirely.
- UK visitors should check. Post-Brexit UK roaming charges vary by operator and some have reintroduced daily fees.
Why connectivity matters more here
- Sweden runs on apps. Tickets, parking, restaurant menus, museum entry and increasingly payment all assume a working phone.
- Paper tickets barely exist on Stockholm public transport.
- BankID is the national identity app and underpins Swish and most Swedish services. Visitors cannot get one, which is why a foreign card matters.
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