No visa needed

Do citizens of Sweden need a visa for the Netherlands?

Citizens of Sweden don’t need a visa for the Netherlands. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Sweden: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Stockholm — Amsterdam: ≈ 1,130 km, about 2 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Can I travel to the Netherlands without a visa on a Sweden passport?

Yes, citizens of Sweden don’t need a visa for the Netherlands. A valid passport is enough.

Netherlands visa rules at a glance

With a Sweden passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sweden passport ranks 6th of 199.
Sweden passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Netherlands passport: 122.
Citizens of Sweden and the Netherlands can travel together visa-free to 121 countries, for example: Estonia, Finland, Norway, Latvia, Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Belarus, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belgium, and Hungary.
Citizens of the Netherlands, in turn, don’t need a visa for Sweden. Sweden visa for citizens of the Netherlands

Travelling to the Netherlands: good to know

Stockholm — Amsterdam: about 1,130 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Dutch.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Netherlands is the 11th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sweden.