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Sierra Leone visa for citizens of Sweden

Citizens of Sweden get a Sierra Leone visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Sweden: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Stockholm — Freetown: ≈ 6,240 km, about 8.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Sierra Leone without a visa on a Sweden passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Sweden get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Sierra Leone 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; Sierra Leone passport: 39.
Citizens of Sweden and Sierra Leone can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde, Seychelles, Bahamas, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Malawi, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Belize, and Malaysia.
Citizens of Sierra Leone, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Sweden. Sweden visa for citizens of Sierra Leone

Travelling to Sierra Leone: good to know

Stockholm — Freetown: about 6,240 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Stockholm 12:00 — Freetown 10:00.
Local currency: Sierra Leonean Leone.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ SLE 25.
Sierra Leone is the 102nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sweden.