No visa needed

Do citizens of Sweden need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of Sweden don’t need a visa for Turkey and can stay up to 90 days. 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 — Ankara: ≈ 2,390 km, about 3.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Turkey without a visa on a Sweden passport?

Yes, citizens of Sweden don’t need a visa for Turkey for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Turkey 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; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of Sweden and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 64 countries, for example: Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Tunisia, Georgia, Palestine, Morocco, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Sweden. Sweden visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Stockholm — Ankara: about 2,390 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Stockholm 12:00 — Ankara 13:00.
Local currency: Turkish Lira.
Languages: Turkish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TRY 49.
Turkey is the 41st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sweden.