No visa needed

Do citizens of Sweden need a visa for the United Arab Emirates?

Citizens of Sweden don’t need a visa for the United Arab Emirates 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 — Abu Dhabi: ≈ 4,790 km, about 6.5 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 the United Arab Emirates without a visa on a Sweden passport?

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

United Arab Emirates 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; United Arab Emirates passport: 127.
Citizens of Sweden and the United Arab Emirates can travel together visa-free to 107 countries, for example: Estonia, Finland, Norway, Latvia, Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Belarus, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Belgium.
Citizens of the United Arab Emirates, in turn, don’t need a visa for Sweden. Sweden visa for citizens of the United Arab Emirates

Travelling to the United Arab Emirates: good to know

Stockholm — Abu Dhabi: about 4,790 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2 hours.
Local time: Stockholm 12:00 — Abu Dhabi 14:00.
Local currency: United Arab Emirates Dirham.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ AED 3.67.
United Arab Emirates is the 72nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sweden.