National identity card (Sweden)
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The Swedish national identity card (
The card can be used for travelling to and staying in
The card is often carried by people who often travel internationally, but also the most used card among Swedish citizens who have not yet obtained a driver's license.
Price, validity and application procedure
The national identity card is valid for five years and costs 400 SEK. Applications are filed at police stations which have a passport office.[5]
When applying, a valid Swedish identity document is needed in order to check the identity. If the applicant does not have a valid Swedish identity document, then the applicant must be accompanied in person by another that does have such a document. That person must be a near relative or an employer or municipal official who knows the applicant. There is no age limit to get a card, but people below 18 must be accompanied by their guardian (preferably both) at application. These rules are the same as for a Swedish passport (see that article).
Characteristics
The identity card is plastic and rectangular in shape, about 86 × 54 millimetres in size. On the left-hand side is a gold-plated contact chip, and on the right-hand side is the photograph of the bearer. Along the top of the card, the name Sweden is written in three languages, Swedish, English, and French (SVERIGE SWEDEN SUÈDE), below which the name of the card is available in the same three languages (Nationellt identitetskort/National identity card/Carte nationale d'identité), followed on the right by the biometric passport symbol () and the nationality of the bearer in Swedish and a country code (SVENSK/SWE).
The national identity card is equipped with a contact chip ready to function as an
Printed data
The descriptions of the fields are printed in Swedish and English.
- Card No.
- Personal Id. No.
- Holder's signature
- Height
- Date of birth
- Surname
- Given names
- Authority
- Date of issue
- Date of expiry
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Data on the RFID chip
As of 2007[update] the data on the RFID chip contained no biometric data. It has the following information:[7]
- The card's printed data in a digital format
- The photograph in a JPEG format
- A digital key to verify that the data is authentic and has not been tampered with
- Beginning August 2021, it contains fingerprint information[8]
The contents of the RFID chip cannot be accessed without using the codes found in the machine-readable area on the back of the card.[7]
Other identity cards in Sweden
Nationals of any country who are legally resident in Sweden can get certified identification cards issued by the
See also
References
- ^ "Visiting the UK as an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Förordning (2005:661) om nationellt identitetskort". The Riksdag. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ State Border Guard of Ukraine website accessed 23 October 2016
- ^ "Visiting the UK as an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Fakta om nationellt id-kort". Signguard. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- ISBN 978-3-89578-379-1.
- ^ a b c "Datachippet". Swedish Police Authority. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ "Svar på vanliga frågor om pass och nationellt id-kort | Polismyndigheten". polisen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
External links
- Apply for a Passport or National ID card (Information from the police)