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South Korea passport holders do not need a visa to visit Sweden for stays of up to 90 days.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing visa-required and visa-exempt nationalities, consolidated text — EUR-Lex · checked 3 Oct 2026
South Korea citizens can enter Sweden without a visa and stay for up to 90 days. You only need a valid South Korea passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 90-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Whatever your visa status, Sweden applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
Sweden lets 93 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 105. South Korea citizens are treated the same way as Brunei, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan and Macau. Overall the South Korea passport ranks #34 in the world with 116 visa-free destinations.
Planning a longer trip in Europe? With a South Korea passport you can also visit 47 countries in the region without a visa, including Andorra, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium and Bulgaria.
In the other direction, Sweden citizens can visit South Korea visa-free for up to 90 days.
Entry requirements for SwedenThe Swedish Migration Agency says visitors who do not need a visa must have a passport valid for at least three months after they plan to leave the Schengen area; for visa applicants it must be valid for at least three months after the visa expires, have been issued within the past ten years and have at least two blank pages.
Swedish Migration Agency — Visiting Sweden for up to 90 days (entry visa)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
Swedish Migration Agency — Visiting Sweden for up to 90 days (entry visa)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
Under the Schengen Visa Code, visa applicants must hold travel medical insurance valid throughout the territory of the Member States and covering the entire period of the intended stay; the minimum coverage is EUR 30,000. The Swedish Migration Agency recommends that visitors who do not need a visa also have individual medical travel insurance covering at least EUR 30,000 and valid in all Schengen countries.
Swedish Migration Agency — Visiting Sweden for up to 90 days (entry visa)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The Swedish Migration Agency says visitors who do not need a visa must still have a valid round-trip ticket with a return journey within 90 days, and a written invitation from the family member or friend they will stay with or a hotel booking confirmation; the border police check this before they enter Sweden.
Swedish Migration Agency — Visiting Sweden for up to 90 days (entry visa)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The Swedish Migration Agency says Sweden requires SEK 700 for each day of the visit. The amount may be lower, for example for younger children, if meals and accommodation are paid in advance, or when staying with relatives or friends.
Swedish Migration Agency — Visiting Sweden for up to 90 days (entry visa)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The EU's Travel Europe site says that the first time you arrive at a border crossing point since the EES started, passport control officers will take a photo of your face and/or scan your fingerprints, and your passport will not be stamped; it says this can be quicker if you register some data in advance at a self-service system, where available, and/or through a mobile application. The UK government says there is no cost for EES registration.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Sweden travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The EU's ETIAS site says an ETIAS travel authorisation is an entry requirement for visa-exempt nationals travelling to any of the 30 European countries concerned, but that ETIAS is currently not in operation, no applications are collected, and the EU will announce the start date several months before launch.
ETIAS — Official EU website✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
A foreigner who intentionally or negligently stays in Sweden without the required permit, without having applied for one, is sentenced to a fine (böter). A foreigner who is not an EEA citizen or the family member of one may be expelled (utvisning) if they stay in Sweden without a passport or the permits required. If no voluntary-departure period can be given, refusal-of-entry decisions of the Police and refusal or expulsion decisions of the Migration Agency are combined with a re-entry ban, unless special personal reasons speak against it. A re-entry ban is also issued when a voluntary-departure period expires without departure. A re-entry ban is set at most five years.
Sveriges riksdag — Aliens Act (Utlänningslag, SFS 2005:716)✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
The EU says that if you enter or leave the EU with EUR 10,000 in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies) you must declare it to the customs authorities of the EU country you are entering or leaving.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0). Entry rules can change — confirm with official sources before travel.
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