Sweden Driving Theory Test Study Guide 2026

How to get a car licence in Sweden

In Sweden, the Swedish Transport Agency (Transportstyrelsen) handles learner's permits, supervisors and licences, and the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) runs the theory and driving tests. You can get a category B licence at 18. A category B licence covers cars with a total weight of up to 3,500 kg, plus a light trailer.

Step	What you do	Key rules
1. Learner's permit	Apply for a körkortstillstånd	No minimum age to apply; free; valid 5 years; needs a health declaration and an eyesight certificate no older than 2 months
2. Practice driving	Practise with a driving school or an approved supervisor	From 16 without a trailer (17 years 6 months with a light trailer)
3. Risk training	Complete part 1 and part 2 of riskutbildning	Must be valid on the day of both tests; valid for up to 5 years
4. Theory test	Take the kunskapsprov at a Trafikverket test centre	70 questions, 50 minutes, 52 of 65 points to pass
5. Driving test	Take the körprov	Must be passed while your theory pass is still valid

Practising with a private supervisor

Your supervisor (handledare) must be at least 24 and have held a licence for the vehicle type for at least 5 of the last 10 years.
The supervisor applies to Transportstyrelsen for approval for you. The approval lasts 5 years, unless the supervisor's licence is revoked.
One supervisor may have up to 5 learners at the same time.
Since 1 August 2026, neither the supervisor nor the learner needs the old introductory course (introduktionsutbildning) for private practice in a car.
Put the practice-driving sign where it is clearly visible from behind, without blocking the view.

Risk training (riskutbildning)

Risk training is compulsory. Part 1 covers alcohol, drugs, tiredness and other risky behaviour. Part 2 covers speed, safety and driving in different road and weather conditions, and includes a session on a skid pan (halkbana). Risk training for a motorcycle does not count for a car.

The theory test (kunskapsprov)

The category B theory test has 70 multiple-choice questions, each with one correct option. Five are trial questions that do not count, so the maximum score is 65 points. You pass with 52 points or more, and you have 50 minutes.

Arrive at least 30 minutes early with valid photo ID. You are photographed before the test.
Switch your phone off completely. Cheating is reported to the police and leads to a ban from tests for one or two years.
You can listen to the questions in Swedish through headphones, and you can raise your hand to ask what a word means.
You see pass or fail on screen. You are told which areas to work on, but not which questions you got wrong.
You may take only one test per day for the same category.
If you are under 18, the fee must be paid at least 25 hours before the test, or it is cancelled automatically.

The test covers five areas: vehicle knowledge and handling, the environment, traffic safety, traffic rules, and personal factors such as group pressure and attitudes to rules. It is translated into 15 languages, including English, and you can apply to take it with an interpreter.

A pass on or after 19 August 2026 is valid for one year (passes from before that date are valid for four months). You must pass the driving test within that time. The theory test costs 420 SEK on weekdays and 520 SEK after 18:00 and at weekends; cancel at least 24 hours before to get your money back.

Speed limits

Swedish speed limits come from the traffic ordinance (trafikförordningen). Signs can set other limits, so always follow the signs.

Where	Limit
Built-up area (tättbebyggt område), no sign	50 km/h
Outside built-up areas, no sign (bashastighet)	70 km/h
Lower limits a municipality may set in built-up areas	30 or 40 km/h
Higher limits Trafikverket may set on suitable roads	80, 90, 100 or 110 km/h

Maximum speed 50 km/h
Zone with a 30 km/h limit
End of the speed limit

A limit is a maximum, not a target. Your speed must always let you keep control and stop within the distance you can see ahead. You must slow down in many situations, for example:

in poor visibility or when you risk being dazzled
near pedestrian crossings and junctions
on icy roads and in sharp bends
when a bus, tram or school bus has stopped for passengers
when children or farm animals are on or near the road
at road works and accident sites

Priority, roundabouts, buses and trams

At a crossing with no signs or signals, the right-hand rule (högerregeln) applies: give way to vehicles coming from your right. When you drive out of a car park or similar place onto a road, give way to traffic on that road.

Junction ahead where traffic from the right has priority
Give way
Stop: stop at the line, then give way
Priority road

When you enter a roundabout (cirkulationsplats), give way to every vehicle already in it.

Roundabout: traffic goes round in the direction of the arrows.

Others you must give way to

Buses: where the limit is 50 km/h or lower, slow down and let a bus pull out from a stop when the driver signals, and stop if you need to.
Emergency vehicles: give a free way to emergency vehicles using a siren.
Cyclists: when you cross a cycle path, people cycling on it (and class II mopeds) have priority.
Trams: on a road, keep right when you meet a tram, and pass a tram on the right.

Overtaking

Overtake on the left. Overtake on the right only when the vehicle ahead is turning left. Do not overtake just before or on an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing, or just before or in a junction (with some exceptions, such as at traffic lights).

Pedestrians, parking and lights

At a pedestrian crossing (övergångsställe) without traffic lights or police control, you must give way to people who are on the crossing or about to step onto it. At a crossing with lights, let pedestrians who have correctly started to cross finish crossing. Plan your driving so you are never forced to stop on the crossing.

Pedestrian crossing
Pedestrian crossing ahead

Stopping and parking

Rule	Distance or detail
Side of the road	Stop or park on the right side in your direction of travel
Before a pedestrian crossing or cycle crossing	No stopping or parking within 10 metres
Junctions	No stopping or parking in the junction or within 10 metres of the crossing road
Level crossings	No parking within 30 metres
Priority road (huvudled)	No parking

No parking
No stopping

Lights and breakdowns

Use dipped headlights (halvljus) whenever you drive a motor vehicle on a road, day and night.
Use full beam (helljus) when you would not otherwise see far enough, but never on a well-lit road or where it would dazzle other drivers.
If you break down on a road with a limit above 50 km/h, put out your warning triangle so that others see it in time.

Alcohol, drugs, phones and children

The alcohol limits for drivers are low. The safest choice is not to drink at all if you will drive.

Offence	Limit	Maximum penalty
Drink-driving (rattfylleri)	0.2 per mille in the blood or 0.10 mg per litre of breath	Fine or 6 months in prison
Serious drink-driving (grovt rattfylleri)	1.0 per mille in the blood or 0.50 mg per litre of breath	2 years in prison

Drugs: it is an offence to drive with any narcotic substance left in your blood, unless it is medicine taken as prescribed.
Drink-driving can also lead to your licence being revoked. The ban period (spärrtid) can be from 1 month to 3 years.
New drivers have a 2-year probationary period (prövotid). If the licence is revoked for something that happened then, you must get a new learner's permit and pass the tests again.
Phones: you must not hold a phone in your hand while driving, and any use must not affect your driving.
Seat belts: everyone must use a seat with a belt where one is fitted. Children shorter than 135 cm must use a child seat, booster cushion or other special restraint.

Winter, wildlife and foreign licences

From 1 December to 31 March, cars must have winter tyres or equivalent equipment whenever there are winter road conditions (vinterväglag).

After a collision with certain wild animals, the driver must mark the place and tell the police as soon as possible. The list includes moose (älg), deer, roe deer, wild boar, bear, wolf, wolverine, lynx, otter, mouflon and eagle.

Warning: wild animals may cross the road.

Driving on a foreign licence

A valid EU/EEA licence can be used in Sweden while it is valid in the country that issued it.
Most licences from outside the EEA stop being valid once you have been registered as living in Sweden (folkbokförd) for more than one year. UK and Faroese licences are exceptions.
Outside the EEA, only licences from the UK, the Faroe Islands, Switzerland and Japan can be exchanged, in certain cases. Others must pass the Swedish tests.