Healthcare

Pharmacies and prescriptions

Prescriptions are electronic and linked to your personnummer. Here is how to collect medicines and what they cost.

Last checked 14 Oct 2026Official sources

How it works

Prescriptions are sent electronically. At any pharmacy (apotek) you show ID and they find them on your personnummer.
Someone else can collect for you with your ID and theirs, or with a power of attorney.
Some simple medicines (painkillers, allergy tablets) are sold without prescription, and some also in supermarkets.
From a country outside the EEA, such as Pakistan, you may bring up to three months’ supply of medicine for your own use. Be ready to show it is yours — a pharmacy label with your name or a doctor’s certificate.
Narcotic-classed medicines (some sleeping pills, painkillers and ADHD medicines) have much tighter limits: five days’ supply (list II–III) or three weeks’ supply (list IV–V) if you live in Sweden. Check the classification in Läkemedelsfakta or ask a pharmacy.

Covered prescription medicines count towards the SEK 3,800 yearly cap. Children under 18 pay nothing for covered medicines.

Rules and fees change. Always confirm on the official page before you apply or pay. Last checked 14 Oct 2026.

Healthcare

Prescriptions are electronic and linked to your personnummer. Here is how to collect medicines and what they cost.

Last checked 14 Oct 2026Official sources

Prescriptions are sent electronically. At any pharmacy (apotek) you show ID and they find them on your personnummer.
Someone else can collect for you with your ID and theirs, or with a power of attorney.
Some simple medicines (painkillers, allergy tablets) are sold without prescription, and some also in supermarkets.
From a country outside the EEA, such as Pakistan, you may bring up to three months’ supply of medicine for your own use. Be ready to show it is yours — a pharmacy label with your name or a doctor’s certificate.
Narcotic-classed medicines (some sleeping pills, painkillers and ADHD medicines) have much tighter limits: five days’ supply (list II–III) or three weeks’ supply (list IV–V) if you live in Sweden. Check the classification in Läkemedelsfakta or ask a pharmacy.

Covered prescription medicines count towards the SEK 3,800 yearly cap. Children under 18 pay nothing for covered medicines.

Rules and fees change. Always confirm on the official page before you apply or pay. Last checked 14 Oct 2026.