Foreign State Vessels
Special permission is required for foreign state vessels that intend to access Swedish territorial waters.
Applications should be submitted to the Swedish Coast Guard for all foreign state vessels to Swedish territorials waters unless they are warships or state vessels operating with maritime safety units.
The application has to be submitted to the Swedish Coast Guard at least six weeks prior the planned entry into Swedish territorial waters.
The application should be sent through regular diplomatic channels to: registrator@kustbevakningen.se
Please note: only one vessel per application and e-mail.
Further information
- Applications regarding diplomatic clearance for warships are to be sent to the Ministry of Defence: fo.registrator@regeringskansliet.se
- Applications for state vessels operating with maritime safety units are to be sent to the Transport Agency: sjofartsverket@sjofartsverket.se
- Applications regarding service of martime safety units are to be sent to the Transport Agency: sjofartsverket@sjofartsverket.se