Sweden by campervan: driving, tolls and rules
Driving a campervan in Sweden: speed limits, tolls, low-emission zones, required equipment and key road rules. What to know before you go.
Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026
Currency
Swedish krona
SEK, not the euro. 11.29 kr to €1 on 18 September 2026
Language
Swedish
English is spoken almost everywhere
Driving
Right
70 km/h outside towns unless signed, 110 on motorway
Power
230V, type F
Same two-pin plug as most of the continent
Tap water
Safe to drink
Ask for kranvatten
Emergency
112
Health advice 1177, non-urgent police 114 14
Driving
Driving
Sweden has no vignette and almost no tolls, and the two things that will bill you both find a foreign plate on their own. Stockholm and Gothenburg run congestion taxes read by camera, and Transportstyrelsen states plainly that the tax applies to vehicles registered in and outside Sweden. There is nowhere to stop and pay. A foreign vehicle is identified through its national register and invoiced, so a bill can land weeks after the trip.
Congestion tax, the thing that catches foreign vehicles
- There is nothing to pay at the roadside. Cameras read the plate in Stockholm and Gothenburg. Transportstyrelsen: the tax applies to vehicles registered in and outside Sweden, and foreign owners are identified, invoiced and collected from through EPASS24.
- Stockholm charges by time of day and by season. In 2026 an inner-city passage runs 11 to 45 kronor in high season and 11 to 35 in low season, capped at 135 kronor a day in high season and 105 in low. High season is 1 March to the day before Midsummer Eve and 15 August to 30 November.
Speed limits
| Where | Limit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Built-up area | 50 km/h | A municipality may sign 30 or 40 instead |
| Outside a built-up area | 70 km/h | The base limit where nothing is signed |
| Signed roads | 80 to 110 km/h | The road authority may sign 80, 90, 100 or 110 |
| Motorway | 110 km/h | The road authority may sign 120 on a given stretch |
| Motorhome over 3,500 kg | as signed | The vehicle-specific caps in the Traffic Ordinance cover heavy lorries and buses, not a personbil |
Bridge charges, per crossing in 2026
| Bridge | Car or van up to 3.5 t | Over 3.5 t |
|---|---|---|
| Sundsvall | SEK 9 | SEK 20 |
| Motala | SEK 5 | SEK 11 |
| Skurubron, Stockholm to Värmdö | SEK 4 | SEK 4 |
Winter, and what the rules say
- 1 December to 31 March, winter tyres when there are winter road conditions. Not automatically: the requirement bites when there is snow, ice, slush or frost on any part of the road, and the police judge that where you are.
- Minimum tread is 3 mm, or 5 mm for a personbil klass II over 3,500 kg. That heavier figure is the motorhome row and it is the one people miss.
Environmental zones
- Since 1 January 2020 municipalities may run class 1, 2 or 3 zones. Class 1 covers heavy lorries and buses and exists in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Mölndal, Uppsala, Helsingborg, Lund and Umeå.
- Class 2 covers cars, light buses and light lorries. Petrol needs Euro 5 or Euro 6. Diesel needs Euro 6. In Stockholm this applies on Hornsgatan only.
Fuel and distance
- Diesel was reported at SEK 23.04 a litre on 14 September 2026 by a price aggregator rather than a Swedish authority, so treat it as an order of magnitude and read the board.
- Distances between stations are long in the interior. Inland Norrland, the mountain roads and the long forest stretches are where a half tank becomes a decision. Fill at half, not at a quarter.
The rules that carry a fine
- 0.2 per mille is the blood alcohol limit, about a quarter of the limit in England. From 1.0 per mille it becomes aggravated drink driving, punishable by up to two years in prison.
- Dipped headlights at all times, day and night, all year, under the Traffic Ordinance.