There are two types of international drivers permits: 1-years permits and 3-year permits. Specifications on which drivers permit is required varies between different countries. You can find out which one applies for the country that you are going to visit down below.
Required conditions for drivers license for an international drivers permit
Conditions refers to a person that have a Swedish drivers license and for driving a car or motorcycle in connection to a temporary tourist visit. (Total of 90 days). Travelers to countries who are not mentioned in the chart below are recommended to bring an international drivers permit and upon arrival show this to the local police for possible measures.
1 = Before you are allowed to drive you have to show both your Swedish drivers license and your international drivers permit to law enforcement or other authority in the country you’ve traveled to. If you rent a car this can, in some countries, be taken care of by the company you’ve rented from. In some cases there may be a fee for this service.
2 = Neither your Swedish drivers license or your international drivers permit is accepted. In some cases you can get a temporary drivers permit. Having a international drivers permit may help.
3 = This only applies if the vehicle you’re driving is registered abroad or a a rented vehicle registered in Jordan. Other vehicles registered in Jordan may not be driven with a international drivers license.
Afghanistan: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Albania: 1-year/3-year recommended
Algeria: 1-year/3-year recommended
Andorra: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is enough
Angola: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Anguilla: 1-year/3-year (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Antigua & Barbuda: 1-year/3-year (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Argentina: 1-year/3-year recommended
Armenia: 1-year/3-year recommended
Aruba: 1-year/3-year recommended
Australia: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Austria: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is enough
Azerbaijan: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Azores (Portugal): No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is enough
Bahamas: 1-year recommended
Bahrain: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Bangladesh: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Barbados: 1-year/3-year (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Belarus: 1-year/3-year recommended
Belgium: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is enough
Belize: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Benin: 1-year/3-year recommended
Bermuda: (2) see explanation at the top of the page
Bhutan: 1-year/3-year recommended
Bolivia: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Bonaire, St Eustatius, Saba: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1-year/3-year recommended
Botswana: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Brazil: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Brunei: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Bulgaria: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Burkina Faso: 1-yearrequired or strongly recommended
Burma: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Burundi: 1-year/3-year recommended
Cambodia: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Cameroon: 1-årigt/3-årigt recommended
Canada: 1-årigt/3-årigt recommended
Cape Verde Islands: 1-årigt/3-årigt recommended
Cayman Islands: 1-year/3-year (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Central African rep.: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Chile: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
China: (2) se förklaring längst upp på sidan
Colombia: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Comoros: 1-årigt recommended
Congo (Brazzaville): 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Congo (Kinshasa): 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Cook Islands: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Costa Rica: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Croatia: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Curaçao: 1-årigt recommended
Cuba: 1-årigt/3-årigt recommended
Cyprus: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Czech Republic: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Denmark: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Djibouti: 1-year/3-year recommended
Dominica Island: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Dominican republic: 1-year/3-year recommended
Dubai (United Arab Emirates): 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Ecuador: 1-year/3-year recommended
Egypt: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Equatorial Guinea: 1-year required or strongly recommended
El Salvador: 1-year/3-year recommended
Estonia: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Ethiopia: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Fiji Islands: 1-year/3-year recommended
Finland: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
France: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
French Guyana: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
French Polynesian: 1-year/3-year recommended
Gabon: 1-year/3-year recommended
Gambia: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Georgia: 1-year/3-year recommended
Germany: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Ghana: 1-year/3-year recommended
Great Britain: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Grenada: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Greece: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Guadeloupe: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Guatemala: 1-year recommended
Guinea: 1-year/3-year recommended
Guinea-Bissau: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Guyana, french: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Guyana (former British): 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Haiti: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Honduras: 1-year/3-year recommended
Hong Kong: 1-year/3-year recommended
Hungary: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
India: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Indonesia: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Iraq: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Iran: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Ireland: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Iceland: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Israel: 1-year/3-year recommended
Italy: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Ivory coast: 1-year/3-year recommended
Jamaica: 1-year recommended
Japan: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Jordan: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended (3) see explanation at the top of the page
Kazakhstan: 1-year/3-year recommended
Kenya: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Kyrgyzstan: 1-year/3-year recommended
Kiribati: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Kosovo: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Kuwait: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Laos: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Lesotho: 1-year/3-year recommended
Latvia: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Lebanon: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Liberia: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Libya: 1-year recommended
Lithuania: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Luxembourg: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Macao: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Madagascar: 1-year/3-year recommended
Madeira (Portugal): No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Malawi: 1-year recommended
Malaysia: 1-year recommended
Maldives: 1-year recommended
Mali: 1-year/3-year recommended
Malta: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Morocco: 1-year/3-year recommended
Marshall Islands: 1-year recommended
Martinique: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Mauritania: 1-year/3-year recommended
Mauritius: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Mayotte: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Mexico: 1-year/3-year recommended
Mozambique: 1-year/3-year recommended
Moldova: 3-year recommended
Mongolia: 3-year required or strongly recommended
Montenegro: 1-year/3-year recommended
Montserrat: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Myanmar (Burma): 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Namibia: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Netherlands: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Nepal: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Nicaragua: 1-year/3-year recommended
Niger: 1-year/3-year recommended
Nigeria: 1-year required or strongly recommended
North Macedonia: 1-year/3-year recommended
Norway: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
New Caledonia: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
New Zealand: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Oman: 1-year/3-year recommended
Pakistan: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Panama: 1-year/3-year recommended
Papua New Guinea: 1-year recommended
Paraguay: 1-year/3-year recommended
Peru: 1-year/3-year recommended
Phillippines: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Poland: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Portugal: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Puerto Rico: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Qatar: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Reunion: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Romania: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Rwanda: 1-year recommended
Russia: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Saba and Sint Eustasius: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Saint-Barthélemy (St Barts): No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
St Kitts and Nevis: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
St Lucia: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Saint-Martin: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Saint-Pierre & Miquelon: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
St Vincent & Grenadinerna: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Samoa: 1-year/3-year recommended 1) see explanation at the top of the page
São Thomé-Principe: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Saudi Arabia: 1-year/3-year recommended
Switzerland: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Senegal: 1-year/3-year recommended
Serbia: 1-year/3-year recommended
Seychelles: 1-year/3-year recommended
Sierra Leone: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Singapore: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Sint Maarten: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Slovakia: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Slovenia: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Somalia: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Spain: No international drivers permit required, Swedish drivers license is valid
Sri Lanka: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Sudan: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Suriname: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Swaziland: 1-year required or strongly recommended
South Africa: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
South Korea: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
South Sudan: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Syria: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Tajikistan: 3-year required or strongly recommended
Tahiti: 1-year/3-year recommended
Taiwan: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Tanzania: 1-year/3-year recommended
Tchad: 1-year/3-year recommended
Thailand: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Togo: 1-year/3-year recommended
Trinidad & Tobago: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Tunisia: 1-year/3-year recommended
Turkey: 1-year/3-year recommended
Turkmenistan: 3-year required or strongly recommended
Uganda: 1-year recommended
Ukraine: 1-year/3-year recommended
United Arab Emirates: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
Uruguay: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended
USA: 1-year required or strongly recommended
Uzbekistan: 3-year required or strongly recommended
Venezuela: 1-year recommended
Vietnam: 3-year required or strongly recommended
Virgin Islands, British: 1-year/3-year recommended
Virgin Islands, American: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explanation at the top of the page
Yemen: 3-year required or strongly recommended
Zambia: 3-year recommended
Zimbabwe: 1-year/3-year recommended
We issue drivers permits according to the Geneva convention on vehicular traffic from 1949 (1-year international drivers permit) and the Vienna convention on vehicular traffic from 1968 (3-year international drivers permit)