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International drivers permit – Different countries

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 licens for an international drivers permit

Conditions refers to a person that have a swedish drivers licens 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 licens and your international drivers permit to lawenforcement 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 licens 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 licens. 

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 licens is enough

Angola: 1-year required or strongly reommended 

Anguilla: 1-year/3-year (1) see explaination at the top of the page

Antigua & Barbuda: 1-year/3-year (1) see explaination 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 licens is enough

Azerbajdzjan: 1-year required or strongly recommended 

Azores (Portugal): No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Bahamas: 1-year recommended 

Bahrain: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended (1) see explaination at the top of the page

Bangladesh: 1-year required or strongly recommmended

Barbados: 1-year/3-year (1) see explaination at the top of the page

Belarus: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Belgium: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Belize: 1-year required or strongly recommended

Benin: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Bermuda: (2) see explaination 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 licens is enough

Bosnia-Hercegovina: 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 licens is enough

Burkina Faso: 1-yearrequired or strongly recommended

Burma: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explaination at the top of the page

Burundi: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Cambodia: 1-årigt/3-årigt rekommenderas (1) se förklaring längst upp på sidan 

Cameroon: 1-årigt/3-årigt rekommenderas 

Canada: 1-årigt/3-årigt rekommenderas 

Cape Verde Islands: 1-årigt/3-årigt rekommenderas 

Cayman Islands: 1-year/3-year (1) see explaination at the top of the page

Central African rep.: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended 

Chile: 1-year/3-year requird or strongly recommended

China: (2) se förklaring längst upp på sidan 

Colombia: 1-year required or strongly recommended

Comoros: 1-årigt rekommenderas  

Congo (Brazzaville): 1-årigt/3-årigt krävs eller rekommenderas starkt 

Congo (Kinshasa): 1-årigt/3-årigt krävs eller rekommenderas starkt 

Cook Islands: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended

Costa Rica: 1-year/3-year rekommenderas 

Croatia: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Curaçao: 1-årigt recommended 

Cuba: 1-årigt/3-årigt rekommenderas 

Cyprus: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Czech Republic: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Denmark: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Djibouti: 1-year/3-year recommended

Dominica Island: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explaination 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 licens is enough

Ethiopia: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explaination at the top of the page 

Fiji Islands: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Finland: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

France: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

French Guyana: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

French Polynesien: 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 licens is enough

Ghana: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Great Britain: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Grenada: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explaination at the top of the page 

Greece: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Guadeloupe: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

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 licens is enough

Guyana (former british): 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explaination at the top of the page 

Haiti: 1-year required or strongly recommended 

Honduras: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Hongkong: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Hungary: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

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 licens is enough

Iceland: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Israel: 1-year/3-year recommended

Italy: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Ivory coast: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Jamaica: 1-year recommended 

Japan: 1-year required or strongly recommended

Jemen: 3-year required or strongly recommended

Jordan: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended (3) see explaination at the top of the page 

Kazachstan: 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 licens is enough

Lebanon: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended

Liberia: 1-year/3-year required or strngly reommended

Libya: 1-year recommended 

Lithuania: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Luxembourg: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Macao: 1-year required or strongly recommended

Madagascar: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Madeira (Portugal): No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

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 licens is enough

Morocco: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Marshall Islands: 1-year recommended 

Martinique: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Mauritania: 1-year/3-year recommended

Mauritius: 1-year required or strongly recommended

Mayotte: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Mexico: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Moçambique: 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 explaination at the top of the page 

Myanmar (Burma): 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explaination at the top of the page 

Namibia: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended

Netherlands: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Nepal: 1-year required or strongly recommended 

Nicaragua: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Niger: 1-year/3-year rekommended 

Nigeria: 1-year required or strongly recommended 

North Macedonia: 1-year/3-year recommended 

Norway: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

New Caledonia: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

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 licens is enough

Portugal: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Puerto Rico: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Quatar: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended 

Réunion: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Romania: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Rwanda: 1-year recommended 

Russia: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended 

Saba and Sint Eustasius: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Saint-Barthélemy (St Barts): No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

St Kitts and Nevis: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explaination at the top of the page 

St Lucia: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explaination at the top of the page

Saint-Martin: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Saint-Pierre & Miquelon: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

St Vincent & Grenadinerna: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explaination at the top of the page

Samoa: 1-year/3-year recommended 1) see explaination 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 licens is enough

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 licens is enough

Slovenia: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Somalia: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommeded (1) see explaination at the top of the page 

Spain: No international drivers permit required, swedish drivers licens is enough

Sri Lanka: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended (1) see explaination at the top of the page

Sudan: 1-year/3-year required or strongly recommended

Surinam: 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

Tadzjikistan: 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: 3-year required or strongly recommended

Togo: 1-year/3-year recommended

Trinidad & Tobago: 1-year/3-year recommended (1) see explaination 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 explaination at the top of the page  

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)