Sweden

Current plate formats

• StandardSince 2019
  SABC 12D

  Three letters, two digits and a letter. Since 16 January 2019 the last character may be a letter as well as a digit. Ordinary plates do not use I, Q or V (personal plates may), O is also excluded in the last position, and Å, Ä and Ö are never used.

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• StandardSince 1973
  SABC 123

  Three letters and three digits. The number is tied to the vehicle's VIN and stays with the vehicle until it is scrapped or exported. The last digit shows the month the vehicle tax falls due; if the last character is a letter, the digit before it decides. The EU strip has been on all new plates since 2014.

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Older formats

No longer issued, but some may still be on the road.

• Standard1906–1973
  A 1234

  One or two county letters (A is Stockholm city, B is Stockholm county) followed by up to five digits. A second letter, A or B, was added where a county had more than 99,999 vehicles. Used county by county from 1972 and ended on 1 May 1973.

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History

1. 1906

   Motor vehicle ordinance of 21 September: each vehicle gets a county letter and a serial number.

2. 1973

   Central vehicle register on 1 May. The national system of three letters and three digits, with no geographic meaning, replaces county plates, and a yearly tax sticker is introduced.

3. 2002

   The blue EU strip becomes optional.

4. 2010

   The tax sticker is abolished (1 January).

5. 2014

   All newly made plates carry the EU strip (1 January).

6. 2019

   A letter may replace the last digit (from 16 January).

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EU-style plates

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