If you have questions about your own situation or a topic, you should contact the authority or organization responsible for your specific questions directly and who can help you with your case. Unfortunately, the Efterlevandeguiden, Survivors' Guide, cannot answer personal questions.
Contact a government agency
A death certificate with family history is often needed in connection with estate planning. Some insurance companies may also want to see the certificate.
Call the Swedish Tax Agency on +46 (0)771 567 567
The estate inventory is the estate's identification document and shows who has the right to represent the estate. The estate inventory must be sent within four months.
Call the Swedish Tax Agency +46 (0)771 567 567
If an estate is to sell or give away a property, the estate must first apply for and be granted title deed.
Call the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority customer centre +46 (0)771 63 63 63
You can receive compensation if you are sick and cannot work or look for work due to illness.
If you buy or sell a vehicle from an estate, notification of the change of ownership must be made on the vehicle's registration certificate (the most recently issued).
If you have a relative who has passed away and he or she has received compensation from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, these will in most cases cease automatically.
When a close relative dies, you, as a close relative, can receive a survivor's pension as financial support.
Post and social media accounts
The service you should use when it comes to an estate is called Special Mailing Address. Order by contacting Address Change customer service.
If an estate is to have a different address than the one that was current at the time of death, the new address must be reported to the Swedish Tax Agency. Send a letter to the local tax office (Skattekontor)
Contact details for SPAR, the Swedish state personal address register (Statens personadressregister)
Call SPAR (Statens personadressregister) +46 (0)771 18 17 16
- Facebook account (facebook.com) External link.
- Google and YouTube accounts (support.google.com) External link.
- Instagram account (facebook.com, in Swedish) External link.
- LinkedIn profile (linkedin.com) External link.
- X account (helpx.com) External link.
- Snapchat (help.snapchat.com) External link.
- Tiktok (support.tiktok.com) External link.
Contact organisations
The Cancer Line is staffed by healthcare professionals with extensive experience in cancer care. Here you can get advice and support.
Call the Swedish Cancer Society +46(0)10-199 10 10
Jourhavande kompis is an anonymous chat for children and young people below the age of 25.
Contact details Everyday friend (rkuf.se, in Swedish) External link.
Support and advice for adults about children.
Call the BRIS adult helpline +46(0)771-50 50 50
Contact details BRIS for Adults (bris.se, in Swedish) External link.
Support and advice for those under the age of 18. You can call, email or chat with a Briskurator.
Call BRIS 116 111
Randiga huset, the Striped House, helps families and loved ones support children who have lost a loved one.
Call Randiga Huset +46 (0)77-40 00 05
Contact details and more about Randiga huset (randigahuset.se, in Swedish) External link.
SPES provides support and assistance when someone close to you has taken their own life.
Call SPES support line +46 (0)20 -18 18 00
Contact details SPES supportline (spes.se, in Swedish) External link.
VIMIL, is a network for those who have lost someone in the middle of life.
Call SPES support line +46 (0)20 -18 18 00
The support association We who have lost children, VSFB, is intended to provide support for parents and relatives in grief.
Hope is an association that provides support for survivors of suicide.
The national organization for relatives of those killed by violence provides support and information.
Riksorganisationen för anhöriga till våldsdödade (rav.se, in Swedish) External link.
Questions about insurance
Visit verksamt.se to learn more about dealing with the affairs of a deceased person who was self-employed, a partner in a company or a member of an economic association.
For questions on matters such as registering companies and changes to a board of directors.
Call customer services at the Swedish Companies Registration Office +46 (0)771 670 670
For questions about F-tax, VAT registration and employer registration.
Call the Swedish Tax Agency +46 (0)771-567 567
Send an email to the Swedish Tax Agency (skatteverket.se) External link.
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