Not a Swedish Citizen? Living with a Swede? No ID card for you!
Skrivet av mylifeinstockholm | 2007-02-25 – 18:00One of my MLIS readers, Lynessa, sent me a couple of disturbing links to articles about the new rules for identity cards in Sweden.
Here are the basics from one of the articles:
You must be a Swedish citizen - or married - to get an identity card in Sweden. That’s the story since the Swedish Cashier Service changed its regulations as of January 1.
The Swedish Cashier Service is a subsidiary of the Swedish Postal Service, Posten. The Swedish Cashier Service offers cashier-type transactions such as making deposits, withdrawals or bill payments.
The story of an Indian citizen who has been living in Sweden for 15 years is shared. He has permanent Swedish residency and an Indian passport, but can no longer get a Swedish Identity Card, whether at the post office, the police or the banks. He has a current identity card given out by the post office, but the Swedish Cashier Service does not accept it as legitimate identification.
Even though his sambo/live-in girlfriend accompanied him and testified that he is who he says he is, it did not help matters. His foreign passport is also not taken into consideration.
The changes in the regulations have come about because several persons have gotten false ID cards and have been able to withdraw funds with the fake ID.
In order to use the Swedish Cashier Service you must have an EU passport, a Swedish driving license or bring along your Swedish spouse, children or registered partner to get an ID card. If you are a Swedish citizen, you can get a Swedish identity card from the police. If you’re not a Swedish citizenand you have no family in Sweden, you will not be able to get an identity card at the police, the Swedish Cashier Service or the banks.
The problem is that without an identity card you cannot open a bank account. You cannot cash payments that have been made to you. You cannot engage in any number of transactions that require the Swedish Identity Card.
Note from MLIS: I can’t imagine how thousands of persons are going to get along. This is an incredible punishment that hurts many more than the very few people who have tried to take advantage of the system. There is a distinct lack of empathy for foreigners who have come to Sweden and are trying to make a go of it, especially when they are alone in the country.
Here’s the link to the information in English from the Swedish Cashier Service. Note the ridiculously bad English spelling and grammar.


Mitt förslag är att alla som föds i länet får en snygg och/eller diskret tatuering direkt vid ankomst till Stockholm, på BB eller hemma. Sen är det bara att visa upp sin lokaltagg för att få fri entre till alla stadens museer, företräde i alla köer (och då snackar vi inte bara Djurgårdsfärjan och Katarinahissen utan även biografer, nattklubbar, krogar och Konsumkassan) samt rabatt på glass och varm korv.
Nu får det vara nog - man kan inte bara lägga ner allting som är trevligt. Först