How to Call Sweden Phone Numbers

Country phone codes

+46 is the country calling code assigned to Sweden by the International Telecommunication Union. All of the country’s telephone numbers are also designated under the Swedish Numbering Plan for Telephony, created by the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) of the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden.

So if you’re calling to Sweden, the number should start with:

+46 123-4567-890

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Other Important Information about Sweden

Prefix

A prefix is simply the set of numbers that come after the country and area codes of a telephone number. Sweden’s telephone numbers are made up of 12 to 13 numbers split into groups of 2 or 3. So if you’re going to make a call to Sweden using a mobile phone, you should dial country code+area code+7-digit number. Some of the common area codes in Sweden include Stockholm (8), Gothenburg (31) and Malmö (40).

Country	Country Code	Landline Area Code	Landline Number
Stockholm	+45	(8)	1234 5678
Gothenburg	+46	(31)	1234 5678
Malmö	+46	(40)	1234 5678

So if you’re making a call to Stockholm, dial +46 11 1234 5678.

Network coverage

Network coverage is readily available across Sweden.

4G coverage

LTE connection is widely available across the country, but coverage quality depends highly on the mobile operator.

International Roaming

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Top mobile SIM network in Sweden

Here are top mobile SIM networks in Sweden:

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Top apps used to communicate

Here are top apps mostly used for communication in Sweden:

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Emergency phone numbers

Here are the four most important emergency numbers to take note of when visiting Sweden:

102 for ambulance service

101 for fire

100 for police

112 for the national emergency number.

Best time to call Sweden:

Sweden observes Central European Summer Time (CEST) throughout using the time offset of UTC+02.
Wherever you are in Australia, you can call Sweden from the following time zones:

Best time to call	Time to Call	UTC Relative	Time Zone	State
Sweden	6:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+10:00	Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)	Queensland
	4:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+08:00	Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)	Western Australia
	5:30pm – 12:00am	UTC+09:30	Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)	South Australia, Northern Territory and the town of Broken Hill in western New South Wales
	7:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+11:00	Norfolk Island Standard Time (NFT)	Norfolk Island
	3:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+07:00	Christmas Island Standard Time (CXT)	Christmas Island
	2:30pm – 12:00am	UTC+06:30	Cocos (Keeling) Islands Standard Time (CCT)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Daylight Savings Time (first Sunday in October – first Sunday in April)

Best time to call	Time to Call	UTC Relative	Time Zone	State
Sweden	7:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+11:00	Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)	Queensland, New South Wales (except Broken Hill), Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory
	6:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+10:00	Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)	Western Australia
	4:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+08:00	Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)	South Australia, Northern Territory and the town of Broken Hill in western New South Wales
	6:30pm – 12:00am	UTC+10:30	Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)	Norfolk Island
	5:30pm – 12:00am	UTC+09:30	Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)	Northern Territory
	8:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+12:00	Norfolk Island Daylight Time (NDT)	Norfolk Islands
	3:00pm – 12:00am	UTC+07:00	Christmas Island Standard Time (CXT)	Christmas Island
	12:30pm – 12:00am	UTC+06:30	Cocos (Keeling) Islands Standard Time (CCT)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands