eSIM Sweden
Sweden eSIM from 1,95€ on Telia, Tele2 and Telenor: 1 to 20 GB or unlimited, prepaid with no contract, online the moment you land at Stockholm Arlanda.
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Your plan only starts counting when the eSIM first connects at your destination — so you can buy today and travel in three weeks.
How does Simbye eSIM work for Sweden?
Set it up before you fly
Buy the eSIM at home on Wi-Fi. You get an email with a link and a QR code. One tap on the link installs the eSIM, or you scan the QR code with your camera. After that just switch on data roaming for the new line and set mobile data to use it. There's no APN to enter, and your own number stays active alongside it.
Land in Sweden
Whether you arrive at Stockholm Arlanda (ARN), Gothenburg Landvetter (GOT), Malmö Airport (MMX), Stockholm Skavsta (NYO) near Nyköping, Luleå (LLA), Kiruna (KRN), Umeå (UME), Åre Östersund (OSD) or Visby (VBY) — as soon as the plane stops and airplane mode goes off, the eSIM registers on a Swedish network, usually in under a minute. If you come in via Copenhagen Kastrup and the Öresund bridge, you come online on the far side in Malmö, because the plan is for Sweden.
The clock starts, then you're set
The days count from the first connection in Sweden, not from the purchase. So you can install it weeks ahead without losing anything. From there you browse, share over hotspot with a laptop or a travel companion, and top up when you're running low — the same eSIM stays in your phone, nothing to reinstall.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which networks will you be on in Sweden?
Nothing to set up: in Sweden your phone registers on Telia, Tele2 or Telenor all by itself.
The Simbye eSIM uses 3 networks in Sweden: Telia · Tele2 · Telenor.
| Networks | Download | Upload | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 120Mbit/s | 24Mbit/s | 37ms |
 | 85Mbit/s | 18Mbit/s | 40ms |
 | 50Mbit/s | 14Mbit/s | 40ms |
Source: nPerf averages, 01.07.2021 – 30.06.2022.
There's nothing to choose. The moment you switch off airplane mode in Sweden, your phone finds one of the three networks on its own — Telia, Tele2 or Telenor. No APN to type in anywhere. If things feel slow in one spot, go into network selection, turn off automatic and pick a network by hand. Manual selection only works with a network your plan includes — if you get no connection, switch straight back to automatic. Switch back anyway once you travel on, otherwise you stay locked to one network.
Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala, Lund, Helsingborg, Linköping, Örebro and Umeå have solid 4G and 5G across most of the city, and so do Stockholm Arlanda and Gothenburg Landvetter airports, the E4 from Malmö through Stockholm up to Luleå, the E6 along the west coast and the fast trains between Stockholm and Gothenburg. The far north is better covered than most people expect: Kiruna, Gällivare, Luleå, Abisko village, Jukkasjärvi, Åre, Östersund and Visby on Gotland all have service, and the northern lights spots around Abisko are inside the coverage area. The dead zones are where nobody lives — on the Kungsleden between Vakkotavare and Kebnekaise, on the Saltoluokta to Kvikkjokk stretch and inside Sarek National Park there is next to no signal on Telia, Tele2 or Telenor, patchy at best in isolated spots, and that's with any SIM. It also thins out on the outer islands of the Stockholm archipelago, in parts of the Höga Kusten and on the ferry crossing to Gotland. Download your maps before you go.
eSIM or a local SIM card in Sweden?
Sweden tips towards the eSIM: since August 2022 a Swedish prepaid card is only activated with BankID or a passport in store, whereas the eSIM roams on Telia, Tele2 and Telenor and works the minute you land at Arlanda.
| Feature |  Simbye eSIM |
Local SIM card |
|---|---|---|
| ID required | No. The eSIM roams as a guest on Telia, Tele2 and Telenor, there's nothing to register. | Yes. Swedish prepaid cards have been subject to registration since August 2022, via BankID or with a passport in store. |
| When you get it | Before you fly, by email, set up by QR code in a few minutes. | Only after you land: airport kiosk, Pressbyrån, 7-Eleven, Circle K — and without BankID an operator shop on top, to register you with your passport. |
| Paying | With your own card, in your own currency, from home. | In Swedish kronor on the spot. Sweden is close to cashless and many shops no longer take cash at all. |
| Opening hours | Irrelevant. You can buy it at three in the morning or at the gate. | Shop hours. Land at Arlanda late at night and you're offline for a while. |
| Swedish phone number | No, it's a data-only line with no number, no calls and no SMS over the network. | Yes, but only once you've registered with ID. |
| Your home number | Stays active. The eSIM sits alongside it as a second line. | SIM out, SIM in. Your number spends the trip in your backpack. |
| Data and validity | 1 to 20 GB or unlimited, 7 to 30 days, top up without reinstalling anything. | Fixed operator bundles, topped up with a voucher in a shop or in the operator's app, which will often ask for BankID. |
| If something goes wrong | Email support, in English or German. | The shop counter, with the small print in Swedish. |
For most travelers the eSIM is the simpler choice: set up before departure, no queuing on arrival.
How much data do you need in Sweden?
Trip length
How you use your phone
What does an eSIM for Sweden cost?
from 1,95€
8 plans · 7–30 days · unlimited from 18,95€
Simbye offers 8 plans for Sweden from 1,95€ to 47,95€ — data packs from 1,95€, unlimited from 18,95€. Prepaid, no contract.
Plans for Sweden range from 1 GB to 20 GB, plus unlimited options.
Validity runs from 7 to 30 days and starts with your first connection in Sweden.
Data plans
Unlimited
- 1 GB 7 days 1,95€ 0,27€ per travel day
- 3 GB 30 days 3,95€ 0,13€ per travel day
- 5 GB 30 days 5,95€ 0,19€ per travel day
- 10 GB 30 days 11,95€ 0,39€ per travel day
- 20 GB 30 days 18,95€ 0,63€ per travel day
- Unlimited 7 days 18,95€ 2,70€ per travel day
- Unlimited 15 days 27,95€ 1,86€ per travel day
- Unlimited 30 days 47,95€ 1,59€ per travel day
Good to know
- Networks
- Telia + Tele2 + Telenor
- Setting it up
- A link in your email, or the QR code — one tap is enough
- Network technology
- 4G/LTE — and 5G where the network already offers it
- APN and settings
- Nothing to set. The eSIM brings everything with it
- Hotspot
- Allowed — for a laptop, tablet or a travel companion
- Adding more data
- Top up any time, without setting anything up again
- Calls and texts
- Not included — WhatsApp calls run over the data
- Your own number
- Stays in the phone and stays reachable
- Contract
- None. The plan ends by itself
- Worth knowing
- Prepaid instead of a contract — useful as a second line, or when your own data allowance is used up
Frequently Asked Questions about Sweden eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
You should only buy a Telia SIM card in Sweden if you genuinely need a Swedish phone number. An eSIM for Sweden is a digital SIM card built into your phone. Anyone who wants to buy a Telia SIM card in Sweden has had to register since August 2022 — with BankID, which visitors can't get, or with a passport in an operator shop, and those keep shop hours. This eSIM you buy before you fly, install by QR code in a few minutes, and it runs as a guest on the same networks.
Telia, Tele2 and Telenor. Your phone picks one automatically, you type in no APN and change no settings. Only if things feel slow in one spot can you select another network by hand, then switch back to automatic.
No, you don't have to register it in Sweden. The ID requirement applies to Swedish prepaid cards bought in the country. Your eSIM isn't one of those, it roams as a guest on the networks. No BankID, no passport scan, no form to fill in.
Yes, you'll have signal in Lapland and the mountains — ordinary 4G in Kiruna, Gällivare, Luleå, Abisko village, Jukkasjärvi and Åre, including the northern lights spots near Abisko. But on the Kungsleden between Vakkotavare and Kebnekaise, on the Saltoluokta to Kvikkjokk stretch and inside Sarek National Park there is next to no signal on Telia, Tele2 or Telenor, patchy at best in isolated spots. That applies to every SIM, Swedish ones included. Download maps and tickets offline first.
No, this plan doesn't cover Norway, Denmark or Finland, only Sweden. If you arrive via Copenhagen Kastrup, you come online on the far side of the Öresund bridge in Malmö. For a tour around Scandinavia, a Europe or regional plan is the better fit.
You can buy an eSIM for Sweden online here in a few minutes, before you fly. Pick a data plan from the table above, pay, and the QR code arrives by email straight away. Scan it with your camera and the Sweden profile sits on your phone, ready to switch on when you land in Stockholm or Gothenburg.
Yes, you can get an eSIM for Sweden as a tourist, and it works across the country. Your phone connects through local partner networks the same way a Swedish SIM card would, covering the cities, the south and the main routes north. Any unlocked handset that supports eSIM can run it, and you install the profile at home rather than hunting for a shop after landing.
An eSIM for Sweden starts at 1,95€; the final price depends on how much data you need and for how many days, and the table above shows every Sweden plan with its current amount. A short city trip costs far less than a month of remote work. You pay once, prepaid, so there is no contract and no monthly bill.
Data needs for Sweden start with maps, messengers and transport apps in Stockholm or Gothenburg, which use roughly 250 to 400 MB a day. Photo uploads and social lift that to about 1 GB. Streaming or tethering a laptop on a long train north is the heavy end, 2 to 3 GB daily. A week of city sightseeing usually fits in 3 to 5 GB.
The eSIM that's best for Sweden depends on your route, your data use and how long you stay. A plan running on Telia, Tele2 and Telenor covers the cities, the E4 and E6, the fast trains and the far north around Kiruna and Gällivare; empty forest and mountain terrain stays patchy anywhere. This one is data only, so there is no Swedish number.
Ready for Sweden?
Pick a plan, tap the link in your email — you are online from the moment you land.
Choose a planPrepaid, no contract. The plan simply ends on its own.
