Sweden Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples
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Sweden Address Format Guide
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Sweden. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.
Sweden - Address Format
An address format in Sweden contains the following elements:
- Recipient’s name
- Business or department name (if applicable)
- Street name and House Number
- Postal Code (5 digits) and City
- Country – SWEDEN (in all caps)
John Smith
Krukmakargatan 35
118 51 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Sweden Address Format Examples
Example 1:
John Smith
Backavägen 2
417 30 Gothenburg
SWEDEN
Example 2:
PostNord Företagscenter
Kruthusgatan 19A
411 04 Gothenburg
SWEDEN
Postal and Country Information for Sweden
| Country/territory name | Sweden | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO codes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: SE ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: SWE ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 752 | |||||
| Administrative area count | 21 | |||||
| Administration area names and abbreviations |
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| Term to describe postal codes | Postnummer | |||||
| Postal code format | 999 99 | |||||
| Population | 9 602 269 | |||||
| Total land area | 450 113km² | |||||
How to Validate Addresses for Sweden Using GeoPostcodes Database
GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Sweden addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Sweden, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.
Use GeoPostcodes:
- Address Database to validate Street Names, Cities and Postal Codes in Sweden
- Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities and Postal Codes in Sweden
- Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Sweden segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions
You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Sweden using:
- Street column to validate Street names
- Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
- Locality column to validate City names
Explore our Sweden address database.