The SEK 2,000 fee applies first to tests conducted in 2027
The ordinance sets the fee at SEK 2,000 per sitting, but the transitional provision says it applies for the first time to tests conducted in 2027. The 2026 test was free of charge.
Ordinance (2026:451) on the citizenship test, in force since 6 June 2026, states in § 6: “A person who is to take a citizenship test shall pay a fee of SEK 2,000 to the Swedish Council for Higher Education.”
The transitional provision is the point
The ordinance’s transitional provision states: “The provision in § 6 is applied for the first time in respect of citizenship tests conducted in 2027.” The fee therefore does not apply to tests conducted during 2026. The first sitting in August 2026 was free of charge for participants.
The exemption
Under the second paragraph of § 6 the fee does not apply to a stateless person who has been granted refugee status or a travel document by a Swedish authority.
What UHR has published
UHR writes on uhr.se that “information about the registration fee will follow”. How the fee will be charged in practice at future sittings has therefore not been published.
What it means
If you sit the test during 2026 it costs nothing. If you sit it during 2027, each sitting costs SEK 2,000, and a retake costs the same again. We do not use the fee as a scare argument before it applies; we print what the ordinance actually says.
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