HUNTING IN SWEDEN - as a foreigner

In this episode we talk about what you as a non-swede must do, to be able to hunt in Sweden.
We will talk about:
1) What papers you need
2) How to legally bring your own gun
3) Where to find a good hunting experience
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Links as mentioned in the video:
Swedish police:
polisen.se/en/...
Swedish hunting association “Svenska Jägareförbundet” for Hunting Insurance & Hunting yards
jagareforbunde...
Swedish EPA - environmental protection agency
www.swedishepa....
Swedish customs:
privattjanster...
Swedish hunting outfitters:
www.jaktforlive...
www.esstugan.s...
bogesundsjakt.se/
galojakt.se/
www.roslagensja...
karbygard.com/

[@finkuhn4977]

Nice work👍 good Information, and totaly right. What y say.

[@swedenishunting8426]

Thank you soo much, really appreciate the feedback 👍

[@juttley72]

Yes please do a video on what species can be hunted. Kind regards from UK

[@swedenishunting8426]

Thanks for your feedback J Uttley 😀 I will put it in the todo list 💪

[@LukasOD5]

Excellent info, thanks so much for the video. Will put it to use when lockdown lifts and can travel safely 👍

[@swedenishunting8426]

Happy that you liked it 👍 Yes we are all looking forward to the end of the lockdowns...

[@jozefhorvat3625]

Excellent video mate. Like 👍

[@swedenishunting8426]

Thank you Jozef 👍

[@TommysOutdoors]

Hey buddy! I look forward to your videos!

[@swedenishunting8426]

Thank you so much Tommy 😊 appreciate it 👍

[@MarcRitzMD]

Very helpful video. I would love more of this kind

[@swedenishunting8426]

Thank you Marc, very kind of you 😊 What topics would you be interested in?

[@MarcRitzMD]

@@swedenishunting8426 I think an overview with regards to "finding a place to hunt" would be something I am most uncertain about. I am personally not interested in an expensive curated experience, and I don't need a guarantee of success. I think my ideal hunting trip would be renting a cabin and spending a week in a public forest to learn hunting by trying myself on smaller game. Would it make sense to hunt on public land for me? How would I find out about it? Are there organizations or communities which I could contact for such information? Maybe a forum or Facebook group? Find maybe a friendly group of like-minded people that would assist me... something like that. Learning about the process of finding a place.

[@swedenishunting8426]

@@MarcRitzMD ah ok, yes that is absolutely possible. Thats how I often hunt 👍

[@colingroot1877]

Thank you so much for this video! I will be moving to Sweden part-time soon (will be spending 35%) of my time there, and I have always wanted to go hunting. In the netherlands, hunting opportunities are very sparse and I have therefore never been able to do it. I do have 3 years of firearms experience at a shooting range and was about to purchase my first rifle when COVID struck and I could not go shooting anymore. Anyways, this video helped me a lot on my way to hunt in Sweden. One more question, are any of the multiple day courses to get a hunting license offered in English?

[@swedenishunting8426]

That is a good question... I am not sure... from my personal experience all hunting education is in swedish with very few exceptions. I mean it's worth asking one of the companies, they usually are very helpfull. Nevertheless, in order to register a Swedish hunting exam you will need a Swedish Personnummer/Person number otherwise it is not possible... or you just fix a hunters exam in the Netherlands... that should work too

[@colingroot1877]

@@robinholthuizen8426 that is very good to hear, I have also managed to figure this out and I will be going to Sweden for a minimal of 5 months starting in June. Is there any way that we can get in touch via whatsapp or something?

[@swedenishunting8426]

@@robinholthuizen8426 thanks for the interesting answer! Yes you can register for the jaktkort the annual EPA payment via naturvårdsverket, not sure how they would match the exam to you personally... But how will you be able to register weapons with the police without personnummer?

[@colingroot1877]

@@robinholthuizen8426 Weet niet of dat zo kan maar mijn nummer is nul-zes twaalf achtenvijftig achtendertig tweeëntwintig

[@swedenishunting8426]

@@robinholthuizen8426 ah ok that is 💯 in line with my understanding 👍

[@garrettgibson3802]

So if I’m coming from Arizona USA where there is no firearms licenses or registration of firearms, the police department need to provide a letter or is there a specific document that needs to be filled out. My fear is that the police department would like to have an established document rather than a generic document.

[@swedenishunting8426]

Hello Garret, sorry for late reply… that’s a really good question… so it took me some time to think… Swedish police usually is not so still… I would try to make a custom one, just getbit signed and stamped feom the police department, best if it’s with their letterhead and all. Apply in good time, then you’ll have a chance to hand in a revised document if necessary. Usually the swedish police will clarify this with your host and tell him/her what they want instead

[@fol3564]

Great video, not Swedish but would love to hunt there, if I was to buy a farm in Sweden with land am I automatically allowed to hunt? regards from Ireland

[@swedenishunting8426]

Thank you 😊 Yes, the legal landowner automatically has the hunting rights in Sweden. Which species you are allowed, depends on the hunting law of course.

[@fol3564]

@@swedenishunting8426 Great thank you,better start saving 😜

[@swedenishunting8426]

😂👍

[@Carsten_1988]

Great video thanks! I would like to know where the different species roam! what's where to shoot - Red deer, Fallow, Roe, moufflon and of course wild boar! And if there's special laws on the ammunition/ calibre to use maybe only leadfree?. I can see night vision / Thermals that youre using. thats not legal where I live, so going into that would be nice to know! Is any property owner allowed to be my host or how big has the property/ land to be?

[@swedenishunting8426]

Hello Carlboo, thanks 😊 Lots of questions there 😂👍 Red deer is patchworked all over the country but not everywhere. Fallow deer is very local, Norrköping area would be a good start but there are other areas. Mufflon is spread out in small populations and decimated by wolfes… wild bor is all over the country up to max Gävle in the North. For that kind of game class 1 ammunition is needed, eg 6,5x55 beeing one of the smallest, 308 30-06 is fine Thermals and nightvision are in general only allowed for wild boar, you may use fully equped sights with crosshairs (in difference to eg Germany where you only can use clip ons)

[@tylerbrown9357]

Soooo helpful mate, awesome video, clear and concise information. cheers for that 👍 My partner is from Västra Götaland, looking to move from NZ to there.. would it be too much to ask you make a video on importing rifles permanently? Or failing that contacting me directly? Would really appreciate the direction 🤙🤙🤙kind regards! Subbed for sure.

[@swedenishunting8426]

Hello Tyler, appreciate it 🙏🏻 Drop me a PM on Instagram 👍

[@tylerbrown9357]

Sorry boss I don't have it😅😅

[@swedenishunting8426]

@@tylerbrown9357 ok in short you first need the swedish “personnummer” ist like social security number… without it you don’t exist The. You need to check if the NZ hunters exam is accepted as equal ir if you need to do a swedish one Once you have a valid hunters exam and a personnummer you can start applying for a weapons license with the police for the guns you wanna bring Then once tou have the license you do the import registration via customs as described in this video … short version…

[@Lukas-zj4fj]

Is there any other/faster/easier way to bring weapons to the country than waiting 6 weeks? Everything is online, but takes so long. I would like to drive there spontaneous for a weekend to our summerhouse.

[@swedenishunting8426]

Hmmm good question… 1) Try to cover the whole season with the application (maybe this works?) 2) Register for a personnumber in Sweden, request a swedish weapons license and register it with the swedish police… I don’t have to apply for anything when I go to Germany for a hunt… out/in just register it with customs… These are the only (bad) options I can think of… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@borisburnell-anderson3728]

Very helpful video! I was wondering after watching this video whether bear can be hunted in Sweden. If so what is the form of these hunts and how would you go about taking part(especially as someone coming from the UK), is it any different from the rest? kind regards.

[@swedenishunting8426]

Hello Boris, thanks for the feedback 👍😊 Yes bear hunting is possible, it is dine on a license/tag system similar to the moose hunting but tags are shared in a larger region and has a tendency to end very fast 😊 (ca. 350 for all of Sweden if I’m not misstaken) Hunting is often done with a dog similar to moose hunting. Getting a spot on a hunt is not an easy task due to the limited ammount, and if you are prone to buck fewer - try bear fever 😂

[@MaximiliaEnVT]

OMG this is the video ive been looking for, thanks so much for this very informative video. Im actually coming from Australia and will be coming over sometime next year (hopefully with how things are going!) and will be hunting with a family friend who will be getting married. However, i have several questions regarding quantities, Is there a hard limit on how many firearms or ammunition? When i come over i want to bring over a few calibers (Specifically, my 22LR Savage and my Sauer 308), could i bring both and a few boxes of ammo with me?

[@swedenishunting8426]

Haha 😄 you’re welcome 👍 glad I could help out! I can’t see a problem with what you intend to bring. Both caliber seem reasonable, and I haven’t experienced any unreasonable limitations to the ammount of ammo you’re allowed to Import. I guess the airline might be the bigger limitation 😂 What are you planning to use the 22lr for?

[@MaximiliaEnVT]

@@swedenishunting8426 Small game such as rabbits as i dont want to waste stuff like 308s on them, it was funny the first time then fiscal irresponsibility the next! Plus i want to keep a variety around so things stay interesting.

[@swedenishunting8426]

@@MaximiliaEnVT nice! Waidmannsheil & Skitjakt 🌿 😊

[@yesman1696]

How does hunting in Sweden work in terms of the land that you can hunt on. Asking because I intend to move to sweden, but I am not sure how the hunting system works there. Do you have to join a local hunting club or do you hunt as an individual on a public land.

[@swedenishunting8426]

The majority is private land that is rented by hunting teams for 3-5 years per term and often stay with the same team for many terms. Members of these teams are often allowed to bring friends as guest hunters There is public land in the highlands And then of course there is private land that is run by outfitters

[@yesman1696]

@@swedenishunting8426 thank you

[@Lukas-zj4fj]

Super Video.

[@swedenishunting8426]

Danke 😊

[@frechwieoskar8052]

Interessant!

[@swedenishunting8426]

Freut mich 😊

[@Nick14371]

The host that invite the foreign huntere must br with you in the ground? Does he has some responsability?

[@swedenishunting8426]

Hello Nick, good question! Yes the host needs to be on site, this can not be a hunting agency outside of Sweden The police wants ONE contact person responsible for all questions and alignments. I got called by the police for e.g. extra questions or misstakes in the form. You are even responsible for proving valid hunting rights for the area you claim, you are responsible for your guests following the legal rules and regulations and that they only apply for weapons that are legal/ellegible for hunting. Last but not least the host needs to have a clean registry with the police.

[@swedenishunting8426]

polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/vapen-regler-och-tillstand/inforsel-utforsel-av-vapen/tillfallig-inforsel-av-vapen/du-som-ar-jaktvard/

[@sprig3432]

Can you rent a gun in the Sweden? thank

[@swedenishunting8426]

Yes you can usually rent a gun from you guide. The papers are quite easy to fix. There is nothing like a gun rental company though 😉

[@sprig3432]

@@swedenishunting8426 can you fly a drone a drone with a camera to find deer? How do you guys do it?

[@evenskredsvigsenumstad6779]

hvordan er det med annskaffelse af våpen i sverige hvis du har norsk jegerprøve? vennlig hilsen norsk jeger :)

[@swedenishunting8426]

Hej Even, jag håller på att förbereda en uppföljningsfilm ”flytta permanent till Sverige ” 😊 det korta svaret är att enligt min research faller de nordiska jägarexamen under en undantagsregel, dvs. bara skicka in ansökan som en vanligt Svensk och bifoga kopia på norska provet

[@evenskredsvigsenumstad6779]

@@swedenishunting8426 Tusen takk for informativt svar!

[@vidargooch3751]

Location Schweden?

[@swedenishunting8426]

Hello Vidar, now I’m not sure I understand your question? 😊