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Sweden license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Sweden.

Sweden license plates — MLB 84A

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Plate types

How to read the plate

EU band
The blue band with the EU flag and the country code S.
No region code
You cannot tell the region from this country's plates.
Series and number
Letters and digits — the registration itself.
County
The first characters are the code of the county where the car is registered: The county where the car is registered is shown separately on the plate:

A Swedish plate has three letters and three digits (PXO 755); since 2019 the last character may be a letter (MLB 84A). There is no region in the number: the combination is issued with no link to a place and stays with the vehicle for good. The letters I, Q, V, Å, Ä and Ö are not used, and the final letter is never O. All characters are the same width; on the left is the blue EU band with S.

Region codes

Plates in this country do not show the region — you cannot tell it from the plate.

History

The current system dates from 1973. From 1907 to 1973 the plate began with the county letter (länsbokstav): A for Stockholm, C for Uppsala, M for Malmöhus, O for Göteborg och Bohus and so on. After 1974 all old plates were replaced, so none remain on the road; the letters live on in the ISO 3166-2 codes of Swedish counties.

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