Physiotherapist

How to apply

If you are educated in Sweden

If you have completed a Swedish degree in physiotherapy you can apply for a license.

The application fee is 990 SEK and the processing time is approximately three weeks. Your application can be submitted either digitally or by post and must include:

• Your diploma

More information on the application process and the documentation required can be found at The National Board of Health and Welfare's website. 

Qualification in an EU Member State or EEA

If you are qualified to practice as a physiotherapist in another EU Member State or EEA (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland) and want to work as such in Sweden, you need to apply for a license with the National Board of Health and Welfare. To obtain a license, you are also required to have sufficient language skills in Swedish, Danish or Norwegian and have a swedish personal identity number or coordination number.    

If neither your profession nor your qualification is regulated in the country where you are educated, you have to submit a certificate of service. The certificate must show that you have practiced the profession for at least one of the last ten years in one or more EU or EEA countries where the profession or qualification is not regulated.

The application fee is 990 SEK and the processing time is approximately three months. Your application can be submitted either digitally or by post and must include:

• Your diploma         
• A certificate from the competent authority proving that you have not been prohibited from pursuing your profession, such as Certificate of Good Standing or Certificate of Current Professional Status. If there is no register from where you can obtain such a certificate, a certificate with information from the country's criminal register shall be provided. 
• A document from the school or university where you were trained describing which courses you have taken, including the course content and their duration. 
• A copy of a certificate or diploma attesting to your language skills in Swedish, Danish or Norwegian. 
• A copy of a valid ID document (e.g. a copy on the first page of your valid passport or a copy of a national ID card.         

More information on the application process and the documentation required can be found at The National Board of Health and Welfare's website.

European Professional Card (EPC)

You can also apply via the European Professional Card (EPC), which is an electronic certificate proving your professional qualifications if you are going to work in another EU country. Read more and apply at the website Your Europe (länk).

If you are educated outside of the EU and the EEA

For those educated outside of the EU and the EEA, there are different ways to obtain a license to practice as a physiotherapist in Sweden. This can be done either through a proficiency test and clinical training or by enrolling in additional training. To complete these steps, you need to be able to understand and communicate in Swedish.

Once the above steps are completed, you can apply for a license. A certificate or diploma attesting to your language skills in Swedish, Danish or Norwegian must be submitted together with your license application. 

The application fee is 990 SEK. As the application process contains several different steps, it is not possible to give an estimate of the total processing time. 

More information on the application process and the documentation required can be found at The National Board of Health and Welfare's website.