When is the next citizenship test date?
The pilot test on 15 August 2026 is fully booked and free of charge. UHR has not yet published dates for the ordinary, fee-based test rounds.
This page is translated from Swedish and has not been reviewed by a native speaker. The Swedish version is the original.
Short answer: the pilot test is fully booked, and there’s no new date to book yet.
What is known
The new rules on Swedish citizenship took effect on 6 June 2026. The first test date is a pilot test on 15 August 2026 at Stockholmsmässan.
The pilot test has two features that won’t apply going forward: it is free of charge, and it has a limited number of places. Registration is closed now that the places have run out.
What hasn’t happened yet
UHR has not yet published dates for the ordinary test rounds, and booking is not open.
Not published yet: dates for the ordinary test rounds, when booking opens, which locations the test is held in outside Stockholm, and the rules for retakes. This page is updated when UHR publishes any of it — the date at the top shows when it was last changed.
The one thing that is clear about the coming rounds is that they will be fee-based: the SEK 2,000 test fee is first charged for tests held during 2027.
What this means in practice
Not having fixed dates is actually an advantage if you need to study. You have time, and you already know exactly what to study: Sverige i fokus, 13 chapters, free as a PDF from UHR. The material doesn’t change just because the test dates are delayed.
Two things are worth doing now rather than later:
Check whether you need to take the test at all. The knowledge requirement can be met with passed SFI (course D), upper secondary or municipal adult education grades, a university degree, or Tisus. That’s a question for Migrationsverket, and the answer could save you both the fee and the wait.
Start early, not intensively. Once booking opens it can move fast — the pilot test’s places ran out before registration had been open for long. Knowing the material in advance beats cramming between a booking confirmation and test day.
The language test comes later
A common mix-up: the citizenship test being introduced now is a civics test. A separate Swedish language test is also planned, but is introduced at the earliest in autumn 2027. The reform is being rolled out in stages, and the civics test comes first.
If you read something that mixes the two up — or states a date for the language test as if it were already decided — it’s worth checking the source.
How to stay up to date
The only reliable source for dates and registration is UHR itself. We’re an independent study aid and find out the same things as everyone else, at the same time as everyone else.
Sources: UHR’s pages on the citizenship test, registration, and test day · Migrationsverket’s information on the new rules from 6 June 2026 · Förordning (2026:451) om medborgarskapsprov. Always check against uhr.se before planning — this page may have become outdated.