The trip crosses the border twice, and each crossing is two checks: out of one country and into the other, under different laws and by different agencies. A paper document is tied to one country’s rules. The same credential could serve both sides, if they agree on what it means.
Licence or firearms pass: Sweden’s rules accept either, but some organisations we asked weren’t sure.
Swedish law lets a hunter with a permanent Norwegian licence bring the rifle in, and since June 2026 a hunter with a valid European firearms pass too; Swedish customs’ page says either is enough. Yet some of the organisations we asked doubted that the pass is valid in Sweden, or said it is never shown without the licence. With the pass, the rifle is still notified to Swedish customs online.
More on this: Licence or firearms pass: Sweden’s rules accept either, but some organisations we asked weren’t sure.
The game asks: “Swedish law accepts your firearms licence or a European firearms pass. Why are some still unsure, and what would make it clear?”
What we know
A hunter with a permanent Norwegian licence can bring the firearms under the rule for hunters from Denmark, Finland and Norway instead. That rule asks for no documentation of the hunt: Vapenlagen asks for it only under the rule for the European firearms pass.1,2,3
A hunter who lives in Norway must be able to show Tullverket either a firearms licence from Norway or a European firearms pass. After notifying online, the hunter shows the notification number if a customs officer asks.4
Under the rule for the European firearms pass, the hunter must bring documentation that the firearms are for hunting, for example an invitation from a hunting team.2,4
With a European firearms pass, the hunter need not contact Tolletaten when leaving Norway or coming back. The hunter may use unmanned border crossings, and need not register the firearms out of or into Norway. Politiet says the same for a trip of up to three months. Going to Sweden, the hunter still notifies the firearms online to Tullverket.5,6
Since 1 June 2026, a hunter with a valid European firearms pass may bring the firearms entered in it into Sweden for hunting without an import permit: the law allows it where the regulation says so, and the regulation says so for firearms in categories A point 7, B and C. The hunter carries the pass while in Sweden.2,3,7,8,9
A recital says that each sector’s own rules on the form of documents stand.10
What organisations told us
At the firearms workshop the participants disagreed on whether the European firearms pass is valid for bringing firearms into Sweden. One agency said it is, under the new law from summer 2026, as its page says; others doubted it, or were unsure whether Sweden takes part in the cooperation. Another participant said the answer depends on whom you ask, and asked for a clear answer from the Swedish authorities. A hunters’ organisation had never seen it accepted for entry, nor any exemption for the Nordic countries, although Swedish law lets a hunter with a Norwegian licence bring hunting firearms in. The meeting concluded that the pass is accepted, but other requirements remain, so in practice it is no easier.1,4,11
A hunters’ organisation at the workshop said the European firearms pass is never shown alone: the firearms licence is always shown with it. The Swedish rule and Tullverket’s page say either one is enough.4,9,11
On the trip: When Kari decides whether to get a European firearms pass, and when she notifies her rifle to Swedish customs.
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Vapenlagen 8 kap. 4 §En enskild person som har permanent tillstånd från en behörig myndighet i Danmark, Finland eller Norge att där inneha jakt- eller tävlingsskjutvapen för eget bruk får, utan tillstånd, föra med dessa vapen med tillhörande ammunition och ljuddämpare1. vid vistelse i Sverige för tillfällig användning vid jakt eller tävling härEn enskild person som har permanent tillstånd från en behörig myndighet i Danmark, Finland eller Norge att där inneha jakt- eller tävlingsskjutvapen för eget bruk
Vapenlagen 8 kap. 5 §Personen ska medföra dokumentation som styrker att föremålen ska användas vid jakt eller tävling i Sverige.När det är särskilt föreskrivet får en enskild person som har ett giltigt europeiskt skjutvapenpass, utan tillstånd, medföra skjutvapen som är införda i skjutvapenpasset med tillhörande ammunition och ljuddämpare vid vistelse i Sverige för tillfällig användning vid jakt eller tävling här
PolisenDetta förutsätter dock att syftet med införseln av vapnet är att det ska användas vid jakt eller tävling under vistelse i Sverige.En enskild person som har ett giltigt europeiskt skjutvapenpass får utan införseltillstånd föra in skjutvapen som är införda i skjutvapenpasset
Tullverketinnehavstillstånd som är utfärdat i landet du är bosatt iDu behöver alltså inte visa upp både innehavstillstånd och europeiskt skjutvapenpass.Om du är bosatt i Danmark, Finland eller Norge och reser med skjutvapen till Sverige ska du kunna visa upp något av följande för Tullverket:Det enda du behöver tänka på är att du ska kunna visa upp ditt anmälningsnummer om en tulltjänsteman ber om det.Du kan styrka ditt deltagande i jakt eller tävling, till exempel genom en inbjudan från ett jaktlag
TolletatenHar du et europeisk våpenpass, trenger du ikke å kontakte Tolletaten.Du kan benytte ubemannede grenseoverganger, og du trenger heller ikke å registrere våpenet ut av og inn i Norge.Skal du til Sverige, trenger du kun å registrere våpenet elektronisk hos det svenske Tullverket
PolitietDu trenger ikke gå innom Tolletaten når du reiser ut av Norge, hvis du har gyldig europeisk våpenpass og reisen ikke varer mer enn tre måneder.Reiser du med gyldig europeisk våpenpass og reisen har ikke vært lengre enn tre måneder? Da kan du gå til grønn sone i tollen når du kommer tilbake til Norge.
Vapenförordningen 10 kap. 10 §utan särskilt tillstånd till Sverige föra in sådana skjutvapen med tillhörande ammunition och ljuddämpare som ingår i kategori A punkt 7, B eller C
Vapenförordningen 10 kap. 11 §Den som fört in ett skjutvapen till Sverige med stöd av 8 kap. 5 § vapenlagen ska under vistelsen med vapnet här i landet medföra och kunna visa upp det europeiska skjutvapenpasset.I stället för ett sådant tillstånd får ett europeiskt skjutvapenpass som meddelats i något av dessa länder och i vilket vapnet är antecknat medföras och visas upp.
Reg (EU) 2024/1183, recital 55without prejudice to Union or national law defining additional sector-specific requirements as regards form with underlying legal effects
Workshop on firearms and identity, 2026 (not published)
One border is two checks, under two countries’ laws.
Each side checks under its own law. Under the EU’s rules, a public body’s document is recognised as such in every member state, and a wallet should be able to show details from several documents at once. If those rules come to apply in Norway, the same wallet could serve both sides.
More on this: One border is two checks, under two countries’ laws.
The game asks: “Leaving one country and entering the next are two checks, under different rules. Could the same thing in your wallet satisfy both?”
What we know
A hunter without a European firearms pass stops at a staffed customs post when leaving Norway, or by plane or ferry at the airport or port. Customs officers check the form, both copies are certified, and one is kept.1
Anyone crossing the Swedish border to hunt with a firearm must always notify the firearms, silencers or ammunition they bring. Bringing firearms into Sweden is notified to Tullverket.2,3
Tullverket receives the notification of firearms crossing the Swedish border, and by law reports firearms brought into or out of Sweden to Polisen.3,4
An organisation that will rely on the wallet registers in the country where it is established.5
A credential issued by, or on behalf of, a public body responsible for its source in one member state is recognised as a public body’s credential in every member state.6
A recital says it should be possible for the user to show details from several credentials at once.7
On the trip: At the border on the way out: Norwegian customs on one side, Swedish customs and police on the other.
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TolletatenHvis du ikke har europeisk våpenpass:Tollere vil kontrollere skjemaet på stedetReiser du med fly eller ferge, skal du alltid innom tollsted på flyplassen eller havnen du reiser fra.Du skal fremlegge skjemaet i to eksemplarer, som begge skal attesteres. Ett av eksemplarene skal holdes igjen på tollstedet.
PolisenInförsel av vapen ska alltid anmälas till Tullverket, antingen på Tullverkets webbplats eller direkt vid gränsen.
TullverketDu som reser över Sveriges gräns för att jaga eller tävla med skjutvapen måste alltid anmäla att du för med dig vapen, ljuddämpare eller ammunition.måste alltid anmäla att du för med dig vapen
Förordning 2006:527 1 §Tullverket ska i enlighet med vad som föreskrivs i denna förordning lämna uppgifter till Polismyndigheten om skjutvapen som förs in i eller ut ur Sverige.
Reg (EU) 2024/1183, Art. 45b(3)shall be recognised as an attestation of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public sector body responsible for an authentic source in all Member States.
Reg (EU) 2024/1183, recital 59It should be technically possible for the user to selectively disclose attributes, including from multiple, distinct electronic attestations, and to combine and present them seamlessly to relying parties.
A spot check goes by a number in an e-mail; the register behind it is a question for Swedish customs.
Today the hunter gets a number by e-mail and shows it if a customs officer asks. We were told that the officer can look it up in Swedish customs’ systems; which register that is, no published source says. We propose that Swedish customs signs the receipt, so it can be verified on the spot.
More on this: A spot check goes by a number in an e-mail; the register behind it is a question for Swedish customs.
The game asks: “How can a spot check later see that the rifle was declared, when nobody was at the border?”
What we know
Tullverket receives the hunter’s notification of the firearms, on the web or at the border, and emails back a notification number.1
After notifying online, the hunter shows the notification number if a customs officer asks.1
What organisations told us
The notification number is what the hunter refers to in a control, so the checker can look it up in Tullverket’s systems.2
Not settled
No source names a register for the notifications. By law, Tullverket reports firearms brought into or out of Sweden to Polisen.3
Our proposal: Tullverket signs the receipt, as it receives the notification.
On the trip: At the Swedish border, where Kari is picked for a spot check after notifying her rifle online.
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TullverketÄven när du reser mellan Sverige och Norge (som inte är ett EU-land) kan du anmäla ditt vapen på webben eller göra en anmälan direkt vid gränsen.Som bekräftelse på din anmälan får du ett mejl med ett anmälningsnummer.Det enda du behöver tänka på är att du ska kunna visa upp ditt anmälningsnummer om en tulltjänsteman ber om det.
Workshop on firearms and identity, 2026 (not published)
Förordning 2006:527 1 §Tullverket ska i enlighet med vad som föreskrivs i denna förordning lämna uppgifter till Polismyndigheten om skjutvapen som förs in i eller ut ur Sverige.
Two agencies give different answers on declaring a dog.
Swedish customs says a dog from Norway with a microchip and a pet passport needs no notification. The agriculture authority’s general rule says every dog must be declared. We were told that no one checks before the trip that the dog has what it needs: the owner is responsible.
More on this: Two agencies give different answers on declaring a dog.
The game asks: “When a dog crosses the border, who needs to know, and how would they agree?”
What we know
Dogs coming into Norway are shown, with their documents, to Tolletaten. A dog coming from Sweden that has only been in Sweden and meets all the requirements may go through the green lane.1
What organisations told us
No one checks before the trip that the dog has what it needs: the owner is responsible. Mattilsynet answers questions on its website and by phone, and the vet also tells the owner.2
Not settled
Tullverket says a dog coming from Norway with a microchip and a pet passport needs no notification, and it has told the project the same about a hunter from Norway with their own dog. Jordbruksverket’s general rule for dogs from the EU and Norway says every dog must be declared to customs, at a customs point or in advance on Tullverket’s website.3,4,5
On the trip: At the Swedish border, with Tass in the car.
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MattilsynetVis frem dyrene og dyrenes dokumenter til Tolletaten.Kommer du med hund fra Sverige, og hunden kun har vært i Sverige, kan du gå på grønn sone i tollen dersom alle innførselskrav er oppfylt.
Workshop on travelling with dogs, October 2026 (not published)
TullverketReser du från Norge behöver du inte göra en anmälan om djuret är ID-märkt och har ett EU-pass eller ett norskt pass för sällskapsdjur.
Tullverket, information to the project, October 2026 (not published)
JordbruksverketDjuret ska föras in till Sverige via en valfri tullplats. Där ska du anmäla till tullen att du tar in ett djur i landet.Om du anmäler djuret i förväg via Tullverkets webbplats, kan du välja en grön fil eller gång.
A wallet must not tell the issuer when a document is used.
Today the hunter deregisters the rifle through a link in an e-mail, and is reminded until it is done. A wallet must not tell the issuer when a document is used. So, as we read it, the two countries would not learn from the wallet that the rifle is home: their authorities would have to tell each other.
More on this: A wallet must not tell the issuer when a document is used.
The game asks: “Once your rifle is home again, Swedish customs only knows when you deregister it yourself. How could the two countries know without you doing anything?”
What we know
After the trip, the hunter deregisters the firearms with Tullverket, through a link in the confirmation email.1
Until the firearms are deregistered, Tullverket emails a reminder every day, from the day after the trip was to end.1
With a European firearms pass, the hunter need not contact Tolletaten when leaving Norway or coming back. The hunter may use unmanned border crossings, and need not register the firearms out of or into Norway. Politiet says the same for a trip of up to three months. Going to Sweden, the hunter still notifies the firearms online to Tullverket.2,3
The wallet must not tell an issuer when its credentials are used.4
The wallet’s technical framework must not let issuers or anyone else get data that allows a user’s transactions to be tracked or linked, unless the user explicitly allows it.5
What organisations told us
Deregistering online is tied to the date, not the place, so the hunter can do it from Sweden or from Norway.6
Not settled
A wallet tells nobody where it has been shown. For the two countries to know that the rifle is home without the hunter doing anything, their authorities would have to tell each other.
On the trip: At home again, when Kari deregisters her rifle with Swedish customs.
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TullverketDu avanmäler ditt vapen via en länk som finns i det bekräftelsemejl som du fick när du anmälde vapnet.Du får den första påminnelsen dagen efter att din resa ska vara avslutad och du fortsätter att få dem varje dag ända tills du har avanmält vapnet.
TolletatenHar du et europeisk våpenpass, trenger du ikke å kontakte Tolletaten.Du kan benytte ubemannede grenseoverganger, og du trenger heller ikke å registrere våpenet ut av og inn i Norge.Skal du til Sverige, trenger du kun å registrere våpenet elektronisk hos det svenske Tullverket
PolitietDu trenger ikke gå innom Tolletaten når du reiser ut av Norge, hvis du har gyldig europeisk våpenpass og reisen ikke varer mer enn tre måneder.Reiser du med gyldig europeisk våpenpass og reisen har ikke vært lengre enn tre måneder? Da kan du gå til grønn sone i tollen når du kommer tilbake til Norge.
Reg (EU) 2024/1183, Art. 5a(5)(b)not provide any information to trust service providers of electronic attestations of attributes about the use of those electronic attestations;
Reg (EU) 2024/1183, Art. 5a(16)(a)not allow providers of electronic attestations of attributes or any other party, after the issuance of the attestation of attributes, to obtain data that allows transactions or user behaviour to be tracked, linked or correlated, or knowledge of transactions or user behaviour to be otherwise obtained, unless explicitly authorised by the user;
Tullverket, information to the project, October 2026 (not published)
The wallet rules we read say nothing about declaring goods.
Up to 10 kg of meat from your own hunt is free of duty; more is declared at customs. A declaration goes from the hunter to customs, the opposite way from a wallet document, and the rules for the wallet that we read say nothing about declaring goods.
More on this: The wallet rules we read say nothing about declaring goods.
The game asks: “Meat from the hunt counts as goods at the border. How could you declare it, and to whom?”
What we know
Up to 10 kg of meat from the hunter’s own hunt in an EEA country is free of duty and other charges. With more than 10 kg, the hunter uses the red lane, hands in a declaration that the meat is from their own hunt, and pays 15 percent VAT. Above 75 kg in a calendar year, customs duty is also due.1
Not settled
Tolletaten lists only trophies of endangered or vulnerable species, and trophies from outside the EU and EEA, as restricted at the border. Mattilsynet says other trophies need a commercial document or health certificate, and an import notification. How the two fit together is not clear.2,3
A declaration goes from the hunter to customs, where a credential goes from an issuer to the hunter. The rules for the wallet that we read say nothing about declaring goods.
On the trip: At the Norwegian border on the way home, with meat from the hunt in the car.
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TolletatenTek du med deg kjøt frå eiga jakt i eit EØS-land, kan du ta med deg inntil 10 kilo utan å betale tollavgift og andre avgifter.Du må velje raud sone når du kjem til Noreg dersom du har med deg meir enn ti kilo.Her leverer du ei eigenerklæring om at kjøtet stammar frå eiga jakt i EØS-områdetTek du med deg meir enn 10 kilo, skal du betale 15 prosent meirverdiavgift.Har du med deg over 75 kilo kjøt i løpet av eit kalenderår, må du også betale tollavgift for kjøtet.
TolletatenJakttrofeer av truede eller sårbare arter.Jakttrofeer fra land utenfor EU og EØS.Følgende trofeer er underlagt restriksjoner, og må vises frem for kontroll ved grensepassering:
MattilsynetAndre jakttrofeer må følges av et handelsdokument eller helsesertifikat, i tillegg til at du må melde importen til Mattilsynet.
What could be started on now
Ask, in the Commission’s evaluation of the Firearms Directive, for the digital European firearms pass to be a wallet credential.
Bring the needs of travel between Norway and Sweden into the Commission’s assessment of a digital pet passport, instead of defining a pet credential of our own.
Make sure that all who check a Norwegian hunter’s rifle at the border know that Swedish law accepts the licence or the European firearms pass.
Have the customs and police of both countries agree on one notification of a hunter’s firearms that all of them can rely on, with a receipt the hunter can show in a spot check.
