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Pension question, Sweden

Do Swedish pensioners abroad need a life certificate?

A person who lives outside Sweden and receives a pension from the Swedish Pensions Agency must send in a life certificate (levnadsintyg) every single year for the payment to continue. If it is not returned by that date, payments are stopped from the following month and stay stopped.

What to do next

  1. Find the return date that applies to your country of residence.
  2. Keep your address with Pensionsmyndigheten up to date, because it receives no automatic updates.
  3. Run our free check to see whether another country also holds a pension for you.

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When is it due?

Once in payment from abroad, a levnadsintyg is due every year, by 19 September, 23 October, 14 November or 8 December according to country of residence.

  • Source: pensionsmyndigheten.se, read 4 October 2026

Do you give advice on what to do?

No. We identify where a pension is likely held and the official route to it, and we name each source with the date we read it. We do not give financial, tax or legal advice.