Exporting cultural goods

Have you bought a painting, a book or a beautiful old chest of drawers at an auction? Or have you purchased a clock, a piano or perhaps a boat on the net? Are you planning to move abroad and take your finds with you – or are you thinking of reselling them in some other country?
First you need to find out if it needs export permission from the Swedish National Heritage Board.
Have you bought a painting, a book or a beautiful old chest of drawers at an auction? Or have you purchased a clock, a piano or perhaps a boat on the net? Are you planning to move abroad and take your finds with you – or are you thinking of reselling them in some other country?
First you need to find out if it needs export permission from the Swedish National Heritage Board.

Breach of the rules

The provisions on responsibility for illegal exports of cultural goods and attempted illegal export are set out in the” Act (2000:1225) on penalties for smuggling”, also called The ...

Categories of objects requiring a permit or licence

Objects that meet the definition in the respective categories in the list of categories require an export permit and/or an export licence if they are taken out of Sweden. Several of the ...

Consideration of applications for export permits and licences

There are five licensing authorities with different areas of responsibility who decide on export permits and export licences. The licencing authorities are: The National Library of Sweden ...

How to apply for a permit to export cultural goods

Here you will find information on how to apply for permission to export cultural goods from Sweden – where the forms are available, how to fill in the application and what happens next. The ...