Sweden: 2 schemes to know about before you drive in.
Stockholm has 2 driving restrictions on our books: the Trängselskatt Stockholm (congestion tax) (congestion charge) and the Miljözon klass 2, Hornsgatan (low emission zone). What is a congestion charge?
Sources last read on 2026-09-12, from the authorities' own pages. The next scheduled check is 2026-12-01.
| Scheme | Kind | Fine |
|---|---|---|
| Trängselskatt Stockholm (congestion tax) | congestion charge | 500.00 SEK |
| Miljözon klass 2, Hornsgatan | low emission zone | 1000.00 SEK |
Stockholm charges a congestion tax on vehicles driving into and out of the city centre and on the Essingeleden motorway. You are not buying a ticket: cameras register each passage automatically and you are billed. What you pay depends on the time of day and the season — at most 135 SEK per vehicle per day in peak season and 105 SEK off-peak.
The tax applies to vehicles registered outside Sweden too.
This is the only place in Sweden where an emission zone reaches a private car. Sweden has three classes of miljözon and the classes are defined nationally, but each one has to be switched on street by street by the municipality — and only Stockholm has ever switched on class 2. It is one street: most of Hornsgatan on Södermalm.
A petrol, ethanol or gas car must be at least Euro 5 and a diesel must be Euro 6, which in practice means first registered from September 2011 and September 2015 respectively. There is nothing to pay and nothing to register; a car that does not meet the standard simply may not drive along that stretch. Crossing Hornsgatan is allowed for everyone.