Telephone numbers in Sweden

Telephone numbers in Sweden

Location of Sweden in dark green
Location
Country	Sweden
Continent	Europe
Regulator	Swedish Post and Telecom Authority
Type	Open
NSN length	7 to 13 digits
Numbering plan	Sweden National Numbering Plan
Last updated	22 May 2018
Access codes
Country code	+46
International access	00
Long-distance	0

In Sweden, the area codes are, including the leading 0, two, three or four digits long, with larger towns and cities having shorter area codes permitting a larger number of telephone numbers in the eight to ten digits used (including the leading '0'). Before the 1990s, ten-digit numbers were very rare, but they have become increasingly common because of the deregulation of telecommunications, the new 112 emergency number (which required change of all numbers starting with 11), and the creation of a single area code for the Greater Stockholm area. No subscriber number is shorter than five digits. The longest subscriber numbers have eight digits (only in the Stockholm area).