Submitting a life certificate

An approved authority or institution must certify that you are alive by stamping and signing the life certificate. You need to show a valid passport or another identity document.

Your name and Swedish personal number should be entered by you if this information is not already filled in.

The following authorities and institutions can sign and stamp the life certificate.

Outside of Sweden

• the Swedish Embassy
• the Swedish Consulate
• the Church of Sweden
• a social insurance institution
• a notary public
• a police authority
• a population registration authority

If you cannot get to one of the authorised agencies or institutions listed above, for example, due to a hospital visit or similar, the Swedish Pensions Agency may, in exceptional circumstances, agree to your life certificate being certified by a doctor or someone else of a similar professional credibility. There are no other exceptions to this rule. 

In Sweden

If you are in Sweden, you can visit our service offices. Visit a service office (in Swedish)

Sweden exchanges life certificates electronically with countries where there is a sizeable population of Swedish pensioners. This means that your life certificate is automatically submitted without you having to do anything.

Countries that Sweden has an exchange with

• Denmark
• Finland
• Iceland
• Norway
• Germany
• Poland
• Spain

Even if you live in a country with which the Swedish Pensions Agency exchanges certificates electronically, you may still receive a life certificate by post. This is because an automated identification of personal information is not always possible. If you receive your life certificate by post, please fill in the details required, get it stamped and submit it to us.

We collaborate with a number of insurance companies linked to the e-services of the Swedish Pensions Agency. As a result, if getting paid occupational or private pension, you do not have to send your life certificate to all your insurance companies. 

The Swedish Pensions Agency may provide information on the life certificate at the request of the following insurance companies:

• AFA Sjukförsäkringsaktiebolag 
• Alecta 
• AMF Pensionsförsäkring 
• Bliwa Livförsäkring ömsesidigt 
• Collectum AB 
• Folksam 
• Folksam Service AB
• Gamla Livförsäkringsaktiebolaget SEB Trygg Liv (publ)
• Handelsbanken Liv Försäkringsaktiebolag
• Livförsäkrings - aktiebolaget Skandia ömsesidig
• Länsförsäkringar AB 
• Länsförsäkringar Liv AB 
• PP Pension Försäkringsförening
• PRI Pensionstjänst AB 
• PRI Pensions. Och stiftelsetjänst AB
• SEB Pension & försäkring AB 
• Skandikon Administration AB 
• SPP Pension & Försäkring AB
• Statens tjänstepensionsverk (SPV).

If you live outside Sweden and receive a Swedish pension, you need to notify us of any changes that may affect your pension. For example, you must notify us of any change of address, if you receive a new pension or a pension changes or if your marital status changes. Report changes – those living abroad

Life certification is regulated by the provisions of the Social Insurance Code, SFS 2010:110. Chapter 110, Article 15 of the Social Insurance Code states; ‘As to the payment of a benefit to a recipient residing abroad, proof may be required that such recipient is indeed entitled to the benefit in question’.

The authorisation of an agency or institution for the purpose of certifying the existence of an individual abroad is subject to the regulations of the Swedish Pensions Agency (PFS 2017:2).