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If you have inherited a property or a site leasehold, you must apply for registration of ownership.
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If you have inherited a property or a site leasehold, or a part thereof
What the application must include varies depending on whether you have inherited the entire property or site leasehold through a will, if you are the sole heir, or if there are multiple heirs.
If you are the sole heir
If you are the sole heir, the application must include:
- Application for registration of ownership for the person who has inherited the property or the site leasehold.
- A certified copy of the estate inventory.
- The estate inventory must first be registered with the Swedish Tax Agency.
Note that the property must be listed in the estate inventory.
If there are multiple heirs
If there are multiple heirs, the application must include:
- Application for registration of ownership for those who have inherited the property or the site leasehold.
- Original inheritance division document.
- A certified copy of the estate inventory.
The estate inventory must first be registered with the Swedish Tax Agency.
If the estate is going to apply for registration of ownership
When an estate is going to sell or transfer ownership of a property, the estate must first apply for registration of ownership for the property or the site leasehold.
If any heir is underage
An underage heir may become the legal owner of a property, but there are certain limitations regarding how they may dispose of the property.
In cases where a person who is underage is represented by a legal guardian, the legal guardian's authority must be verified in the application for registration of ownership, for example, through an extract confirming the guardianship.
In some cases, the consent of the superintendent is also required for the transfer.
Contact the superintendent in your municipality for further information.
Please note that:
- The property must be listed in the estate inventory.
- The inheritance division document must be witnessed by two individuals if it was drawn up after a person who died before 1988.
- Permission from the chief guardian is required if any of the heirs are underage or have a guardian.
If you have inherited the entire property or site leasehold through a will
If you have inherited the entire property or site leasehold through a will, the application must include:
- Application for registration of ownership for the person who has inherited the property.
- Original will. A certified copy of the estate inventory.
- The estate inventory must first be registered with the Swedish Tax Agency.
- Documents showing that the will has become legally binding e.g., gained legal force (when it can no longer be appealed).
A will becomes legally binding for example, gains legal force, through:
- being approved by all heirs
- or not being contested within six months from notification
- or none of the statutory heirs have requested the adjustment of the will to claim their statutory share within six months from notification
- or the will is valid through a court decision that it has gained legal force (when it can no longer be appealed).
If you have received the property as a specific bequest (legacy)
A specific bequest is when someone leaves a particular property to a person.
If you have received the property as a specific bequest, in addition to the above-mentioned documents, you also need to show that the bequest has been fulfilled. This should be done by the person or persons authorized to represent the estate; therefore, as the beneficiary, you cannot certify it yourself.
You must also include:
- A document signed by all heirs confirming that the property has been given to the beneficiary.
- Alternatively, it is acceptable if the submitter of the application (the petitioner) or any of the heirs issues the document, but it must be stated in the document that the property has been transferred with the consent of all heirs, or
- an inheritance division document where the property has been given to the beneficiary, or
- a document from the estate administrator or the testamentary executor confirming that the property has been given to the beneficiary.
If you have inherited an agricultural property unit in a sparsely populated area
Access the Guide for Survivors of a Deceased Person
The website efterlevandeguiden.se is a collaboration between the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, the Swedish Pensions Agency, and the Swedish Tax Agency. The aim is to make it easier for those who have lost someone close.
Here you will find information about, among other things, inheritance, estate division, and estate inventory.
Take part of the information on the website efterlevnadsguiden.se (in Swedish, new window).
Questions and answers
Lantmäteriet provides general information when you start a case or seek information about our operations. For example, it could be about how you apply for deed, land right, contractual easement or which e-services and forms should be used.
It can also be about which documents you need to send with your application. You can also order extracts from our registers.
It is not part of Lantmäteriet's mission to give advice on, for example, how a property division or inheritance should be carried out, on tax planning or to give advice on how regulations or older decisions can be interpreted. We also cannot give advance notice in cases.
If you need help with your questions, get suggestions on the appropriate course of action or help with interpreting or creating legal documents, we refer you to the private market via external advisers or agents.
You who have protected personal data can make your application via our e-service or by sending your application by post.
In the e-service, you need to enter your name manually as confidential information is not displayed to the user of the e-service.
A certified copy means that a photocopy has been made of the original. On the photocopy you write that the copy is consistent with the original and sign it with you name.