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Have you acquired a property or a site leasehold through purchase, gift, inheritance, marital property division, or estate? In that case, you need to apply for registration of ownership. You must make the application within three months of the acquisition.
How do I apply?
An animated film (in swedish) to help you who want to apply for legal registration.
Apply through our e-service or by post
You submit an application for registration of ownership to register yourself as the owner. Choose whether you want to use our e-service or send the application by post.
If you have purchased a property, it is common for the bank or real estate agent to submit the application for registration of ownership on your behalf. Please verify with them before submitting your application to avoid duplicate submissions.
What documents need to be included in the application?
The documents that needs to be submitted depend on whether you have acquired the property or site leasehold through:
- purchase
- gift
- division of marital property
- inheritance
- estate
Submit your application through our e-service
If you have a BankID, you can submit your application or assist someone else in applying through our e-service. When applying for registration of ownership, the attached acquisition documents, any powers of attorney, and consents must be electronic copies of the original documents.
This means that you need to scan or photograph the original documents and attach them as files. You must also certify in the e-service that these are electronic copies of the original documents attached by checking a specific box in the e-service when you have attached the files.
If you apply through the e-service, you need not send any documents to us by post.
If you instead wish to apply with an e-identification linked to SDG (new window).
Sign the acquisition document in writing
The acquisition document must be signed in writing. It is not possible to sign the document electronically through BankID or any other electronic signing solution.
Electronic signatures are not valid for the transfer of property according to the requirements in the law. Therefore, Lantmäteriet cannot grant registration of ownership based on acquisition documents that are electronically signed.
Digitally signed documents, on the other hand, can be accepted where Lantmäteriet does not require that originals are submitted, such as for example statutes and protocols.
Information sheet – Digital and physical signing of documents (in Swedish, pdf, new window).
Submit one application per acquisition documents
If you have acquired multiple shares of a property through separate acquisition documents, a separate application must be submitted for each document. This also applies to resale on unchanged conditions where the property is transferred further within three months.
Examples of situations where multiple acquisition documents occur:
- You have purchased multiple shares of a property through separate document of sale.
- You have received multiple shares of a property as a gift in separate deeds of gift.
- You have inherited multiple shares of a property from different transferors.
How our e-service works
To learn more about how our e-service works, please refer to:
- User manual for Application for Registration of Ownership and Mortgage, as well as supplementary information (in Swedish, pdf, new window)
- Information sheet for Application for Registration of Ownership and Mortgage with e-identification (in Swedish, pdf, new window).
- Advice regarding problems to login in the e-service
- Information about e-identification.
Submit the application by post
If you do not have an e-mail address or BankID, you can instead submit your application by post. You must enclose the acquisition document in its original form, as well as any other necessary documents for the case. Please note that even powers of attorney and consents must be sent in their original form. The original documents you submit will be returned to you.
Complete one of the forms, either “Application for Registration of Ownership of a Property” or “Application for Registration of ownership of a Site Leasehold”.
Send your application to:
Lantmäteriet
Fastighetsinskrivning
761 80 Norrtälje
If you have acquired a building on a non-freehold property
If you have acquired a building on non-freehold property, you need not apply for registration of ownership. Instead, you need to report the acquisition to one of the Swedish Tax Authority's offices that handle property assessment and inform them that you have become the owner of the building. You need to include a copy of the acquisition document with your notification.
If you have acquired an agricultural property unit in a sparsely populated area
If you have acquired a property that is assessed as an agricultural property unit and is located in a sparsely populated area, the following documents need to be submitted:
- Application for registration of ownership for the person who bought, received, or inherited the property. The application must include the property's official designation (for example, Gävle Torp 1:1).
- Document of acquisition in its original form, such as a contract of sale, gift deed, estate distribution, will, or marital property agreement. Please specify in the application, for example, if it is a gift from parents to children.
- Agricultural land acquisition permit from the County Administrative Board (Länsstyrelsen) or any other document indicating that a permit is not required.
You may need to apply for agricultural land acquisition permit
If you have acquired the property from a non family member, a relative, or a sibling, you need to apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit. Legal entities, in most cases, need to apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit when it comes to agricultural properties located in sparsely populated areas.
However, if you have inherited the property and are applying for registration of ownership based on a estate inventory, estate distribution, or will, no agricultural land acquisition permit is required. This also applies to purchases or gifts in a direct descending line, such as from parent/grandparent to child or a sale or gift between spouses.
If you have been registered as a resident in a sparsely populated area in the municipality where the property is located for at least one year, you do not need to apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit.
You must apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit within three months from the date that the document of acquisition was signed, otherwise, the purchase or gift becomes invalid. This means that you can no longer apply for registration of ownership or agricultural land acquisition permit based on the acquisition document.
You need to apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit at the County Administrative Board (Länsstyrelsen) in the county where the property is located.
Example 1
You and your partner receive a property, which is assessed as an agricultural property unit, as a gift from your parents. Both of you are registered residents in a different municipality. In this case, you do not need to apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit because it is a gift from your parents, but your partner needs to apply.
Example 2
You inherit a property assessed as an agricultural property unit from your aunt and apply for registration of ownership based on the will. You do not need to apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit because it is an inheritance. After being granted registration of ownership , you want to gift a share of the property to your wife. She does not need to apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit either because you are married.
Example 3
You purchase a property assessed as an agricultural property unit, adjacent to a property you already own. Since you are not registered as a resident on either of the properties, you need to apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit, even though you already own the adjacent property.
Example 4
You buy a property assessed as an agricultural property unit and move to the property at the time of purchase. Despite already living on the property when applying for registration of ownership, you still need to apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit because you have not been registered at the address for at least one year.
Example 5
You are a co-owner of a property assessed as an agricultural property unit, and you and your brother buy the shares of the other co-owners. In this case, you do not need to apply for an agricultural land acquisition permit because you already own a share of the property, but your brother needs to apply.
If you have acquired a ownership condominium
In 2009, a new form of housing was introduced in Sweden – ownership condominiums. This means that it is possible to own one's own apartment in a multi-apartment building. If you have acquired a condominium, you need to apply for registration of ownership according to the same rules as for other types of properties.
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.
By acquisition document we mean one of the following alternatives:
- purchase document (in the case of purchase)
- gift document (in the case of gift)
- succession, division of property and succession document, will or estate register (in the case of inheritance)
- division of property (in the case of division of property)
- estate register (in the case of estate).
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 taken of the original. On the photocopy you write that the copy corresponds to the original and your signature.
In most cases, the application is submitted in a timely manner. If the application is not received within three months, Lantmäteriet can send an injunction asking you to apply for a title deed or registration of leasehold ownership.
It is in the buyer's interest to secure his ownership of the property it acquired. Lantmäteriet does not conduct any outreach, which means that the authority must be informed that an acquisition took place together with a basis that substantiates the claim. This can be done, for example, by the previous owner coming in with a statement and at the same time attaching a copy of the acquisition document.
Exception from the obligation to apply for title deeds or registration of leasehold rights:
- An estate is only obliged to apply for title deeds or registration of leasehold ownership upon transfer of property.
- A spouse or cohabitant who has been assigned real property in the event of division of property is only obliged to apply for title to the acquisition when the property previously belonged to the other spouse or cohabitant. However, a spouse or cohabitant has the right to apply for a title deed even when the property before the division of property belonged to him or herself.