Swedish Embassy in Madrid

Spanish citizens need no visa for Sweden: under European free movement rules they can travel, live and work there with a valid passport or national ID card.

In 2025, Sweden’s embassy in Madrid received 95 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 69. 23 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 25.0%. In 2024 it had been 13.7%: the rate rose by 11.3 points, a sharp increase. Applications rose by 90% compared with 2024 (50).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 3.1% (2023) to 25.0% (2025).

Across all Schengen consulates in Spain, 13.1% of applications were refused in 2025; Sweden’s rate worldwide was 23.1%. Sweden received the largest number of applications of the 13 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 5.8% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Spain.

The Swedish embassy in Madrid is one of 6 missions of Sweden in Spain. Consulates: Málaga, Jerez de la Frontera and Barcelona. Honorary consulates: Palma and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain in turn has an embassy in Stockholm.

About the Swedish embassy in Madrid

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Sweden in Madrid.

Address and contact

Address: Calle de Caracas 25, Madrid. The record for the Swedish embassy in Madrid includes an official website.

When the Swedish embassy in Madrid is closed

Expect the Swedish embassy in Madrid to be shut on Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) on Sunday 6 December 2026 and Immaculate Conception (Inmaculada Concepción) on Tuesday 8 December 2026, and often on Christmas Eve (Julafton) on Thursday 24 December 2026, a holiday in Sweden.

Before visiting the Swedish embassy in Madrid

Current procedures for the Swedish embassy in Madrid, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Swedish embassy in Madrid

Within 1 km of the Swedish embassy in Madrid there are 37 other foreign missions.