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🇸🇪 SafeIs Sweden Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Sweden
Travel verdict: Recommended. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Very low crime overall; one of Europe's safest countries
- Pickpocketing in Stockholm tourist areas and on public transit
- Harsh winters in northern regions
Travel Verdict: Recommended
Stay alert in crowded public transport and tourist spots
Excellent healthcare; EHIC valid for EU citizens
Largely cashless society; card payments standard
Emergency: 112
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