Extract for employment in leading positions in municipalities
When you have been offered a job in a leading position within a municipality, your employer can request that you show an extract from the criminal record.
Information regarding new legislation
New legislation enters into force on March 1st, which means that:
- People who are hired to work with elderly and adult people with disabilities in their homes must show an extract from the criminal record and criminal suspects register.
- People who are hired for leading positions in municipalities must show an extract from the criminal record.
- Extracts for work within LSS with children and work or assignments with children outside of school will be expanded to include more crimes and also an extract from the suspect register.
It will be possible to apply for the new extracts via our e-service and forms from Monday March 2. The new extracts can also be sent digitally and verified in the police authority's control service for register extracts.
Record extract e-service
To use the e-service, you need an e-mail address that you are willing to provide.
Do not use the e-service if you have a protected identity. Instead, use a form.
Digital extract
Now you can get your police record extract sent to your Swedish digital mailbox (Kivra, Billo or Min myndighetspost). If you have any convictions registered the extract will be sent to your registered address instead.
Forms
If you are unable to use the e-service, please use one of the forms.
Processing times
Processing requests may require up to two weeks from the date we receive a completed application to sending the extract. Processing times may vary with demand.
1. Complete the form
The form will be available from March 2, 2026.
Note the following:
- You may only request a record extract concerning yourself. A power of attorney for another person is not valid.
Complete the application form clearly and sign it
Please note that forms completed digitally must nevertheless be printed out and signed with pen. We do not accept digital signatures.
Keep in mind that a complete application, properly signed by hand, with pen, will help you receive an extract more quickly.
2. Send in the form
Scan or take a photo of the signed form and send it by e-mail or post to the police. Forms sent by e-mail will receive an auto-reply confirming receipt by the police of your e-mail.
E-mail: registerutdrag@polisen.se
Polismyndigheten/The Swedish Police Authority
Box 757
SE-981 27 Kiruna
3. Receive a record extract
You will receive a record extract from us by post. The extract will be sent to the address provided in the application. The police may not send extracts directly to an employer.
Standard processing time can be up to two weeks from the receipt of the completed application to the sending of the extract. Processing times may vary with demand.
We cannot prioritise or accelerate any particular request.
EU citizens
When citizens of another EU country or the United Kingdom apply for an extract from the register, the request is automatically forwarded to the country in question in accordance with Article 22c. "If an individual requesting information about himself or herself in the criminal records register under Section 9 of the Criminal Records Act (1998:620) is a citizen of another Member State of the European Union, the Police Authority shall also obtain information about him or her from the criminal records of that State." Regulation (1999:1134) in Swedish on the Riksdagen website.
That country has 4 to 21 working days (not counting the respective country's public holidays) to respond to the request, which can result in a process that takes several weeks. We have no influence on the country's processing time, but you can facilitate the process yourself and thus obtain the extract more quickly by providing all information requested on the form.
The following applies for the extract
When you have been offered a job in a leading position within a municipality, you must present an extract from the criminal record, if the employer requests it. It is the employer that has the right to request that you present an extract from the criminal record. This extract should not be used if a security clearance is carried out in accordance with the Security Protection Act or other law. It is the employer who, based on an assessment in each individual case, may decide whether the position is to be considered leading or otherwise of significant importance to the municipality.
- The extract is valid for six months.
- You may retain the original. The employer may only document that the extract has been presented. No further documentation of the record check may be made.
- You may show the extract to more than one employer.
A criminal record check is intended to protect vulnerable people and businesses within the municipality. However, it is only part of the basis for assessing whether a person is suitable for employment. The fact that a person has been convicted of a crime does not mean that the person is prohibited from being employed.
Act on Background Checks for Employment in Leading Municipal Positions (in Swedish)
This is shown in the police record extract
The extract shows all offences with a sentence other than a fine.
If you have been sentenced to any of the following sanctions it will be shown on the extract:
- Day fine
- Youth service
- Youth care
- Youth supervision
- Conditional sentence
- Probation
- Forensic psychiatric care
- Institutional care of young persons
- Imprisonment