marriage information
Validity of Marriage and Divorce
If a marriage, or divorce, is valid according to Swedish law, the marriage/divorce would also be considered valid in the U.S. No special forms or applications have to be filed. The same applies to U.S. marriages/divorces; if the marriage/divorce is valid according to U.S. law, it would also be considered valid in Sweden. However, if you get married/divorced in the U.S., your marriage/divorce will not be automatically registered in Sweden. You need to contact the Swedish tax authorities (Skatteverket), phone number 0771 567 567 (from overseas +46 8 564 851 60), in order to have your marriage registered in Sweden.
If you wish to register you Swedish marriage/divorce in the U.S. you need to request an English version of your Swedish marriage certificate, which is a so-called “Personbevis” from the Swedish tax authorities which lists both spouses names, and obtain an Apostille certification from a Swedish notary public (found in the phone book under “notarius publicus”), and send that to the Office of Vital Statistics of the appropriate U.S. state. For contact information to the different Vital Statistics offices, click here.
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