If you have flown to Stockholm on a budget airline, you may have landed at Nyköping without realising it. Skavsta is marketed as a Stockholm airport and sits roughly a hundred kilometres from the capital, on the edge of this town. For anyone moving here that is genuinely useful, because it means direct low cost flights from the UK land ten minutes from your new front door.
It also means the practical arrangement for a move here is often simpler than for Stockholm itself. Your goods travel as freight by road while you fly into Skavsta directly, rather than routing through Arlanda and travelling back out.
The town itself is small and old, built around a castle ruin on the Nyköpingsån where it meets the Baltic. The centre has some narrower older streets, but most of the housing is later and access is generally uncomplicated. The E4 runs past on the way to Stockholm.
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Goods reach Nyköping by road on the E4, whether they entered Sweden at Gothenburg or crossed the Öresund at Malmö. The town sits on the main approach to Stockholm from the south, so vehicles serving the capital pass directly and shared loads are straightforward to arrange.
Because Skavsta is here, the usual awkwardness of getting yourself to the destination while your goods travel separately largely disappears. Worth factoring in when comparing this to a Stockholm address.
A compact area of older streets near the castle ruin and the river, with narrower access and some buildings without lifts. Small relative to the town. Give the street name if your address falls there rather than just the district.
Later twentieth century blocks with lifts and parking, and detached housing with drives further out. Flat ground. Ordinary deliveries across the great majority of addresses.
Modern development with generous access and parking. If accommodation is attached to an airport or logistics operation, access may be controlled with fixed windows, so mention it at the enquiry stage.
Send your UK collection address, your Nyköping delivery address with the floor, lift dimensions and access notes, and a rough inventory. Your enquiry goes to one vetted firm from our network who already covers the route.
Get your free Nyköping removals quoteHousing is cheaper than in Stockholm while the capital remains within commuting distance on the E4 or by train. The airport, logistics, manufacturing and the public sector are the main employers, and the direct UK flights make it easier than most Swedish towns to visit before committing.
Skatteverket issues the personnummer, and most practical arrangements wait on it. Begin the registration in your first week rather than after something requires it.
Full Swedish customs detail, including the Tullverket relief conditions and the twelve month restriction that follows it, is set out on the Sweden removals hub.
It is on the edge of Nyköping, roughly a hundred kilometres from Stockholm, though it is marketed as a Stockholm airport. For anyone moving to Nyköping that is an advantage: direct low cost flights from the UK land minutes from the town rather than an hour and a half away.
By road on the E4, after entering Sweden at Gothenburg or crossing the Öresund at Malmö. The town sits on the main southern approach to Stockholm, so vehicles serving the capital pass directly and shared loads are straightforward to arrange.
Mostly not. There is a compact older area near the castle ruin and the river where streets narrow and some buildings have no lift, but the great majority of the town is later housing on flat ground with lifts and parking.
The standard Swedish position. Goods from the UK arrive from outside the EU and need customs clearance, and Tullverket can grant relief from duty and VAT where the conditions are met. Flying in yourself does not change how your household goods are treated.
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Page last reviewed and updated 29 July 2026. Customs and registration requirements change; check tullverket.se and skatteverket.se for the current position.
Timing, insurance, accreditation and customs requirements must be confirmed by the matched mover before booking. Check tullverket.se for the current customs position.