Penalty Charge Notices

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If you park illegally on public space, you may be issued with a Penalty Charge Notice.

If you park in a no-stopping or no-parking area, without a valid parking permit or without having paid the correct parking fee, you may be issued with a Penalty Charge Notice or a Parking Charge Notice. You could also be issued with a:

  • Penalty Charge Notice if you park illegally on public space
  • Parking Charge Notice if you park illegally on private property

Paying a Penalty Charge

It is the registered owner of the vehicle that is responsible for paying the Penalty Charge.

The charge is paid to the Swedish Transport Agency.

Parking tickets, Swedish Transport Agency website

Penalty Charges in the City of Stockholm
Typ av felparkering Avgift
If you fail to pay for parking in a paid parking space SEK 900
If you park where parking is prohibited SEK 1 100
If you stop where it is not allowed to stop SEK 1 300

Examples of illegal parking

If you park where parking is not allowed or exceed the parking space's limits and rules. For example

  • in no-parking zones 
  • in front of an entrance or exit 
  • if you stay longer than allowed in a time-limited parking space 
  • if you park in a time-limited parking space without a parking disc or with an incorrectly set parking disc 
  • parking spaces reserved for buses, motorcycles or official vehicles 
  • in zones or places with no-parking restrictions 
  • a heavy vehicle over 3.5 tonnes between 22:00 and 06:00
  • with any wheel outside the marked parking space 
  • double parking, and
  • in other types of no-parking areas.

If you stop where it is not allowed to stop. For example

  • at no-stopping zones
  • against the direction of travel
  • at an angle except in a parking space where allowed
  • on a footpath
  • cycle lane
  • refuge
  • cycle lane
  • parking space for disabled people
  • within 10 metres before or on a pedestrian or cycle crossing
  • within 10 metres before, at or after an intersection
  • zones or places with no-stopping, like a turning area or loading area
  • far from the road edge
  • bus lane
  • terrain
  • near a barrier line
  • bus stop (unless stopping to drop off or pick up passengers without blocking the bus)
  • or other types of no-stopping areas.

Appealing against a Penalty Charge Notice

An appeal against a Penalty Charge Notice must be made in writing to the police authority. An appeal against a Parking Charge Notice issued on private property must be made to the company that manages the parking facility.

You must always pay the Penalty Charge even if you intend to appeal. If your appeal is successful, the charge will be refunded to you.
In your letter to the police, you should explain why you believe you have been issued with an incorrect Penalty Charge Notice. You should also include:

  • the reference number on the Penalty Charge Notice
  • your vehicle registration number

Remember to check the information on the Charge Notice for where to send your appeal. If the parking facility is private, the appeal should not be sent to the police but to the company that manages the parking facility.

Challenging a parking fine, The Swedish Police Authority's website

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