Sweden Embassy Skopje

The Embassy of Sweden in North Macedonia is Sweden’s diplomatic mission in Skopje and serves Swedish citizens living in or visiting North Macedonia.

Contact Details

Address 8 Udarna Brigada 2, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia
Telephone +389 2 3297 880
Fax +389 2 3112 065
Email ambassaden.skopje@gov.se
Website www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/north-macedonia-skopje
Head of Mission Ola Sohlström, Ambassador
National Day 6 June

Opening Hours

Day Hours
Monday 09:00 - 12:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 12:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 12:00
Thursday 09:00 - 12:00
Friday 09:00 - 12:00

Hours shown: office hours (website), according to the embassy’s official website (checked October 2026). Migration and visa department (website): Monday to Thursday 09:00–11:00. Closed on public holidays.

Location of the Embassy

About the Embassy of Sweden in North Macedonia

The ambassador is Ola Sohlström, according to the Diplomatic List of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia (16 October 2026), which gives 16 September 2025 as the date credentials were presented. The office is in the capital, Skopje, about 16 km in a straight line from Skopje International Airport.

From the embassy’s website

According to the embassy’s website, the office is open Monday to Friday 09:00–12:00 (lunch 12:00–13:00) and the migration and visa department Monday to Thursday 09:00–11:00; migration enquiries go to ambassaden.skopje-migration@gov.se. The embassy also handles migration cases for people legally residing in Ukraine and Georgia. If the embassy cannot be reached in an emergency, the Swedish foreign ministry’s duty service in Stockholm answers on +46 8 405 5005.

Source: www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/north-macedonia-skopje/contact (checked October 2026).

Do Swedish citizens need a visa for North Macedonia?

Citizens of Sweden do not need a visa for North Macedonia and may enter with a valid passport or national identity card, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. North Macedonia is not part of the Schengen area and applies its own visa rules.

Other consulates and embassies in Skopje

56 other countries are represented in Skopje, among them: Albania (embassy), Australia (honorary), Austria (embassy), Bangladesh (honorary), Belarus (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Bosnia and Herzegovina (embassy), Bulgaria (embassy), Canada (honorary), China (embassy), Croatia (embassy), Czech Republic (embassy), Denmark (honorary), Estonia (honorary), Switzerland (embassy), Türkiye (embassy), Türkiye (honorary), Ukraine (embassy), United Kingdom (embassy), United States (embassy). The full list of all 57 missions is on the overview page for North Macedonia.

Closing days

North Macedonia has eleven public holidays for all citizens, among them Orthodox Christmas (7 January), the first day of Ramadan Bayram, Orthodox Easter Monday, Ilinden (2 August) and Independence Day (8 September); when one falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is off. The embassy may also close on Sweden’s national day (6 June).

Emergency assistance

In North Macedonia, dial 192 for the police, 194 for an ambulance and 193 for the fire brigade (Government of Canada travel information). North Macedonian citizens who need help in Sweden can contact the Embassy of North Macedonia in Stockholm, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia, or the hotline of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia (08:00–22:00, +389 75 273 732, globalsos@mfa.gov.mk).

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Details checked on 19 October 2026. Sources: official website of the embassy (checked October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia – Diplomatic List (16 October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia – Do you need a visa? / Visa requirements for entering the Republic of North Macedonia, Ministry of Economy and Labour – Programme of non-working days for 2026 (Law on Holidays, Official Gazette 21/98, 18/07), Government of Canada – embassies and consulates: North Macedonia (local emergency services), www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/north-macedonia-skopje.

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