Swedish national identity card

The Swedish national identity card is a non-compulsory identity document issued in Sweden by the Swedish Police since October 1, 2005. The card can be used for traveling to and staying in countries that have implemented the Schengen Agreement without the need for a passport, and is only obtainable by Swedish citizens.cite web|title=Fakta om nationellt id-kort|publisher=Swedish Police Service|url=http://www.polisen.se/inter/nodeid=33378&pageversion=1.jsp|accessdate=2007-08-20] cite web|title=Förordning (2005:661) om nationellt identitetskort|publisher=Parliament of Sweden|url=http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=3911&bet=2005:661|date=2005-09-01|accessdate=2007-08-20] Citizens of other countries residing in Sweden can get certified identification cards issued by banks or the postal service.

The card is valid for five years and costs 400 SEK (about 42 EUR). Applications are filed at police stations which have a passport office.

The national identity card is equipped with a contact chip prepared for being able to function as an electronic identity card (eID) at a later date, and also a contactless RFID chip containing a digital representation of the printed data along with the photograph.cite web|title=Datachippet|publisher=Swedish Police Service|url=http://www.polisen.se/inter/nodeid=33380&pageversion=1.jsp|accessdate=2007-08-20]

Physical appearance and data contained

The identity card is plastic and rectangular in shape, about 86 × 54 millimetres in size. On the left side is a gold-plated contact chip, on the right side is the photograph of the bearer. On the top edge of the card, the name of Sweden available in three languages, Swedish, English, and French ("SVERIGE SWEDEN SUÈDE"), below which the name of the card is available in the same three languages ("Nationellt identitetskort/National identity card/Carte nationale d'identité"), followed on the right by the biometric passport symbol () and the nationality of the bearer in Swedish and a country code ("SVENSK/SWE").

Printed data

The descriptions of the fields are printed in Swedish and English.
*Card No.
*Personal Id. No.
*Holder's signature
*Height
*Date of birth
*Surname
*Given names
*Authority
*Date of issue
*Date of expiry

On the back side of the card a machine readable zone is found in the bottom half.

Data on the RFID chip

As of 2007 the data on the RFID chip contains no biometric data. The data it contains is the following:
*The card's printed data in a digital format
*The photograph in a JPEG format
*A digital key to verify the that the data contained is authentic and hasn't been tampered withThe contents of the RFID chip cannot be accessed without using the codes found in the machine readable zone on the back side.

References

ee also

*Identity documents in Sweden