Age requirement for learning to drive

  • 14 years and 9 months for class 1 moped with an authorised instructor
  • 15 years and 9 months for driving category A1 vehicles
  • 16 years for driving passenger cars without a trailer
  • 17 years and 6 months for driving category A2 vehicles and if you will be practising driving with a light lorry, light trailer or category B extended vehicle
  • 18 years for driving category BE, C1 or C1E vehicles
  • 19 years and 6 moths for a two-wheeled category A motorcycle, on the condition that the learner driver has held a category A2 licence for at least one year and six months
  • 20 years* for driving category C, CE, D1, D1E vehicles, or for three-wheeled motorcycles with a power output higher than 15 kilowatts
  • 23 years* for driving category D, DE or category A three-wheeled motorcycle, if the licence holder has not held a category A2 licence for at least one year and six months.

* If you are participating in a professional driving course at an upper-secondary
school, municipal adult education or instructor with permission from the Swedish Transport Agency, different lower age requirements apply.