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What is the age limit for getting married in Sweden?

In the exam (Swedish)

Vilken åldersgräns gäller för att gifta sig i Sverige?

  1. a16, if the parents give permission16 år, om föräldrarna ger tillstånd
  2. b18 for women and 16 for men18 år för kvinnor och 16 år för män
  3. c18, with no exceptions18 år, utan undantagCorrect answer
  4. d1515 år

Why?

You must be at least 18 to get married in Sweden, and since 2014 no one can get an exception. It is also a crime to make a child get married.

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Our own practice questions, written from the facts in UHR’s study material “Sverige i fokus” and the subjects of the ordinance (2026:451) on the citizenship test. They are not the real test questions, which are not published, and no text from the material is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Swedish. We are not affiliated with the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) or the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket).

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