Shipping Company from Riyadh to Sweden 0552803439 | Furniture, Baggage and Car Shipping by Sea and Air to Stockholm

Home Safe is a shipping company from Riyadh to Sweden that moves household furniture, baggage, parcels, goods and cars by two routes: by sea in containers to the port of Gothenburg, and by air from King Khalid Airport to Arlanda Airport in Stockholm. The two cities are about 4,450 km apart in a straight line; an air shipment covers it with one stop and reaches the address in 3 to 6 days, while a container needs five to six weeks. An air kilogram starts from SAR 23, part-load furniture from SAR 5,500 and a saloon car by sea from SAR 2,800. To book: 0552803439.

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1. Who ships from Riyadh to Sweden, and what do they ship?
2. The shipping route from Riyadh to Sweden and its duration
3. What lengthens the duration?
4. Sea freight from Riyadh to Sweden via Gothenburg
5. The shipping price from Riyadh to Sweden and how is it calculated?
6. How do you lower the cost?
7. Shipping household furniture from Riyadh to Sweden
8. Transfer-of-residence relief in Sweden
9. Shipping electrical and electronic appliances
10. Shipping the baggage of students from Riyadh
11. Shipping parcels, gifts and documents
12. Shipping commercial goods for companies and factories
13. Car shipping from Riyadh to Sweden
14. Swedish customs and the documents required
15. What is not shipped to Sweden or needs a permit
16. Delivery in Stockholm, Uppsala and Västerås
17. Services for individuals, companies and embassies
18. Air freight from Riyadh to Sweden
19. Air or sea to Sweden?
20. Collection from Riyadh’s districts and nearby towns
21. Temporary storage before shipping
22. Steps for shipping from Riyadh to Sweden
23. Tracking the shipment and insuring it
24. Shipping from Sweden to Riyadh
25. Tips before shipping to Sweden
26. How do you choose a shipping company from Riyadh to Sweden?
27. Common mistakes when shipping from Riyadh to Sweden
28. Why Home Safe for shipping from Riyadh to Sweden?
29. Related articles and pages
30. Tags
31. Frequently asked questions about shipping from Riyadh to Sweden
32. How much does shipping from Riyadh to Sweden cost?
33. How many days does a shipment need from Riyadh until it reaches Sweden?
34. Which port does my container leave from, since Riyadh is far from the sea?
35. Does the ship reach Gothenburg without a stop?
36. I live in Uppsala, so where is my shipment cleared and how does it reach me?
37. Is my used furniture exempt from Swedish customs?
38. I am a scholarship student going to Stockholm, so what do I ship and how?
39. Do you ship my car from Riyadh to Sweden?
40. What does a Saudi car need before it can drive on Swedish roads?
41. Will the fridge, washing machine and television work there?
42. Which items delay a shipment at Swedish customs?
43. Do you ship commercial goods and factory equipment to Västerås?
44. How do I send a gift or a small parcel to a relative in Sweden?
45. Can my belongings be stored in Riyadh until my home in Sweden is ready?
46. Do you also ship from Sweden to Riyadh?

Itinerary: from your home in Riyadh by truck to Jeddah Islamic Port, then Suez, the Mediterranean, the Strait of Gibraltar and the North Sea as far as Gothenburg · Time taken: 32–42 days for a full container to the door, and by air 3–6 days.

Who ships from Riyadh to Sweden, and what do they ship?

Riyadh’s shipments to Sweden are few in number compared with the UK or Germany, but their owners are easy to identify. The capital has Swedish engineers, doctors and specialists working on fixed-term contracts, most of whom live in residential compounds, and when the contract ends they go home with a whole household. It also has scholarship students bound for the universities of Stockholm and Uppsala, and Arab families who have obtained residence there and are moving what they gathered during their working years in the Kingdom. Each of these has a different volume and a method that suits it:

Who ships	What they usually ship	The closest method
A Swede whose contract in Riyadh has ended	The furniture of a compound villa, and sometimes a car	A 40ft container with the declaration for a person returning home
A family moving to take up residence	Bedrooms, a majlis, carpets and kitchenware	A 20ft container or a part load with transfer-of-residence relief
A scholarship or postgraduate student	Clothes, books, a computer and room items	Cartons in a shared container, and an urgent carton by air
A company or factory	Dates, perfumes and Saudi products, or parts and equipment	A container or by the cubic metre, and samples by air
An embassy or government body	Official documents and the baggage of transferred staff	Express shipping for documents, and sea for baggage
Someone sending to a relative or friend	A gift, a parcel of clothes or papers	Express door-to-door shipping

The shipping route from Riyadh to Sweden and its duration

The sea journey has three legs: a road leg inside the Kingdom to the port, a long sailing that rounds the whole of western Europe, then a second road leg inside Sweden. Sweden is the farthest European port country from Jeddah, as the ship does not stop at the Mediterranean but leaves through Gibraltar and climbs north to the entrance of the Baltic Sea. This is what makes its duration a week or two longer than a shipment bound for Italy or France. The table below spreads the days over the stages for a full container:

Stage	What happens in it	Usual duration
Survey, packing and loading	Inventory and packing at your home in Riyadh and loading the container	One to two days
From Riyadh to the port	A truck to Jeddah, or a train from the dry port to Dammam	One to two days
Export clearance and waiting for the vessel	The export declaration and handing the container to the terminal	3–5 days
Sailing to Gothenburg	Suez and the Mediterranean, then the Atlantic and the North Sea, usually with transhipment	20–26 days
Clearance in Sweden	The import declaration and the relief declaration, if any	2–4 days
Inland transport and delivery	A truck or container train to your city, then unloading and assembly	One to 3 days

The duration differs with the method. This is a quick comparison of what we offer on this line, from the door of the home in Riyadh to the consignee’s door in Sweden:

Method	Duration to the door	Who it suits
Full container	32–42 days	A whole household, and goods that fill a container
Shared container	37–44 days	Anything under 15 cubic metres and student baggage
Car by sea	32–42 days	Cars, alone or with furniture
Air freight	3–6 days	Parcels, suitcases and samples

What lengthens the duration?

• Transhipment: if the container misses the feeder vessel in Hamburg or Rotterdam, it waits days for the next one.
• Waiting for consolidation: a shared container does not move from Jeddah before it is full.
• An incomplete relief declaration: an entry without proof of previous residence halts the release until it is complete.
• The Swedish winter: snow slows trucks north of Stockholm and may postpone unloading by a day.
• The summer holiday: work in Sweden quietens a great deal in July, and appointments grow further apart.

Durations for all destinations are on the transit times page.

Sea freight from Riyadh to Sweden via Gothenburg

Gothenburg on Sweden’s west coast is the country’s sea gate, and more than half of Swedish container trade passes through it. That is why Riyadh’s shipments head for it whatever the consignee’s city, even if his home is in Stockholm on the opposite coast. The east-coast ports are small and their services from the Red Sea are few, and road transport from Gothenburg is faster than waiting for a ship that enters the Baltic Sea.

Riyadh has no sea, so the first question is how the container reaches the ship. The usual way is a truck that carries the sealed container from your home to Jeddah Islamic Port at a distance of close to 950 km, Jeddah being the Kingdom’s nearest port to the Suez Canal. The second way is the container train from the dry port in Riyadh to King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, which we use when its vessel date is nearer, even though sailing from the Arabian Gulf adds days for rounding the peninsula.

Then comes the second question: which container? A container 20 feet long is enough for a flat of two to three rooms, and a 40ft container carries the furniture of a villa or furniture with a car. Anything less than that travels in a shared container in which you pay for your cubic metres only:

Point of comparison	Shared container	20ft container	40ft container
Suitable volume	Up to 15 m³	15–28 m³	30–60 m³
An example from Riyadh	A scholarship student’s baggage, or a bedroom and cartons	A flat in Olaya or Malaz	A villa in a residential compound or in Hittin
Method of calculation	By the cubic metre	A price for the container	A price for the container
Duration	Longer by about a week	The shortest by sea	The shortest by sea

The dimensions and payload of each container are on the container sizes page, and the whole method is explained on the sea freight page. We do not offer land freight to Sweden, as the road crosses many countries and there is no regular service on it for baggage.

The shipping price from Riyadh to Sweden and how is it calculated?

The price is not calculated by distance but by the space your shipment occupies. At sea you pay for the cubic metre or for the whole container. In the air you pay for the chargeable weight, which is the greater of two weights: the actual weight on the scale, and the volumetric weight resulting from the carton’s dimensions. These are the prices our services start from on the Sweden line:

Service	Price starts from	Note
Air freight per kilogram	SAR 23	From King Khalid Airport, falling as the weight rises
Express documents up to one kilogram	SAR 83	Door to door
Express parcel up to 5 kg	SAR 110	Door to door
Part-load furniture and baggage by sea	SAR 5,500	To Gothenburg in a shared container
Full-house furniture container	SAR 11,000	From Jeddah port to Gothenburg
Saloon car by sea	SAR 2,800	From Jeddah port
Moving the container from Riyadh to the port	Set on request	According to the container size and the port chosen
Transport inside Sweden after Gothenburg	Set on request	According to the city and the floor

Prices circulating in the market: in our research we did not find an office that publishes a tariff for the Riyadh – Sweden line specifically, and most pages settle for general phrases about discounts. The figures that used to circulate on this line put the air kilogram between SAR 28 and 40, the sea cubic metre between SAR 850 and 1,100, and clearance fees in Sweden between SAR 350 and 700 depending on the contents. Use them for comparison, and always ask what the figure includes: does it end at the port or at the door of your home?

What changes the price	How it affects it
Volume or weight	The first factor. Work out your volume with the CBM calculator
The consignee’s city	Gothenburg is the lowest because it is the port city; Stockholm, Uppsala and Västerås add the haulage of 380–470 km, and the northern cities more
Nature of the contents	Electronics, antiques and glass need special crates and insurance
Accompanying services	Dismantling and assembly, storage and insurance are optional items written separately
Season	Summer is the season of people moving out of Riyadh, and early booking protects the price

How do you lower the cost?

• Do not ship the fridge, washing machine and cooker, as most rented Swedish flats are fitted with them.
• Dismantle beds, wardrobes and tables, as a dismantled piece takes up half its space.
• Sell the air conditioners and water heaters in Riyadh, as there is no place for them in a Swedish home.
• Choose the shared container if your volume is under 15 cubic metres.
• Keep the sea for everything that can wait, and send by air only what you need in your first week.

The remaining factors are on the pricing factors page.

Shipping household furniture from Riyadh to Sweden

Riyadh furniture leaves very dry air and spends more than three weeks in a metal container crossing cold, damp seas. The temperature difference between Jeddah and the North Sea condenses water vapour on the inside of the container roof, which then drips onto whatever is beneath. That is why we build the packing on this line around moisture first, then impact. The work goes through five stages: dismantling and numbering the large pieces, wrapping each piece in what suits its material, loading the heavy items at the bottom, documenting everything with photographs, then reassembly in the Swedish home.

The piece	How we pack it for the Sweden journey
Bedrooms and wardrobes	Dismantled with their panels numbered, wrapped in padded blankets with corners protected by reinforced cardboard
Sofas and majlis seating	A breathable fabric cover then a padded blanket, not airtight plastic that traps vapour on the fabric
Mattresses	Thick mattress bags, sealed after making sure they are completely dry
Screens and electronics	The original carton or a wooden crate, with a moisture-barrier bag and desiccant sachets inside
Carpets	Cleaned and dried, then rolled in paper and a barrier wrap
Glass, marble and mirrors	A heat-treated wooden crate with the ISPM 15 stamp

Along with the packing we write a numbered contents list in English: every carton has a number on its sides, and every number has a line in the list describing what is in it and its used value. This list is the paper the customs officer in Gothenburg reads, and it is how you know in your new home which carton goes to which room. We hang desiccant bags inside the container and leave a gap between the furniture and its walls. All the packing methods are in the packing guide, and the service details are on the furniture shipping page.

Before you decide what to ship, remember that a Swedish home is not a Riyadh home. Flats are smaller, their wardrobes are built into the walls, and the lifts of old buildings are too narrow for a six-door wardrobe. So measure the door, the stairs and the lift or ask the landlord for the measurements, and leave the large Arabic majlis behind if there is no room to take it.

Transfer-of-residence relief in Sweden

Anyone who moves his normal residence to Sweden brings in his used furniture and baggage with no customs duty and no value added tax. Sweden applies European Union rules in this, and asks for a special relief declaration to be submitted with the customs entry. The conditions in force, which we confirm before shipping, are:

• Previous residence: at least one continuous year outside the European Union, proven by your Saudi residence permit and your employment contract.
• Intention to reside: that you intend to live in Sweden for at least a year.
• Ownership and use: that the items have been in your possession and in use for six months before the move.
• Date of entry: within twelve months of your move, and earlier is allowed against an undertaking.
• No disposal: they are not sold, lent or hired out within a year of their entry.
• What it does not cover: tobacco and alcoholic drinks, commercial vehicles, and non-portable tools of a trade.

A Swede returning home has a declaration of his own with similar conditions. Clearance is made much easier if you have been entered in the population register and obtained your personal number before the container arrives. If it has not yet been issued, we store the shipment in Riyadh until it is. What you bought new weeks before travelling and is still in its carton does not fall under the relief, and 25% tax is paid on it.

Shipping electrical and electronic appliances

Appliances need two decisions before packing: will they work there at all, and can they stand the journey? The voltage in the Kingdom and Sweden is almost the same, but the frequency is different and the socket is different. Appliances with a motor or compressor are affected by the frequency difference, unlike electronics that run on an internal power supply. So check the label on the back of each appliance before you count a place for it in the container:

Item	In the Kingdom	In Sweden	What do you do?
Voltage	230 V	230 V	No voltage converter needed for modern appliances
Frequency	60 Hz	50 Hz	Ship only what is marked 50/60 Hz
Socket	Three rectangular pins	Two round pins with side earthing	A plug adapter or a change of plug
Screens, computers and chargers	Work on both frequencies		Shipped, and a plug adapter is enough
Fridge, washing machine and air conditioner	Mostly made for one frequency		Better sold in Riyadh

Whatever you decide to ship we fix inside its carton with dense foam that stops it moving, we put large screens in wooden crates, and we gather cables and accessories in bags bearing the number of the appliance itself. Loose batteries and power banks are shipped by air only under conditions, so they go with the furniture by sea.

Shipping the baggage of students from Riyadh

A student travelling from Riyadh to Stockholm University, Uppsala or the Royal Institute of Technology does not need a container but six to ten cartons. Excess baggage on the plane is the dearest way to move them. The answer is for the cartons to travel in a shared container weeks before the student, while his suitcase keeps enough for the first days.

• Timing: hand the cartons over about seven weeks before travel so they arrive with the start of term.
• Winter clothes: a Riyadh coat is not enough for an Uppsala winter. Buy the heavy items there and save their volume.
• Urgent items: a carton or two by air for the computer, the books and what cannot be done without.
• Address: the name of the student housing, the corridor and room number, the building door code and a Swedish mobile number.
• Customs: the rule in force is that a full-time student’s items are exempt on proving admission, and we confirm what is in force before shipping.

Shipping parcels, gifts and documents

A small parcel does not wait for a container and does not pass through a port. We collect it from your home or office in Riyadh, pack it in a carton that fits its size with padding that stops it moving, and it leaves on the first flight from King Khalid Airport, then is delivered in Sweden at the consignee’s door or at a pick-up point near him if he is not at home. These are the kinds of thing sent with this service:

What you send	Price starts from	Duration	What we watch for
Documents, certificates and contracts	SAR 83	3–5 days	A sealed reinforced envelope and a signature on receipt
A gift or clothes parcel up to 5 kg	SAR 110	3–6 days	A description of the contents, their value and the word “gift”
Dates, coffee and spices	SAR 23 per kilogram	3–6 days	Sealed packs with an ingredients label, and no animal products
A suitcase or carton of baggage	SAR 23 per kilogram	3–6 days	The volumetric weight, from the volumetric weight calculator

Swedish Customs charges value added tax on parcels coming from outside the European Union, and the rule in force is that a small gift between two individuals is excepted from it. So do not write a token value, because a parcel whose value is doubted is held until the consignee presents an invoice. The service details are on the parcel shipping page.

Shipping commercial goods for companies and factories

Sweden is a market small in population and high in purchasing power, with large Arab communities that ask for dates, coffee, spices, perfumes and abayas. Goods cleared in Gothenburg enter the whole European market, so they move on afterwards to Denmark or Germany with no second customs.

• Importer number: the Swedish consignee needs an EU customs identification number before the shipment arrives.
• Duties: according to the European tariff heading for each product, then 25% value added tax on most goods, and a lower rate on food.
• Conformity: appliances, toys and cosmetics have European requirements that are reviewed before shipping, not after.
• Food: a label in a language the market accepts, a clear expiry date, and no animal products except under special health conditions.
• Documents: a commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and bill of lading, which we prepare to match what is in the container.
• Schedule: regular booking on set vessels helps the importer control his stock and cut what he pays for storage there.

Machines and heavy equipment are fixed in the container on treated wooden bases, and whatever exceeds its dimensions is shipped on a flat-rack container. Details are on the commercial shipping and heavy equipment shipping pages.

Car shipping from Riyadh to Sweden

The car leaves Riyadh on a car transporter to Jeddah port, and is not driven that distance, to protect its odometer and condition. At the port it enters a closed container and its wheels are fixed with straps and wooden chocks, or it boards a roll-on roll-off vessel if there is a suitable sailing. The container suits a luxury car and anyone shipping furniture with it, and roll-on roll-off costs less for an ordinary car. Before handover we ask for it to be cleaned, emptied of belongings and left with a quarter of a tank of fuel, and we photograph its condition inside and out.

But the freight is the smallest item in the sum. Swedish tax is what decides whether shipping is worthwhile. A car that does not fall within the relief for a person moving residence is charged customs duty of 10% then value added tax of 25%. This is an example for a car worth SAR 80,000:

Item	Method of calculation	Amount
Value with freight	80,000 + 2,800	SAR 82,800
Customs duty 10%	82,800 × 10%	SAR 8,280
Value added tax 25%	(82,800 + 8,280) × 25%	SAR 22,770
Total paid to customs	8,280 + 22,770	SAR 31,050

After customs come the registration steps: an application for verification of origin to the Swedish Transport Agency with the original registration document, the purchase invoice and proof of clearance, then Swedish insurance, then the registration inspection. Gulf-specification cars may be asked to have their lamps modified or their emission level proven. And prepare the car for the cold: coolant and a battery that can stand sub-zero temperatures, and winter tyres, which are required from the first of December to the end of March in winter conditions. The general conditions are in the article car shipping from Saudi Arabia, and the two methods are on the container car shipping and RoRo shipping pages.

Swedish customs and the documents required

For every shipment that enters Sweden from outside the European Union an import declaration is submitted, even if it is exempt personal baggage. Our agent in Gothenburg or at Arlanda Airport submits the declaration in your name, but he can only do so with complete papers that reach him before the ship.

Type of shipment	What we need from you	What we prepare
Furniture and baggage of a person moving residence	Passport, the Swedish residence permit or personal number, the Saudi residence permit, and the employment contract or proof of the period of residence	The numbered contents list, the relief declaration and the bill of lading
Student baggage	Passport, the admission or enrolment letter, and the housing address	The contents list and the declaration
Car	The car’s original registration card, the invoice showing the purchase, and the export certificate issued once the plates are handed in	The bill of lading and the export declaration
Commercial goods	The commercial registration, the invoice, and the importer’s EU customs number	The packing list, certificate of origin and bill of lading
Parcel or gift	A description of the contents and their value, and the consignee’s name, address and mobile	The air waybill and the pro forma invoice

You will find every paper explained on the shipping documents page, while the customs clearance page covers what takes place at the two ends.

What is not shipped to Sweden or needs a permit

What most often stops Riyadh shipments at Swedish customs is not a dangerous prohibited item but ordinary household things whose owner does not realise they are restricted there: a tin of ghee, a medicine without a prescription, or a dagger hung on the wall. Go through this list before the cartons are closed:

Item	The rule in force
Meat, dairy, ghee and their products	Not admitted in baggage coming from outside the European Union
Medicines	A personal quantity with a prescription in your name; some sedatives and painkillers are classed as narcotics
Tobacco, shisha molasses and alcoholic drinks	Outside the relief, and their tax is high
Weapons, daggers, ornamental swords and air rifles	Need a licence, and it is safer not to ship them
Plants, seeds and soil	With a phytosanitary certificate
Counterfeit goods	Confiscated even if it is a single piece
Perfumes, aerosols and batteries	Restricted by air, so they are shipped by sea

The general list for all destinations is on the prohibited items page.

Delivery in Stockholm, Uppsala and Västerås

Most addresses of Riyadh shipments lie in the Lake Mälaren basin in eastern Sweden: the capital Stockholm, the university city of Uppsala to its north, and industrial Västerås to its west. The three are close together, none being more than an hour and a half by car from another. So we treat them as one distribution area: the container is cleared in Gothenburg first, then crosses the country eastwards by truck or container train to a terminal near Stockholm, and from there by distribution van to the door of the home.

City	Distance from Gothenburg	What marks delivery there
Stockholm and its suburbs	About 470 km	The central streets are narrow and need a small distribution van and a parking permit
Uppsala	About 450 km	Many student residences, where delivery is by appointment with the housing office
Västerås	About 380 km	Houses and industrial areas that a truck reaches easily
Örebro, Linköping and Norrköping	280–310 km	On the road between Gothenburg and the capital
Gothenburg and Borås	Up to 65 km	The fastest delivery because it is the port city
Malmö and Lund	About 270 km	In the south near the bridge to Denmark
Umeå and the northern cities	About 1,000 km	Delivery by prior appointment, and later in winter

An air shipment has a shorter way to these cities. Arlanda Airport lies between Stockholm and Uppsala, so it is cleared there and reaches any of the three cities on the same day or the next. For delivery without delay, write the address as Swedes write it: the street name then the building number, the postcode before the city name, the building door code, and the four-digit flat number. Tell us the floor and whether there is a lift, as the size of the unloading crew is set on that. The country’s other destinations are on the shipping to Sweden page.

Services for individuals, companies and embassies

An individual wants someone to take the whole worry off him, a company wants a fixed date and correct papers, and an official body wants confidentiality and documentation. We arrange the work for each group as suits it:

• Individuals and families: a survey at home, packing and dismantling, storage if needed, and assembly in Sweden, with a review of the relief file.
• Companies and shops: regular container booking, shipping by the cubic metre for small quantities, and air samples before the large order.
• Embassies, consulates and attaché offices: the baggage of transferred staff and sealed documents, with a signed collection and delivery receipt. The Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh is one of our usual collection sites.

Air freight from Riyadh to Sweden

Air freight cuts five weeks to less than one. There is no regular direct flight between Riyadh and Stockholm, so the shipment leaves the cargo village at King Khalid Airport and stops once at an intermediate airport such as Istanbul, Dubai, Doha or Frankfurt, then lands at Arlanda.

Item	Detail
What it suits	Parcels, suitcases, urgent baggage, documents, commercial samples and rush spare parts
What it does not suit	Large furniture, whose freight by air is many times its freight by sea
Duration	3–6 days to the address, including one to two days for clearance at Arlanda
Price	Starts from SAR 23 per kilogram, falling as the weight rises
Delivery	To the consignee’s address after clearance, or collection from the airport for those who wish

Anyone moving with a whole household combines the two routes: a container for the furniture that leaves a month before he travels, and a hundred kilograms by air holding winter clothes, the children’s things and basic kitchenware that arrive almost with him. Details of the method are on the air freight page.

Air or sea to Sweden?

Two things settle the decision: the volume of what you ship, and when you need it. The rule we work by is that anything under a hundred kilograms goes by air, and anything over a cubic metre and a half that can wait goes by sea. Between the two limits we cost both methods for you and you choose:

Point of comparison	Air freight	Sea freight
Duration to the door	3–6 days	32–44 days
Unit of calculation	The kilogram	The cubic metre or the container
Exit point from Riyadh	King Khalid Airport directly	A truck or train to the port first
Entry point to Sweden	Arlanda Airport	The port of Gothenburg
Furniture and cars	Impractical	It is the natural route

A wider comparison of the methods is on the shipping methods comparison page.

Collection from Riyadh’s districts and nearby towns

We come to your home wherever it is in Riyadh, and do not ask you to bring anything to a warehouse. The city is vast, so we set the survey and loading date according to the district and the hours when large trucks are allowed in. Residential compounds ask for an entry permit for the crew and the truck, so we send their details to the compound management two days before the date.

Area	Districts and sites we collect from	Note
North Riyadh	Malqa, Yasmin, Narjis, Hittin, Sahafa, Aqiq	Spacious villas, and the container is loaded in front of the home
Central Riyadh	Olaya, Sulaymaniyah, Malaz, Murabba	Flats and towers, and we coordinate use of the service lift
East Riyadh	Qurtubah, Yarmouk, Rawdah, Naseem, and the Airport Road compounds	A prior entry permit for compounds
West Riyadh	The Diplomatic Quarter, Irqah, Dhahrat Laban, Suwaidi	The Diplomatic Quarter is entered with details sent in advance
South Riyadh	Shifa, Aziziyah, Dar Al Baida, and the Second Industrial City	Factory goods loaded by forklift
Around Riyadh	Diriyah, Al-Kharj, Muzahimiyah, Huraymila, Majmaah, Shaqra	Collection by appointment, with its charge set on request

Anyone living in another city will find it on the cities we serve page, and our services in the capital are in the article international shipping company in Riyadh. The complete home-to-home service is explained on the door-to-door shipping page.

Temporary storage before shipping

Many of those leaving Riyadh hand the home back to the landlord before their Swedish address is known, because the rental market in Stockholm is hard and getting a contract takes long. In that case we do not ship into the unknown. We pack, inventory and keep the shipment in a closed warehouse, and load it when you send us the address. Details are on the storage page.

Steps for shipping from Riyadh to Sweden

1. You send to 0552803439 photos or a list of what you are shipping, the name of your Swedish city and your travel date.
2. We ask about your status there: moving residence, a student, or a sender of goods, so that we know your customs position.
3. The surveyor visits you in Riyadh if the shipment is furniture, and you receive the price itemised.
4. We book the container’s place on the vessel or the shipment’s place on the plane before loading day.
5. The crew comes to dismantle, pack and number, and the contents list is written during the work.
6. The container moves to the port or the shipment to King Khalid Airport, and we complete export clearance.
7. Our agent receives the shipment in Gothenburg or Arlanda and submits the declaration and the relief declaration.
8. It is delivered to your address, unloaded and assembled, and you sign the delivery report after checking.

Tracking the shipment and insuring it

The journey to Sweden usually involves two ships and three handlings in ports, so follow-up here is not a luxury. You receive the container number and the bill of lading number on loading day, and we notify you at four points: departure from Jeddah, transhipment in the European port, arrival in Gothenburg, and customs release. The tracking method is on the track your shipment page.

The sea carrier’s liability for damage is limited by international conventions and does not cover the value of a whole household. So we offer optional insurance calculated as a percentage of the value you declare in the contents list, covering the journey from the Riyadh door to the Sweden door. On delivery, open the valuable cartons in front of the crew and write your remark in the report before signing. The terms are on the cargo insurance page.

Shipping from Sweden to Riyadh

The line works in both directions. The scholarship student returns with his cartons, the Saudi family returns after years of work or treatment, and Riyadh companies import parts and equipment from Swedish factories. Our agent collects from the Swedish address, and the container sails from Gothenburg to Jeddah port and is then moved by road to Riyadh, or the shipment flies from Arlanda to King Khalid Airport.

• A returnee’s belongings: whatever has been used enters the Kingdom as personal effects with a contents list, while anything new is charged the duty for its type plus 15% VAT.
• Commercial goods: whatever the technical regulations cover is registered on the SABER platform and obtains a conformity certificate before shipping.
• The car: the rule in force is that it is no more than five years old and matches Gulf specifications, so ask before you buy.

For anyone shipping from another city or to a neighbouring country there is the article shipping company from Saudi Arabia to Europe.

Tips before shipping to Sweden

• Ask the Swedish landlord for a list of the appliances in the flat before you decide what to ship.
• Hand the container over at least five weeks before you travel, as the route is longer than people think.
• Carry in your suitcase clothes enough for two weeks of cold, and do not leave them all in the container.
• Dry carpets and mattresses completely before packing day, as trapped moisture turns to mould on the way.
• Write the real used value of each item, not the purchase price and not a token figure.
• Surrender the car’s plates and obtain the export certificate days before the transporter’s date.
• Keep a copy of the contents list and your Saudi employment contract in your hand luggage.

How do you choose a shipping company from Riyadh to Sweden?

Not many offices work on the Sweden line, and some of those who offer it sell your shipment to another broker and do not know where the ship docks. The following questions reveal in minutes who knows the route and who is reading from a sheet:

Ask about	The answer of one who knows	An answer that calls for caution
Legal status	A commercial registration, a written contract and a collection receipt	A mobile number and a transfer to a personal account
Port of arrival	Gothenburg, and he names the transhipment port	“To Stockholm directly by sea”
Duration	Five to six weeks to the door	“Fifteen days by ship”
Customs	He asks about your residence and personal number before loading	“Personal items carry no customs”
Packing	He mentions moisture, desiccant bags and blankets	Nylon over everything
After the port	A price that includes transport to your city and unloading	A price that ends at the Gothenburg quay, unsaid

Common mistakes when shipping from Riyadh to Sweden

• Shipping a fridge, air conditioner and washing machine to a fitted flat with no place for them.
• Wrapping sofas and wood in airtight nylon in dry Riyadh, then opening it in Sweden to find mould on it.
• Booking the vessel before obtaining an address, then paying demurrage in the port.
• Putting ghee, dried yoghurt and dried meat in among the kitchen items.
• Handing the car to the transporter without counting the 25% tax and 10% duty.
• Writing the Swedish address with no building door code and no local mobile number.
• Comparing a price that ends at the port of Gothenburg with one that reaches the bedroom in Uppsala.

Why Home Safe for shipping from Riyadh to Sweden?

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Frequently asked questions about shipping from Riyadh to Sweden

How much does shipping from Riyadh to Sweden cost?

By plane from King Khalid Airport a kilogram starts from SAR 23, an express document envelope from SAR 83 and a parcel of up to 5 kg from SAR 110. By ship, part-load furniture starts from SAR 5,500, a full-house furniture container from SAR 11,000 and a saloon car from SAR 2,800, counted from Jeddah port. Moving the container from Riyadh to the port is set on request according to its size.

How many days does a shipment need from Riyadh until it reaches Sweden?

Air freight reaches the consignee’s address in 3 to 6 days. A full container needs 32 to 42 days from your home in Riyadh to your home in Sweden, of which 20 to 26 days are sailing from Jeddah. A shared container takes 37 to 44 days, because it waits for its load to be completed and is then sorted in a warehouse in Gothenburg.

Which port does my container leave from, since Riyadh is far from the sea?

From Jeddah Islamic Port for most Sweden shipments, and the container reaches it on a truck that covers close to 950 km. The second option is the container train from Riyadh Dry Port to King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, which we turn to when its vessel schedule suits your date better, even though its ship sails round the Arabian Peninsula before it reaches the Suez Canal.

Does the ship reach Gothenburg without a stop?

Mostly not. A container coming from Jeddah is moved in a large European port such as Hamburg, Rotterdam or Bremerhaven onto a smaller ship that completes the trip to Gothenburg. Some lines reach it with a direct service depending on the season. In the booking we tell you the name of the transhipment port and the expected date after it.

I live in Uppsala, so where is my shipment cleared and how does it reach me?

A sea shipment is cleared in Gothenburg and then covers about 450 km by truck or container train to the Stockholm area, and from there goes by a distribution van to Uppsala. An air shipment is cleared at Arlanda Airport, which lies between Stockholm and Uppsala at a distance of roughly 35 km from Uppsala, so it reaches you on the day of release or the day after.

Is my used furniture exempt from Swedish customs?

It is exempt if you are moving your main residence there. The rule in force is that you have lived outside the European Union for at least a year, that the items are yours and you have used them for six months, that you intend to live in Sweden for a year or more, and that you do not sell or lend them within a year of their entry. The relief declaration is submitted to Swedish Customs with the entry, and we review what is in force with you before loading.

I am a scholarship student going to Stockholm, so what do I ship and how?

Ship clothes, books, study supplies and room items in cartons inside a shared container, and leave a carton or two for the plane for what you need in your first week. The rule in force is that a full-time student brings these items in under a relief for students on proving admission. Hand the cartons over about seven weeks before you travel.

Do you ship my car from Riyadh to Sweden?

Yes. A car transporter carries it from Riyadh to Jeddah port, then it sails inside a container or on a roll-on roll-off vessel depending on what is available. The freight starts from SAR 2,800 for a saloon from Jeddah port, and moving it from Riyadh is set on request. Before the freight, count customs duty of 10% and value added tax of 25% if the car is not within the relief for a person moving residence.

What does a Saudi car need before it can drive on Swedish roads?

After customs clearance you apply to the Swedish Transport Agency for verification of origin, then the car goes through a registration inspection at an approved inspection body, and it needs Swedish insurance. Gulf-specification cars may be asked to have their lighting modified or their emissions proven. Winter tyres are mandatory from the first of December to the end of March whenever the roads are in winter condition.

Will the fridge, washing machine and television work there?

The voltage in both countries is 230 V, but the frequency in Sweden is 50 Hz and in the Kingdom 60 Hz, and the Swedish socket is round with two pins. Screens, computers and chargers work with a plug adapter only. As for anything with a motor or compressor, read its label; if 50/60 Hz is not written on it, it is better to sell it in Riyadh. Many rented flats there come with their own fridge and cooker.

Which items delay a shipment at Swedish customs?

Meat and dairy and their products in baggage, medicines without a prescription in your name, knives, daggers and ornamental swords, tobacco beyond personal use, and counterfeit goods. One such item in an undeclared carton is enough to have the whole shipment opened, so tell us about it at the time of the inventory.

Do you ship commercial goods and factory equipment to Västerås?

Yes. Västerås is an industrial city, and the container reaches it from Gothenburg on a truck that covers about 380 km. The Swedish importer needs an EU customs identification number before the shipment arrives, and appliances need the European conformity mark. A machine that does not fit a standard container is shipped on a flat-rack container, and its price is set on request.

How do I send a gift or a small parcel to a relative in Sweden?

By express door-to-door shipping; a parcel of up to 5 kg starts from SAR 110 and arrives in 3 to 6 days. Write the contents and their real value and the word “gift” if it is one, and the consignee’s Swedish mobile number. The rule in force is that a gift between two individuals is exempt if its value is small, and above the limit 25% tax and a handling fee are paid.

Can my belongings be stored in Riyadh until my home in Sweden is ready?

Yes. We receive the items packed and inventoried and keep them in a closed warehouse until you obtain your address and your Swedish personal number, then load them on the first suitable vessel. This is safer than shipping them early and paying demurrage in the Swedish port. The storage charge is set on request according to volume and duration.

Do you also ship from Sweden to Riyadh?

Yes, through our agent there. He collects from your address in Stockholm, Uppsala, Västerås or elsewhere, and the container sails from Gothenburg to Jeddah port and then goes by road to Riyadh, or the shipment flies from Arlanda to King Khalid Airport. A returnee’s used baggage is cleared in the Kingdom as personal effects with a contents list.