Mit dem Hund nach Skandinavien

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Einreiseregeln in den 4 skandinavischen Ländern

Wer, so wie wir, seinen Hund mit auf seine Reisen nimmt, muß die Einreisebestimmungen für das Tier beachten. Wir haben hier mal das Wichtigste zusammengetragen. Bitte informiert euch aber selbst noch, denn es kommt auch immer darauf an von wo aus man in das jeweilige Land einreist. Wir sind in folgender Reihenfolge in die verschiedenen Länder eingereist:

Deutschland (Start)  →  Dänemark  →  Norwegen  →  Finnland  →  Schweden  →  Deutschland (Ziel)

  1. Dänemark
  2. Norwegen
  3. Finnland
  4. Schweden

Ihr Hund muss einen gültigen EU-Heimtierausweis besitzen.

  • Vor der Reise Ihres Hundes muss dieser einen gültigen EU-Heimtierausweis besitzen.
  • Ein zugelassener Tierarzt muss den EU-Heimtierausweis für Ihren Hund ausstellen und bestätigen, dass Ihr Hund die Einreisebestimmungen für Dänemark erfüllt.

Ihr Hund muss gegen Tollwut geimpft sein.

  • Ihr Hund muss mindestens 21 Tage vor seiner Reise nach Dänemark gemäß den Anforderungen von Anhang III der Verordnung (EU) 576/2013 von einem zugelassenen Tierarzt gegen Tollwut geimpft werden.

Eintragung im dänischen Hunderegister

  • Ihr Hund muss spätestens vier Wochen nach Ihrer Ankunft in Dänemark im dänischen Hunderegister angemeldet sein.
  • Das bedeutet, dass Ihr Hund auch dann im dänischen Hunderegister angemeldet werden muss, wenn Ihr Aufenthalt in Dänemark länger als vier Wochen dauert.

Der Hund muss seinen Besitzer begleiten.

  • Der nicht-kommerzielle Transport von Haustieren bedeutet, dass der Transport des Hundes durch die Reise des Besitzers verursacht wird und dass der Hund während des Transports unter der direkten Verantwortung des Besitzers steht.
  • Der Hund darf weder zum Verkauf noch zur Übertragung des Eigentums an eine andere Person bestimmt sein.
  • Der nicht-kommerzielle Transport von Hunden kann bis zu fünf Tage vor oder nach dem Umzug des Besitzers erfolgen.
  • Kann der Transport des Hundes nicht gleichzeitig mit dem Umzug des Besitzers, aber innerhalb der oben genannten Fristen stattfinden, muss er unter der Verantwortung einer vom Besitzer bevollmächtigten Person erfolgen.
  • Die Bevollmächtigung muss schriftlich erfolgen. Die dänische Veterinär- und Lebensmittelbehörde stellt hierfür ein Muster zur Verfügung, das Sie gerne verwenden können. Bitte denken Sie daran, die Bevollmächtigung während des Transports mitzuführen.
  • Bevollmächtigte Person ist eine natürliche Person und kann beispielsweise sein:
    • • Ihr Ehepartner/Ihre Ehepartnerin
    • • Ein Freund/Eine Freundin
    • • Ein/e Mitarbeiter/in eines Tiertransportunternehmens

 Externer Link zur dänischen Veterinär,Lebensmittel, Landwirtschaft und Fischerei Behörde:

How to travel with your dog to Denmark - Danish Veterinary, Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Agency

My input information

  • Is your pet travelling with you?Yes
  • How many pets are you travelling with?Dogs: 2
  • Select the country you're coming from and any countries you will be passing through:Germany, Denmark

Identification

The animal must be identified by a microchip.

The animal must be identified before it is vaccinated against rabies.

Pet passport

The dog must be accompanied by a European pet passport.

The passport shall be issued by an authorised veterinarian.

The passport must be signed by the dog's owner in order to be valid.

Anti-rabies vaccination

The animal must have a valid anti-rabies vaccination.

  • The vaccine must either be an inactivated vaccine of at least one antigenic unit per dose (recommendation from the World Health Organisation) or a recombinant vaccine expressing the immunising glycoprotein of the rabies virus in a live virus vector. If administered in an EU-country or in Norway, the vaccine must have been granted a marketing authorisation.
  • The vaccine must be administered by an authorised veterinarian.
  • The animal must be at least 12 weeks old when the vaccine is administered. The date of administration shall be indicated in the appropriate section of the pet passport. The animal must be identified before the rabies vaccination.
  • The period of validity starts not less than 21 days from the completion of the vaccination protocol required by the manufacturer for a primary vaccination. A revaccination has no 21-day waiting period if performed within the period of validity of the previous vaccination.
  • The period of validity shall be indicated by the authorised veterinarian in the appropriate section of the pet passport. A revaccination is considered a primary vaccination if it is not carried out within the period of validity of the previous vaccination.

Anti-Echinococcus treatment

An anti-Echinococcus treatment is required for dogs, including puppies.

The treatments shall be administered by a veterinarian and shall consist of a medicine containing praziquantel or pharmacologically active substances, which alone or in combination, have been proven to reduce the burden of mature and immature intestinal forms of the Echinococcus multilocularis parasite in the host species concerned.

As a main rule, the treatment must be administered 24–120 hours prior to entering Norway.

When travelling to Norway on a regular basis (the 28-day rule)

Alternatively, the 28-day rule can be applied:

  • The dog has to be treated at least twice before travelling at a maximum interval of 28 days and after that regularly at maximum intervals of 28 days for as long as the pet keeps travelling to and from Norway.
  • If the dog remains in Norway, the last treatment has to be administered after the travelling has ended.
  • If the 28-day interval is exceeded, the treatment series has to be started over with two treatments to trigger the 28-day rule again.
  • The treatment shall be certified by the administering veterinarian in the relevant section of the pet passport

Border control

Most border crossings feature red and green channels. Select the red channel and prepare to present your animals and required documents for inspection.

You don't need to contact the Norwegian Food Safety Authority before entering the country.

Some dog breeds are banned in Norway

The following breeds are banned from entering Norway. The ban also applies to crossbreeds where there is one or more of these breeds in any proportion:

  • The Pit Bull Terrier
  • The American Staffordshire Terrier
  • The Fila Brasilerio
  • The Toso Inu
  • The Dogo Argentino
  • The Czechoslovakian Wolfdog

 

1. Identification

The animal must be identified by a microchip or clearly readable tattoo. The microchip has to comply with the ISO 11784 standard and the ISO standard 11785. The microchip can be read with a microchip reader complying with the ISO 11784 and 11785 standard. If the microchip does not comply with the standard requirements, the owner has to provide a microchip reader capable of reading the microchip. As of 3 July 2011 only a microchip will be approved as identification. Tattooing is accepted as a method of identification if it is done before 3 July 2011. As of 3 July 2011 the animal, which bears a clearly readable tattoo, has to be accompanied by proof that the tattooing was done before 3 July 2011.  The animal must be identified before the rabies vaccination.

2. Vaccination against rabies

Puppies and kittens under the age of 12 weeks are not to be vaccinated. This only applies to puppies and kittens of the following species: dogs, cats and ferrets. The puppy or kitten must be at least 12 weeks old on the day of the primary vaccination against rabies. The animal must be identified before the rabies vaccination.

The animal must be vaccinated against rabies with an inactivated vaccine of at least one antigenic unit per dose (WHO standard). The rabies vaccination and revaccination, if necessary, must be carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the manufacturing laboratory. The vaccination must be carried out at least 21 days before transfer. The waiting period might be longer than 21 days depending on the vaccine. If a vaccine has a divergent beginning of protective immunity the period of validity of the vaccination starts from the establishment of protective immunity, which shall not be less than 21 days from the completion of the vaccination protocol required by the manufacturer for the primary vaccination.

The booster vaccination has no 21-day waiting period, if the vaccination was administered within the period of validity of the previous vaccination.The previous vaccination has to be marked in the pet passport or in a vaccination certificate. The veterinarian marks the vaccination’s last day of validity in the pet passport.

3. Echinococcus treatment

The anti-echinococcus treatment is only required of dogs. Cats or ferrets do not need to be medicated. Also puppies under the age of three months as well as dogs travelling to Finland from e.g. Sweden have to be treated before they enter Finland. A veterinarian in a country outside of Finland has to mark the medication administered in the pet passport.

The treatment is a dosage of medicine in accordance with the summary of product characteristics containing praziquantel against tapeworm causing echinococcosis approved for the species concerned. It is allowed to use another medicine which is at least as effective as praziquantel. As a rule, treatment is to be administered abroad 1 – 5 days prior to entering Finland. This means the medication cannot be administered at the border just before crossing. 

Alternatively, the 28-day rule can be applied, if the dog comes from an EU-country or Norway. The pet has to be treated at least twice before travelling at an interval of a minimum period of 24 hours and of a maximum period of 28 days, and the treatment is repeated thereafter at regular intervals not exceeding 28 days in an EU-country or Norway before arriving in Finland. If the regular treatment ends, the last treatment has to be administered in Finland after the travelling has ended. If the 28-day interval is exceeded, the treatment series has to be started over. Note that the 28-day rule cannot be started in Switzerland.

The passport of a pet that follows the 28-day programme shall be marked by the veterinarian to indicate this on the echinococcus treatment page in Finnish or Swedish as well as in English. The markings of the 28-day programme have been made in the pet passport starting from the beginning of 2012. If the passport pages are filled up, the dog is issued a new passport. Both the old and the new passport should be carried when travelling with the dog.

No anti-echinococcus treatment is required of dogs travelling to Finland directly from Norway, Ireland or Malta.

4. Pet passport

The animal must be accompanied by a pet passport carrying the identification information of the animal and an entry by a veterinarian concerning a valid rabies vaccination and when necessary a clinical examination and echinococcus treatment (parts I-V and when necessary parts X and VII).

There are two different types of pet passports depending on if the pet passport has been issued in an EU-country or in a country outside the EU, from which movements of dogs, cats and ferrets into the EU are allowed with a so called third country pet passport.

  1. The EU pet passport has a uniform appearance in all EU-countries. The EU pet passport can be obtained from a veterinarian. No other vaccination card can replace the new pet passport. The model for the EU pet passport can be found in the Commission implementing regulation (EU) 2026/705 annex I, part 1 (pdf).
  2. Pets arriving from Norway and Switzerland require a third country pet passport. The model for the pet passport can be found in the implementing regulation (EU) 2026/705 annex II, part 1 (pdf). The pet passports of other third countries are not acceptable identification documents.

Your animal must be ID-marked with a chip.

  • The ID marking must always be done before the animal's rabies vaccination.
  • The ID marking must be done by a veterinarian or by an approved ID tagger.
  • The date of identification marking or reading of the ID marking and the ID number must be stated in the animal's pet passport.
  • If the animal has been remarked and therefore has two ID numbers, both must be entered in the passport.

If the animal is checked at the border and the chip is not legible, the animal may be turned away to the country it came from, possibly quarantined or, in the worst case, euthanized. Since there is always a risk that the chip is not legible, you can bring your own chip reader just in case.

If the ID marking is done in Sweden on 22 April 2026 or later, the chip must be approved by the Swedish Board of Agriculture in order for your animal to be issued an EU passport.

You can see which chips the Swedish Board of Agriculture has approved in the section on marking on our page about bringing dogs and cats out.

The animal must be vaccinated against rabies. The first vaccination that builds up protection is called the primary vaccination and consists of one or two shots. The vaccine must be approved in the country where the vaccination takes place.

The animal must be ID-marked and at least 12 weeks old to receive a basic vaccination. The ID-marking must be done before the rabies vaccination for the vaccination to be valid. If the animal has already been ID-marked, the ID-marking must be read before the vaccine is administered. That the ID-marking has been made or scanned no later than the same day as the vaccine is given must be stated in the animal's passport or health certificate. The vaccination must also be written in the passport or health certificate.

After the basic vaccination, you must wait 21 days before travelling with the animal.

Example 1: Vaccination with a shot on 1 January = travel on 22 January at the earliest.

Example 2: Vaccination with two shots on 1 January and 1 February = travel on 22 February at the earliest.

Vaccination must be topped up

The validity period of the vaccine may vary between countries. When the animal is vaccinated, the veterinarian fills in the animal's passport with the validity period that applies to the vaccine in the country where the animal is located. If you want to continue traveling with your animal, you must make sure that the animal is revaccinated no later than the date of expiration written by the veterinarian.

If the animal has been revaccinated within the specified validity period, there is no waiting period of 21 days before you can travel with it.

Delayed revaccination

If an animal is revaccinated after the validity of the previous vaccination has expired, the revaccination is counted as a new basic vaccination. In this case, a new waiting period of 21 days is also required before the animal can travel again.

 

The parasite Fox's dwarf tapeworm has increased in Sweden, but is still at a low level compared to other countries.

Since the disease is already present in Sweden, there are no requirements for deworming when you bring dogs or cats into Sweden from other countries. However, we recommend that you deworm your animal before you bring it into Sweden. Other countries may have requirements for deworming when you bring the animal there.

 

An animal that is brought into Sweden from another EU country must have an EU passport for pets. You can have the EU passport issued by a veterinarian. Only people who are permanently resident in Sweden can have Swedish EU passports issued to their pets. You can show that you are permanently resident in Sweden to your veterinarian by, for example, showing information about population registration from the Swedish Tax Agency. If you have not yet been registered in the population register, you can show a coordination number.

Only certain countries outside the EU are allowed to issue passports that the animal can travel with. This applies to Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Northern Ireland, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland and Vatican City. These passports look like EU passports for pets but may have a different color and the country's national emblem on the front instead of the EU flag.

However, not all of these countries issue such pet passports. In these cases, the animal needs to travel with a veterinary certificate for pets instead. Passports from other countries outside the EU are not valid – in which case the animal must have a veterinary certificate instead.

The passport must state, among other things:

  • The animal's ID number. It must match the chip number. If the animal has been remarked and therefore has two ID numbers, both must be entered in the passport.
  • Rabies vaccination.
  • Animal species, sex and date of birth of the animal.
  • The name of the pet owner. If a breeder is going to sell a puppy or cub to a foreign owner, it is the breeder who is the owner until the animal is delivered. Do not forget to enter your details in the passport when the animal is handed over to you. It is always the owner who is on the latest digit who is considered the current owner.
  • The signature of the pet owner(s). For the passport to be valid, the pet owner(s) must sign on the last line under the phone number before the veterinarian issues the passport. If the animal changes owners, the new owner must sign the passport and sign it in order for it to remain valid.

Only appointed veterinarians with an EU licence may issue an EU passport or enter information in it.

If your dog has a valid EU passport from another EU country, it does not need to have a new passport issued if it moves to Sweden. EU passports of an older model retain their validity provided that they have been issued in accordance with the legislation in force at the time of issuing the passport.

 

The animal must be brought into Sweden via a customs point of your choice. There you must report that you are bringing an animal into the country. You do this at a special lane or passage.

  • If you report the animal directly at the customs office, you must choose a red lane or path.
  • If you register the animal in advance via Swedish Customs' website, you can choose a green lane or path.

Read more on Swedish Customs' website. If the animal is not reported to Customs, it may be denied entry into Sweden.