Civil wedding in Örebro: City Hall, booking and rules

Book a civil wedding in Örebro: step by step

• Book a time

  You book in the online service, where you log in with an e-ID. The municipality asks you to book in good time. If you have no e-ID, go to the Servicecenter at Näbbtorgsgatan 10. An officiant is assigned automatically when you book.

• Apply for the eligibility check

  You apply to Skatteverket, the Swedish Tax Agency. The eligibility check is valid for four months, and the ceremony must take place within that time.

• Hand in the certificates

  Send or hand in the certificates from Skatteverket to City Hall at least ten days before the ceremony. If you received them digitally, email them to vigsel@orebro.se.

• Arrange two witnesses

  Witnesses must be at least 18, have valid ID and understand what the ceremony means. You choose them yourselves.

• Ask the wedding office

  Phone 019-21 10 91 on weekdays, or email vigsel@orebro.se. The reception is open 07.45 to 16.00.

Weddings at Örebro City Hall: days, guests and rules

With room for about 20, the ceremony suits close family and friends. If you have a photographer, ask the wedding office whether they count towards the number, as the municipality's page does not say. There is more on choosing a wedding photographer in a guide of its own.

Civil wedding in Örebro municipality at another venue

The municipality's own ceremonies are held at City Hall. If you want to choose another place within Örebro municipality, contact the wedding office at vigsel@orebro.se with your wishes for time, place and date.

The County Administrative Board (Länsstyrelsen) in Örebro County appoints the civil officiants and keeps a list of them for each municipality. An officiant may not charge you a fee. If you want to marry somewhere other than where the municipality holds ceremonies, the officiant may however ask you to cover the actual travel costs, and no more than that. The County Administrative Board pays no travel allowance.

Marrying in Örebro if you live abroad

The ceremony is held in Swedish, but the municipality can offer it in English. If you need an interpreter for another language, you mainly arrange the interpreting yourselves, for example through a witness who understands both languages.

You apply for the eligibility check at Skatteverket, and the application costs nothing. If neither of you is registered as resident in Sweden, you need documents from home: a certificate of civil status, preferably from the last four months, proof that you are over 18 and a declaration that you are not closely related. If neither of you is a Swedish citizen, you must also show that you may marry under the law of your country of citizenship. Skatteverket gives a processing time of about nine weeks in that case, so start early.

Messages to your guests when City Hall seats about 20

Replace anything in square brackets. You can lay out the rest of the day in a timeline.

The ceremony and the party on your wedding website

You can see how it looks on the example pages. There is more on the evening after the ceremony in the guide to the wedding dinner.

• Two places

  The ceremony at City Hall and the party somewhere else become two places on the page, each with an address and a link for directions.

• The guest limit

  Say in the note that City Hall takes about 20 people and where everyone else meets you, so nobody waits on Stortorget for nothing.

• The way between

  Add a bus or other transport from City Hall to the party, with a time.

• The programme

  The ceremony is a line in the day's programme, with a calendar link guests can add to their phone.

The ceremony and the party on your wedding website

With Lysela, you put the ceremony venue and the party venue under Places, each with an address, a time, a note and a link for directions. The programme has a calendar link, and on the wedding day the page shows at the top what is happening now and next and when the next bus leaves. Guests answer the RSVP on their phone, with no app and no account. All of that is in every tier, from Bas. From Plus the site also comes with English headings, buttons and RSVP form for guests who do not read Swedish.

You start without an account and pay once, SEK 795, SEK 1,795 or SEK 4,900 including VAT, and the site stays up for 12 months.

What usually goes on a wedding website, and what one costs, is in the checklist.

Frequently asked questions