[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":152},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-borgerlig-orebro-en":3},{"article":4,"related":136},{"metaTitle":5,"metaDescription":6,"h1":7,"updated":8,"byLine":9,"intro":10,"sections":11,"faqHeading":119,"faq":120,"lyselaHeading":98,"lyselaParagraph":132,"tryCta":133,"pricingCta":134,"relatedHeading":135},"Civil wedding in Örebro: City Hall, booking, cost","Civil wedding in Örebro: how to book Örebro City Hall, what it costs, how many guests fit, witnesses, language and how to marry at another venue.","Civil wedding in Örebro: City Hall, booking and rules","Updated {date}","Written by","You book a civil wedding in Örebro through the municipality's online service, Boka tid för borgerlig vigsel. The municipality marries couples in the representation floor of Örebro City Hall (Rådhuset) on Stortorget, on Saturdays between 12.00 and 15.30, and the ceremony costs nothing. You can be up to about 20 people, couple and witnesses included. This guide covers the booking, the rules at City Hall, what to do if you want another venue, what applies if neither of you lives in Sweden and how to tell your guests where to be. For how a civil ceremony works in general, see the guide to a [civil wedding in Sweden](borgerlig).",[12,30,69,74,83,97],{"heading":13,"items":14},"Book a civil wedding in Örebro: step by step",[15,18,21,24,27],{"title":16,"body":17},"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.",{"title":19,"body":20},"Apply for the eligibility check","You apply to Skatteverket, the Swedish Tax Agency. The [eligibility check](hindersprovning) is valid for four months, and the ceremony must take place within that time.",{"title":22,"body":23},"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.",{"title":25,"body":26},"Arrange two witnesses","Witnesses must be at least 18, have valid ID and understand what the ceremony means. You choose them yourselves.",{"title":28,"body":29},"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.",{"heading":31,"paragraphs":32,"table":34},"Weddings at Örebro City Hall: days, guests and rules",[33],"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](fotograf) in a guide of its own.",{"headers":35,"rows":38},[36,37],"Question","What the municipality writes",[39,42,45,48,51,54,57,60,63,66],[40,41],"Where","The representation floor of City Hall, Stortorget 1. Entrance A, facing Stortorget, is the entrance for Saturday weddings.",[43,44],"When","Saturdays, midsummer eve and New Year's Eve, between 12.00 and 15.30.",[46,47],"Cost","No fee for the ceremony.",[49,50],"Guests","Up to about 20 people, couple and witnesses included.",[52,53],"Witnesses","Two, at least 18, with valid ID. They must understand the ceremony.",[55,56],"Length","About 20 minutes in the ceremony room.",[58,59],"Music and readings","You or your guests may read a text or sing. There is a piano you may use, and you bring any other portable music or speaker yourselves.",[61,62],"Rings","Optional. Many couples want them, and they are then part of the ceremony.",[64,65],"Language","Swedish. The ceremony can be held in English, and for other languages you contact the Servicecenter.",[67,68],"ID","Everyone brings valid ID.",{"heading":70,"paragraphs":71},"Civil wedding in Örebro municipality at another venue",[72,73],"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.",{"heading":75,"paragraphs":76,"examples":79},"Marrying in Örebro if you live abroad",[77,78],"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.",[80],{"label":81,"text":82},"Email to the wedding office about language","Hello, we have booked a ceremony at City Hall on [date] at [time]. We would like the ceremony in English. Could you confirm that this works? We will send the certificates from Skatteverket at least ten days before.\nKind regards\n[name] and [name]",{"heading":84,"paragraphs":85,"examples":87},"Messages to your guests when City Hall seats about 20",[86],"Replace anything in square brackets. You can lay out the rest of the day in a [timeline](tidsplan).",[88,91,94],{"label":89,"text":90},"To the guests who cannot fit in the ceremony room","The ceremony at Örebro City Hall has room for about 20 people, couple and witnesses included, and we have asked [name], [name] and [name] to join us. We would have loved to have you there. Meet us at [place] after the ceremony, around [time], and we will raise a glass together.",{"label":92,"text":93},"To the guests who are coming","The ceremony is at Örebro City Hall on Stortorget on Saturday [date] at [time]. Enter through entrance A, facing Stortorget, and be there at [time]. Bring ID.",{"label":95,"text":96},"Invitation to the party","After the ceremony we gather at [place], [address], at [time]. It takes [number] minutes from City Hall by [bus or on foot].",{"heading":98,"paragraphs":99,"items":101,"image":114},"The ceremony and the party on your wedding website",[100],"You can see how it looks on the [example pages](examples). There is more on the evening after the ceremony in the guide to the [wedding dinner](middag).",[102,105,108,111],{"title":103,"body":104},"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.",{"title":106,"body":107},"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.",{"title":109,"body":110},"The way between","Add a bus or other transport from City Hall to the party, with a time.",{"title":112,"body":113},"The programme","The ceremony is a line in the day's programme, with a calendar link guests can add to their phone.",{"src":115,"alt":116,"width":117,"height":118},"\u002Fguide-bilder\u002Fborgerlig-orebro.en.webp","The RSVP on Stella + Max's wedding website: one reply per household, with allergies noted right away.",520,1067,"Frequently asked questions",[121,124,126,129],{"question":122,"answer":123},"How much does a civil wedding in Örebro cost?","The municipality's page says the ceremony at City Hall costs nothing. The eligibility check at Skatteverket costs nothing either.",{"question":125,"answer":50},"How many guests fit at the ceremony in City Hall?",{"question":127,"answer":128},"Can we marry on a weekday in Örebro?","The municipality's page mentions ceremonies on Saturdays, midsummer eve and New Year's Eve. If you want another day, ask the wedding office at vigsel@orebro.se.",{"question":130,"answer":131},"Can we marry in English in Örebro?","Yes, the municipality can offer the ceremony in English. For other languages, contact the Servicecenter, and you mainly arrange the interpreting yourselves.","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.","Try it yourself, no account needed","See all prices","More to read",[137,140,143,146,149],{"href":138,"label":139},"\u002Fen\u002Fwedding-website","What should a wedding website include? Checklist, timeline and cost",{"href":141,"label":142},"\u002Fen\u002Fcivil-wedding-sweden","Civil wedding in Sweden: how a civil ceremony works and what to arrange",{"href":144,"label":145},"\u002Fen\u002Fcivil-wedding-linkoping","Civil wedding in Linköping: booking, City Hall and rules",{"href":147,"label":148},"\u002Fen\u002Fcivil-wedding-vasteras","Civil wedding in Västerås: booking, cost and the Red Room",{"href":150,"label":151},"\u002Fen\u002Fmarriage-licence-sweden","Marriage licence in Sweden: how the hindersprövning works",1793857432214]