Etiquette & taboos

Etiquette & taboos

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Sweden

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Sweden: drugs, including cannabis, are strictly prohibited

Do

Stay away from drugs of any kind

Don’t

Possessing, using or carrying drugs, even in small amounts

Up to 10 years in prison and heavy fines.

Verified Oct 19, 2026Source: GOV.UK: Sweden travel advice

Site-specific notes 5

Taken from the "don'ts" on each site page here. Open a site for its full etiquette and background.

Vasa Museum

No flash in the museum (to protect the wooden hull)
don't touch the exhibits
don't be loud.

Swedish Midsummer

Trespassing in private homes and fields
pulling decorations off the midsummer pole
drinking in no-drinking zones

Visby

Climbing the crumbling walls of the church ruins
making noise in residential streets at night

Icehotel

Touching the surface of the ice artworks and leaving handprints
using open flames or heaters inside the ice suites

Abisko National Park

Don't light fires or pick plants in the national park
in winter don't leave the trails alone to head into the mountains