adopted as the result of a decision taken abroad and approved in Sweden by the Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority the adoption is valid under Swedish law. The adoption must have been officially decided or approved after 30 June 1992. A child aged 12 or more at the time of adoption may acquire Swedish citizenship by application. Naturalization as a Swedish citizen Swedish citizenship can be acquired by naturalization, also known as citizenship by application. A foreigner may be granted Swedish citizenship upon meeting certain requirements: able to prove identity 18 years of age or older has a permanent residence permit or has a right of residence or residence card (applies to EU citizens or close relatives of EU citizens) meets the requirements for habitual residence has maintained good conduct while in Sweden For EU/EEA citizens and their family members that have been a legal resident of Sweden for 5 years and haven't requested a certificate of permanent right of residence or applied for a permanent residence card, the government shall determine whether a person meet the conditions for right of residence when a person apply for Swedish citizenship. The duration of stay is calculated from the date on which a person submitted her or his application for a residence permit and were approved. Short trips are not considered in the calculated time but if a person has been abroad for more than six weeks total in a year, the whole period they were outside Sweden is deducted from the period of habitual residence. If they move to another country and settle there their habitual residence is interrupted and will start to count once again from the day they move back to Sweden again. A number of exemptions apply to the residence period: the residence period is reduced to 4 years for recognised refugees and stateless persons. citizens of other Nordic Council countries are only required to have two years' residence in Sweden. former Swedish citizens those employed on Swedish ships persons employed abroad by Swedish corporations a person with previous long residence in Sweden For those married to, living in a registered partnership with or cohabiting with a Swedish citizen, they can apply for Swedish citizenship after three years. In these cases, they must have been living together for the past two years. It is not enough to be married to one another, they must also live together. Sweden imposes