Vaccine Scheduler
Sweden: Recommended vaccinations
| General recommendation | |
| Recommendation for specific groups only | |
| Catch-up (e.g. if previous doses missed) | |
| Vaccination not funded by the National Health system | |
| Mandatory vaccination |
| Birth | Weeks | Months | Years | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 6-8 | 10-12 | 14-16 | 18 | |||||
| Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) | COVID-191 | ||||||||||||||
| tuberculosis | BCG2 | ||||||||||||||
| rotavirus infection | ROTA | ROTA | ROTA3 | ||||||||||||
| diphtheria | D | D | D | D | d4 | ||||||||||
| tetanus | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT4 | ||||||||||
| pertussis | acP | acP | acP | acP | acp5 | acp6 | |||||||||
| poliomyelitis | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | |||||||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae type b infection | Hib | Hib | Hib | ||||||||||||
| hepatitis B | HepB7 | HepB | HepB | HepB8 | |||||||||||
| pneumococcal disease | PCV | PCV | PCV | ||||||||||||
| measles | MEAS | MEAS9 | |||||||||||||
| mumps | MUMPS | MUMPS9 | |||||||||||||
| rubella | RUBE | RUBE9 | |||||||||||||
| human papillomavirus infection | HPV (F/M)10 | ||||||||||||||
| influenza | IIV311 | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes:
- One dose offered in the period 1mar. 2023 - 29 feb. 2024 for specific risk groups from 18 years of age and individuals aged 65-79 years. interval of 6 months with a previous dose should be respected. https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/smittskydd-beredskap/utbrott/aktuella-utbrott/covid-19/vaccination-mot-covid-19/om-vaccinerna-mot-covid-19/nya-rekommendationer-for-vaccination-mot-covid-19/
- BCG vaccination is recommended for children up to 6 years of age who are at increased risk of being infected with TB according to the following criteria: (1) family origin from a country with increased or high TB incidence, (2) current TB in a close relative or household contact (3) for planned longer (more than three months) stay in a country or area with high TB prevalence, if the child comes into close contact with the local population. For more information, please visit: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/smittskydd-beredskap/vaccinationer/vacciner-a-o/tuberkulos-tb/ and https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publikationer-och-material/publikationsarkiv/r/rekommendationer-for-preventiva-insatser-mot-tuberkulos-halsokontroll-smittsparning-och-vaccination/
- 3rd dose only indicated when a pentavalent rotavirus vaccine is used.
- Given to 8-9 grade students. For adults above 18 years, dT Booster doses are recommended every 20 years (not funded by the National Health system)
- Given to 8-9 grade students.
- Vaccination offered to pregnant women after 16 weeks of pregnancy. More information available at: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/smittskydd-beredskap/vaccinationer/vaccinationer-till-vuxna/
- Babies born to a mother infected with hepatitis B will be offered a dose at birth simultaneously with HB immunoglobulin
- Vaccination against hepatitis B is recommended for children up to 18 years belonging to certain risk groups. For more information, please visit: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publikationer-och-material/publikationsarkiv/r/rekommendationer-om-vaccination-mot-hepatit-b-/
- Given to 1-2 grade students
- 9-valent. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination - School-based programme offered in fifth grade from August 2020.
- Funding varies by region
More information available at:
https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/smittskydd-beredskap/vaccinationer/vaccinationsprogram/ https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-disease-control/vaccinations/vaccination-programmes/ https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publikationer-och-material/publikationsarkiv/k/konsoliderad-version-av-hslf-fs-2016-51-folkhalsomyndighetens-foreskrifter/
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1 Sept. 2019: updated regulation to childhood vaccination programme
see: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publikationer-och-material/publikationsarkiv/k/konsoliderad-version-av-hslf-fs-2016-51-folkhalsomyndighetens-foreskrifter/
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HISTORICAL CHANGES TO THE SWEDISH NATIONAL IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME
- https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-disease-control/vaccinations/previous-swedish-vaccination-programmes/ (English)
- https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/smittskydd-beredskap/vaccinationer/vaccinationsprogram/tidigare-vaccinationsprogram/ (Swedish)
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OTHER RELEVANT RESOURCES
PROCEDURE FOR CATCH-UP VACCINATIONS
https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-disease-control/vaccinations/catch-up-vaccinations/
CHANGES IN THE NATIONAL VACCINATION PROGRAMME
https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-disease-control/vaccinations/changes-in-the-national-vaccination-programme/
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Date of last update: 12 April 2024.