The handling of animals at the airport is regulated in Airport Regulations; Part 1, Chapter 7: Border control of live animals, animal-based foods/products and plant-based foods
Animal handling at the airport
Sweden is one of the few countries that do not have rabies. We therefore have strict regulations that must be complied with in order to bring an animal into the country.
- Animals can travel either as baggage together with their owner or as cargo.
- Animals that travel as baggage (checked or hand baggage) are handled by ground handling companies and Swedish Customs in the passenger terminal.
- Animals that travel as cargo (so-called commercial animals) are handled by freight companies and the border control post (BCP) in the cargo terminals.
The processes for these two categories are somewhat different and are described separately in the SOP above to the right.
