The card can be used for travelling to and staying in European countries (except Belarus, Russia, Ukraine[3] and the United Kingdom[4]).

It can also be used instead of a Swedish passport for entering Dominica (de facto), French overseas territories, Georgia, Montserrat (if in transit to a third country for max 14 days) and on package holidays to Tunisia.

The national identity card is equipped with a contact chip ready to function as an electronic identity card (eID) at a later date, and also a contactless RFID chip at the bottom right of the rear side[6] containing a digital representation of the printed data along with the photograph of the bearer.

It has the following information:[7] The contents of the RFID chip cannot be accessed without using the codes found in the machine-readable area on the back of the card.

[7] Nationals of any country who are legally resident in Sweden can get certified identification cards issued by the Tax Agency or their bank.