Originally Posted by
Will Fly Småland
A completely draconian rule is that according to the Swedish Passport Law, a Swedish citizen is not allowed to leave the Schengen area without carrying a valid passport, even if the national ID card were valid for entering the destination country!
The only exception is Switzerland. Unfortunately, immigration at ARN aren't up-to-date on that, or choose to be ignorant. I have passed immigration in CPH, AMS, GVA, ZHR, MUC, FRA and MXP countless times with my Swedish national ID. No problem at all. The only ones bugging be about my Swedish ID card are the Swedish passport police!
Oh, well, it will all be history soon when Switzerland joins Schengen, too.
Are you sure? I believe you can travel with your ID only also to the non-Schengen EU Member-States (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania, UK). Or at least these are the EU rules and I'm not sure if the Swedish government can force you to show your passport upon exiting the country (maybe this was the case before the new IDs?).