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Other essential info...
Time.
Sweden , like most of Europe, has Central European time, Greenwich Mean Time +1. Summer time from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
Embassies.
Denmark
+46(0)8-23 18 60
France
+46(0)8-663 02 70
Germany
+46(0)8-670 15 00
Italy
+46(0)8-24 58 05
Japan
+46(0)8-663 04 40
Netherlands
+46(0)8-24 71 80
Norway
+46(0)8-667 06 20
Portugal
+46(0)8-662 60 28
Spain
+46(0)8-667 94 30
United Kingdom
+46(0)8-671 90 00
USA
+46(0)8-783 53 00
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The major post offices are basically open Monday to Friday 09.00 to 18.00 hours and Saturdays 09.00 to 13.00 hrs. Sundays are closed. There are local variations, especially on the countryside.
Exchange service
Foreign exchange; cash to cash and traveller's cheques, can be administered in any post office, as well as banks.
Stamps
Stamps can also be bought from a machine, located outside most of the post offices, as well as they can be bought in a variety of shops. Packages and larger letters must be sent from a post office.
Postboxes
Green postboxes - for domestic economy class mail.
Blue postboxes - for letters within a region or a larger city.
Yellow postboxes - for all other types of letters and post cards, domestic, as well as international.
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