Studded tyres

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By opting for studless winter tyres for your car, you are helping to make the air in Stockholm cleaner and better. Driving with studded tyres is prohibited on Hornsgatan, Fleminggatan and a section of Kungsgatan.

By law, you must use winter tyres from 1 December until 31 March if the road conditions are wintery. These can be studded or non-studded. The proportion of cars with studded tyres has decreased in Stockholm in recent years.

Streets where studded tyres are prohibited

In order to reduce the levels of dangerous particles in the air, studded tyres are prohibited on several streets in Stockholm city centre, namely:

  • most of Hornsgatan
  • Fleminggatan
  • Kungsgatan, between Sveavägen and Birger Jarlsgatan.

You are permitted to drive across Hornsgatan, Fleminggatan and Kungsgatan with studded tyres.

On Hornsgatan, the ban on studded tyres is in force:

  • eastbound between Långholmsgatan and Bellmansgatan
  • westbound between the Söderled tunnel and Lignagatan.

It also includes:

  • Rosenlundsgatan between Krukmakargatan och Hornsgatan
  • Varvsgatan between Hornsgatan and Hornsbruksgatan.

The ban on studded tyres applies to the whole of Fleminggatan.

The ban on studded tyres is in force on Kungsgatan between Sveavägen and Birger Jarlsgatan.

Exempt vehicles

The ban on studded tyres does not apply to

  • emergency vehicles
  • recovery vehicles
  • patient transport vehicles
  • refuse collection vehicles
  • bicycles
  • class II mopeds.

Extended studded tyre ban from 1 October 2027

From 1 October 2027, the City will extend the studded tyre ban. The aim is to improve air quality in central areas where many people live, work and spend time.

Driving with studded tyres will be prohibited on:

  • Sveavägen 
  • Birger Jarlsgatan
  • Vasagatan
  • Torsgatan.
The extended studded tyre ban will come into effect on 1 October 2027.

Exemptions from the ban on studded tyres

If you need permission to drive with studded tires where it is prohibited, you can apply to be exempted from local traffic regulations.

You can be eligible for an exemption if:

  • you have garage space that you cannot reach without driving on a street with a ban on studded tyres
  • you have a disabled parking permit
  • you are a company that operates service vehicles such as taxis, breakdown trucks, security vans, hearses, medical equipment repair vehicles, hazardous goods vehicles, etc.

Living on or near the streets in question is not a sufficient reason to be granted an exemption.

To apply for an exemption from the ban on studded tyres, you need to complete a form.

Application for an exemption from the local traffic regulations on the ban on studded tyres (in Swedish) (pdf)

Send the completed form to:

Email: dubbdack@stockholm.se

Processing takes up to ten days. In some cases, it may take longer.

The application fee is 300 kronor.

The fee is non-refundable if your application is rejected. We will send an invoice to the postal address you provided in your application.

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