There are 11 ways to get from London to Sweden by plane, train, bus, car or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly London Heathrow to Copenhagen • 4h 41m
Cheapest option
9 alternative options
Fly London Heathrow to Gothenburg • 4h 42m
Fly London Stansted to Gothenburg • 5h 10m
Fly London Heathrow to Stockholm • 5h 23m
Train • 22h 6m
Train via Amsterdam • 23h 38m
Train, bus via Utrecht • 27h 17m
Train, bus • 30h 21m
Drive, Eurotunnel, train • 22h 22m
London to Sweden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Sweden is to fly which costs £30 - £290 and takes 5h 4m.
The fastest way to get from London to Sweden is to fly which takes 4h 41m and costs £55 - £310.
No, there is no direct train from London to Sweden station. However, there are services departing from London St Pancras Intl and arriving at Stockholm Centralstation via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 6m.
The distance between London and Sweden is 1032 km.
The best way to get from London to Sweden without a car is to train which takes 22h 6m and costs £200 - £600.
It takes approximately 4h 41m to get from London to Sweden, including transfers.
London to Sweden train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from London to Sweden is to fly which takes 4h 41m and costs £55 - £310. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £200 - £600 and takes 22h 6m.
Sweden is 1h ahead of London. It is currently 8:33 AM in London and 9:33 AM in Sweden.
London to Sweden train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), arrive at Stockholm Centralstation.
- Distance: 1031.6 km
- Duration: 4h 41m
What companies run services between London, England and Sweden?
Scandinavian Airlines, British Airways and two other airlines fly from London Paddington to Malmö hourly. Alternatively, you can take a train from London King's Cross to Stockholm via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, and Hamburg Hbf in around 22h 6m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 850 kr - 7500 kr
Flights from London Heathrow to Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 1300 kr - 9000 kr
Flights from London Heathrow to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 850 kr - 7500 kr
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 750 kr - 4000 kr
Flights from London Heathrow to Gothenburg via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 1000 kr - 5500 kr
Flights from London Heathrow to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 700 kr - 3900 kr
Flights from London Heathrow to Stockholm via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 700 kr - 3900 kr
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 230 kr - 3800 kr
Flights from London Stansted to Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 420 kr - 4400 kr
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 550 kr - 2700 kr
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 500 kr - 3400 kr
Flights from London Gatwick to Copenhagen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- 500 kr - 3400 kr
Flights from London Gatwick to Copenhagen via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- 500 kr - 3400 kr
Flights from London Stansted to Copenhagen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- 1400 kr - 4800 kr
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Copenhagen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 1800 kr - 7500 kr
Flights from London Heathrow to Gothenburg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 1900 kr - 9500 kr
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Copenhagen via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 1500 kr - 7000 kr
Flights from London Heathrow to Gothenburg via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 1600 kr - 8500 kr
Flights from London Heathrow to Stockholm via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 1400 kr - 7000 kr
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- 550 kr - 3800 kr
Flights from London Stansted to Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- 600 kr - 3900 kr
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Gothenburg via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- 1400 kr - 7500 kr
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Copenhagen via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 1000 kr - 4000 kr
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- 130 kr - 190 kr
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- 130 kr - 190 kr
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- 210 kr - 290 kr
- Schedules at
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/timetables
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Anytime Standard
- 210 kr - 290 kr
Rome2Rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- 1300 kr - 3700 kr
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- 3600 kr - 3700 kr
- Standard
- 1300 kr - 1450 kr
- Standard Premier
- 1700 kr - 2200 kr
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- 1500 kr - 4800 kr
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- 3800 kr - 4800 kr
- Standard
- 1500 kr - 2200 kr
- Standard Premier
- 2100 kr - 2800 kr
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- 1500 kr - 4400 kr
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- 3700 kr - 4400 kr
- Standard
- 1500 kr - 2000 kr
- Standard Premier
- 2000 kr - 2600 kr
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- 1000 kr - 3700 kr
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- 3000 kr - 3700 kr
- Standard
- 1000 kr - 1300 kr
- Standard Premier
- 1500 kr - 2000 kr
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- 460 kr - 3600 kr
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- 2200 kr - 3600 kr
- Standard
- 460 kr - 1100 kr
- Standard Premier
- 1200 kr - 1500 kr
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German rail company Deutsche Bahn is known for its efficient and comfortable service. It offers many different types of rail transportation, including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare (bookings usually open 6 months in advance for domestic tickets).
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 500 kr - 600 kr
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 800 kr - 950 kr
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 550 kr - 600 kr
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
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France’s state-owned railway company is a fast and efficient way of travelling around the country, with over 14,000 trains operating daily. SNCF runs the country’s extensive rail network, including the high-speed TGV network, regional TER trains and local Intercités. It also operates international routes including Eurostar and Thalys, as well as the low-cost, long-distance Ouigo services that run on limited routes across France. Book up to 3 months in advance for the cheapest fares. The railway network consists of about 32,000km in total, of which 1800km are high-speed lines and 14,500km are electrified.
Rome2Rio's guide to SNCF
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- 440 kr - 950 kr
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/
- 2nd Class
- 440 kr - 650 kr
- Rail 1st Class
- 650 kr - 950 kr
Train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- 200 kr - 430 kr
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/
- 2nd Class
- 200 kr - 290 kr
- Rail 1st Class
- 300 kr - 430 kr
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- 500 kr - 1100 kr
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/
- 2nd Class
- 500 kr - 750 kr
- Rail 1st Class
- 750 kr - 1100 kr
- Phone
- +32 70 66 77 88
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- 650 kr - 1400 kr
- Website
- https://www.thalys.com/fr/en
- Standard
- 650 kr - 950 kr
- Comfort
- 750 kr - 1100 kr
- Premium
- 1000 kr - 1400 kr
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- 750 kr - 1600 kr
- Website
- https://www.thalys.com/fr/en
- Standard
- 750 kr - 1100 kr
- Comfort
- 850 kr - 1200 kr
- Premium
- 1100 kr - 1600 kr
The national railway company of Switzerland, Swiss Railways operates trains throughout the country and adjacent European nations including Germany, France, Italy and Austria. Tickets are sold in two classes - First and Second - with most long-distance trains offering a bistro car serving beverages and snacks. Individual tickets can be bought easily at stands, while a variety of travel passes are on offer to suit different travel needs.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +41 848 44 66 88
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Koeln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- 1500 kr - 2800 kr
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Osnabrueck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- 900 kr - 1600 kr
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.com
Train from Cologne Central Station to Hamburg Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- 380 kr - 550 kr
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Osnabrück Central Station to Hamburg Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- 200 kr - 300 kr
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- 1000 kr - 1500 kr
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- 1000 kr - 1500 kr
- 2nd Class Ticket
- 1100 kr - 1500 kr
- Phone
- +46 771-26 00 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- 650 kr - 950 kr
- Schedules at
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Södertälje Syd station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- 650 kr - 950 kr
- Schedules at
- snalltaget.se
Dutch Railways (NS) is the main passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. Founded in 1938, NS connects all major cities in the Netherlands, and offers night trains, international trains, Intercity direct, and trains to and from the airport. NS International is the international subsidiary of NS; their services include high-speed trains such as Thalys, ICE International, Eurostar and TGV, to major European hubs including Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Lille.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Osnabrueck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- 310 kr - 800 kr
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class Full Fare
- 310 kr - 450 kr
- 1st Class Full Fare
- 500 kr - 800 kr
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- 110 kr - 280 kr
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class Full Fare
- 110 kr - 170 kr
- 1st Class Full Fare
- 190 kr - 280 kr
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/
France’s high-speed TGV train network runs at speeds of up to 320km/h connecting major cities across France and into neighbouring countries. All TGV tickets include a seat reservation; seating is 1+2 in 1st class, 2+2 in 2nd class. Popular routes include Paris to Marseille and Paris to Strasbourg. Most TGVs have a cafe area, power points at each seat and WiFi.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- 290 kr - 650 kr
- Website
- https://www.sncf.com/en
- 2nd Class
- 290 kr - 380 kr
- 1st Class
- 480 kr - 650 kr
As the bus subsidiary of French railway SNCF, Ouibus offers eco-friendly coaches serving 35 French cities and 10 European cities at affordable fares. Ouibus journeys are safe and comfortable, with the four-star coaches offering power outlets, restrooms and WiFi. All Ouibus stations are located close to town centres for easy access to public transport. Getting on one of the 130 daily journeys is easy - electronic travel documents include your ticket and a personalised mini-guide with handy information.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 71 53 01 80
- Website
- blablacar.fr
Bus from Utrecht to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- 410 kr - 600 kr
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Lille to Hamburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 650 kr - 950 kr
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg central bus station to Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 850 kr - 1300 kr
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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