Blood Donation in Sweden
You are visiting Geblod.nu (Giveblood.now) which is the Swedish Blood Centre´s official website. It informs about blood donation.
To become a blood donor in Sweden you must speak, read and understand Swedish, have a Swedish personal identity number, an approved ID document and be a healthy person between the ages of 18-60.
Sweden is self sufficient in blood products, but new blood donors are always welcome. There are about 410,000 registered donors in the country. Almost 250,000 of those donors donate blood at least once a year. Almost five per cent of the population are registered donors.
There are more than 90 Blood Centres, most of them found at hospitals and run by the County Councils. A few of the Blood Centres have moved out from the hospitals to make it easier to donate blood (e.g. at shopping centres). There are also blood buses, which operate in cities, country villages and also visit larger companies.
Do you have an approved ID document?
To give blood you must be able to show some of the following ID documents:
- an SIS-marked Swedish ID card
- a Swedish national ID card
- a Swedish driving licence
- a Swedish passport with a maroon cover
