Application for a license or approval of animal health staff

The Swedish Board of Agriculture is the authority issuing licenses and approvals of animal health staff members. You can use this electronic application form to apply for any of the following:

• License as a veterinary surgeon
• License as a veterinary nurse
• Approval as a farrier
• Approval as a licensed dentist
• Approval as a licensed physiotherapist

Before applying, please make sure you have read the information on our webpage about Animal health staff and have the required documents available as an electronic version.

You can find an estimation of expected time for the assessment process under the headline: Handläggningstider för din ansökan (only available in Swedish) External link..

Application fee

In order for us to assess your application, you have to pay an application fee of
1660 SEK. This is done in the end of the electronic application form by card payment.

Storage of information

The information you provide together with your application will be registered in case your application will be approved. The information is used for statistics and control and might be disclosed to other authorities for this purpose. By sending in your application, you approve that the Swedish Board of Agriculture will register and use the information in your application.

The information will be stored in accordance with applicable legislation. In order to find what information we have registered on you or to request a correction of the information, please contact us.