Security control
Everyone has to go through a security screening with their hand baggage after check-in.
To avoid queues at the security checkpoint we recommend travellers to be at the airport at least 90 minutes prior to the scheduled time of departure.
Follow our tips on how you can prepare for the security screening, so that the process goes smoother for both you and other passengers.
FAQ about the security control
Keep this in mind before the security checkpoint
Place containers holding liquids in a plastic bag
Each container that holds liquid may hold up to 100 ml (1 dl). The plastic bag must be clear, reclosable and may hold at most 1 litre of liquids. It is only allowed to bring one (1) bag per person.
Prepare before you get to the security checkpoint
Remove your outerwear, jacket, head covering and metal objects such as belts with a large buckle or jewellery. Empty your pockets of loose items such as keys, coins or your mobile phone. Remove your liquids as well as any laptops and other electronic devices from your bag.
Be ready to show your boarding card
You obtain a valid boarding card once you’ve checked in. The boarding card comes in different formats – for example, as a paper print-out, on your mobile phone, on the airline’s card or on a credit card.
Keep this in mind when you’re at the security checkpoint
Remove your outerwear, jacket, head covering and metal objects such as belts with a large buckle or jewellery and place them in a tray.
Place your one-litre bag with liquids in a tray so that is visible together with loose items such as keys, coins or your mobile phone. Make sure to place any loose items in a safe place during the control, such as in a bag or jacket pocket.
Place large electronic devices such as your laptop or tablet in the tray so that they are visible.
FAQ about the security control
The technology used at the new security control in Terminal 5 at Stockholm Arlanda Airport differs from other security controls at Arlanda and Swedavia’s other airports. This technology allows passengers to leave liquids and electronic devices in their bag when they pass through the security control. As of 1 September 2024, the maximum size for containers of liquid is 100 ml at the new security control. You can have an unlimited number of 100 ml containers and they do not need to be placed in a one-litre bag. Containers of liquid and electronic devices are left in hand baggage. At other security controls, liquids and electronic devices still need to be removed.
Your hand baggage will have to go through security screening twice, which increases the waiting time both for you and other passengers. In that case, the security screener must detect in an X-ray image that you have electronics in your bag. They must find you and ask you to remove the electronics in order for it to go through the X-ray machine again.
You will need to remove your liquid medication from your hand baggage and present it at the security checkpoint, but it does not have to be put in the same 1 litre bag as the other liquids.
Read more on the Swedish Transport Agency's website.
Baby and dietery foods will have to be presented at the security checkpoint but does not have to be put in the same 1 litre bag as other liquids.
See more information on the Swedish Transport Agency's website.
Sometimes you'll be asked to take off your shoes. Follow the instructions you're given at the security checkpoint.
If prohibited items are detected, they will be taken from you.