Sweden Ferry Timetable
Choose your travel date, the departure port and the destination port. The timetable shows the departures available for that day with operator, ship and arrival time. Crossing times and frequency change with the season and the day of operation.
Which connection suits your travel date?
Direct from Germany
Four ferry routes run from Germany to Sweden without a detour, and what mainly separates them is how often they sail. Rostock - Trelleborg is the most frequent of them: several departures a day, around the clock, and the shortest crossing of the four. If you are heading for Malmö, Lund or on towards Stockholm, you will almost always find a time that fits.
Travemünde - Trelleborg and Travemünde - Malmö sail less often, but they give you an evening departure you can sleep through and one in the morning. Both are the obvious choice if you are coming from western or central Germany and reach Lübeck more easily than Rostock.
Kiel - Gothenburg is the only genuine overnight ferry in the range: one departure each evening, and you are in Gothenburg the next morning. For western Sweden and the drive on towards Oslo, that saves you a whole day of travelling on land.
Via Denmark
If your route takes you through Jutland, Frederikshavn - Gothenburg carries you across the Kattegat frequently and quickly. The crossing is far shorter than any direct connection from Germany, but several hundred kilometres of road come before it. Whether that pays off depends on where you set out from, not on the timetable.
Shorter and more frequent still are the Öresund Bridge and Puttgarden - Rødby; both are land routes with a short hop over the water rather than a crossing to Sweden.
What to watch for in the timetable
The times above are the scheduled departures. Two things move them regularly: the season, because more ships sail in summer than in November, and the day of operation, because at weekends several routes run to a different frequency than on weekdays. So look up your exact date instead of carrying over the weekly pattern of another month.
Second, when you travel with a vehicle the bottleneck is not the departure but the vehicle deck. That is especially true for a motorhome or a car with caravan during the summer holidays: a departure in the timetable does not yet mean there is room for a long vehicle that day. What the crossing costs is set out on the Prices page.
Timetable by travel date
FAQ - Sweden Ferry Timetable
Common questions about departures, crossing times and seasonal timetable changes.
What ferry connections are there from Germany to Sweden? +
From Germany, direct connections run from Rostock to Trelleborg, from Travemünde to Trelleborg, from Travemünde to Malmö and from Kiel to Gothenburg. If you travel via Denmark or Poland, you will find further options in the route overview.
How often do the ferries to Sweden run? +
How many departures there are, and at what time, depends on the route, the day of the week and the season. Set your travel date above and the connections available for it will appear. Check the final timetable with the operator once more before you book.
How long does the ferry to Sweden take? +
The length of the crossing differs by route and by the individual departure. The timetable above shows the scheduled departure and arrival time for your travel date. Each route page also tells you whether the sailing is a day or an overnight one.
Does the ferry timetable to Sweden change with the season? +
Yes. Operators adjust times and frequency for the season and for operational reasons. So do not rely on a general daily frequency; look up your exact date in the timetable and then check it again in the booking.
How do I find the departures for my travel date? +
Set the date, the departure port and the destination port above. You will get the available departures with their scheduled arrival. For the other direction, switch to the return leg. Current prices depend on the date, your vehicle and what you book on board, and they are shown in the booking step.