Termination of your  
                                                rental agreement
                                                 Important things to consider when you want  
                                                              to terminate your rental agreement
             If you want to terminate your rental agreement there are some 
             important things to consider.
             Written notice of termination                        Agreement on a shorter period of notice
             The notice must be in writing. You can terminate     In the rental agreement, you and your landlord 
             your contract verbally if your landlord then         might have agreed on a period of notice that is 
             confirms it in writing. However, we always           shorter or longer than three months. If so, that 
             recommend a written notice of termination.           applies for you when you want to terminate the 
                                                                  rental agreement. If your landlord terminates 
             The date                                             the rental agreement, you are still entitled to 
             Ensure that you terminate your rental agreement      a three-month notice. If you have agreed on a 
             in advance, before the end of the month. If you      longer period of notice, you as a tenant can always 
             have a three-month period of notice, (the most       terminate the rental agreement with a three-month 
             common one) you must terminate your contract no      notice. However, if your landlord gives notice of 
             later than at the turn of the month three months     termination, the longer period of notice applies.
             in advance. If, for example, you want to move from 
             your apartment on May 1st, you must terminate        When must the apartment be vacated?
             the agreement no later than January 31st. Notice     When the rental period has expired you must 
             of termination should be sent to your landlord in a  vacate the apartment no later than the following 
             registered letter (REK-brev).                        day. The apartment must be available for the next 
               If you send the notice in a registered letter,     tenant no later than 12.00 p.m. on the first day 
             the notice of termination has been submitted on      of the month. If this date, when the apartment 
             the date of postmark. By doing so, the notice is     must be vacated, falls on a Saturday, Sunday, other 
             valid even if your landlord does not confirm the     public holiday, Midsummer Eve, Christmas Eve, 
             registered letter. Should you not send a registered  or New Year’s Eve, it may instead take place on the 
             letter, the applicable date is when your landlord    next weekday no later than 12.00 p.m. However, 
             confirms that the notice of termination was          this do not apply if you and the landlord or the 
             received. If the notice is sent in another way       next tenant have agreed that the apartment will be 
             than a registered letter and your landlord does      vacated at another time. 
             not confirm your notice, it is not certain that the 
             termination is valid.                                More information
                                                                  As a member, you can always contact 
             Contents                                             Hyresgästföreningen (the Swedish Union of 
             A notice of termination must contain details of      Tenants) for more information. On our website 
             recipient (the landlord), to which apartment it      you will find examples of agreements and factual 
             applies (apartment number and address), and          material concerning your rights and obligations as 
             sender (i.e. the tenant).                            a tenant.
             The notice must be signed by the contract holder(s).