Traveling to Sweden
All who participate in Amundsen Race and/or import dogs to Sweden from other countries should be aware about up to date import regulations. It is the participants own responsibility to get informed about these rules.
Read more˃˃˃ Information from Jordbruksverket
Read more˃˃˃ Information from Mattilsynet, Norge
In basic the following rules apply for traveling to Sweden from EU countries.
- The dog must be ID-marked with a chip.
- The dog must be vaccinated against rabies, After the primary vaccination, you must wait 21 days before travelling with the animal.
- The dog must have an EU passport for pets. The EU passport must be issued by a veterinarian.
- Important: When you want to bring your dogs into Sweden, you must always give Swedish Customs notification of the animal.
If the animal is not reported to customs, it may be denied entry into Sweden!
So do not follow the green lane ‘Nothing to declare’ if your dogs are not reported via the internet to Swedish customs
If you are travelling from another EU country and have an animal with a European pet passport with you, you can give Swedish Customs notification of your dogs via the internet.
When you arrive in Sweden, you can choose the green lane (“Nothing to declare”) in the surveillance area.
If a customs officer asks, you must be able to present your notification number and the animal’s European pet passport.
You do not have to “denotify” (i.e. “notify the return of”) your dogs
Use the following link below to report your dogs to Swedish Customs so you can use the ‘Nothing to declare’ lane
https://privattjanster-djuranmalan.tullverket.se/anmalan/en/djur
- When you travel with a group of more than 5 dogs who are to participate in an exhibition or competition, or are to be trained before such an event.
Normally you can not travel with more than 5 dogs if you are NOT participating in an exhibition or competition. Then other rules apply for importing dogs.
Fill in the Amundsen Race Chip list for all of your dogs and print it out.
Also print out your confirmation/registration email and a copy of your registration fee payment as proof that you participate in Amundsen Race.
From 1 May 2013. Entry to Norway with 5 or more dogs requires a healthcertificate which is provided by veterinarians approved by the Norwegian Food Department (Mattilsynet). The certificate is valid for 4 months. Before departure to Norway the dogs are to be checked by a veterinarian within 24 hours and the veterinarian has to document the execution of the Control in the dog’s Passport.
The veterinarians on Amundsen – Mid Scandinavian Sled Dog Race offer this service for free, directly after the race. Please inform race officials at the regestration if you need a Health certificate after the race.
Vaccinations
All dogs coming from other countries then Sweden and Norway must have a valid Rabies vaccination. All dogs, regardless their land of origin, must be vaccinated against puppy disease, Parvo and infectious liver disease. Dogs vaccinated for first time should not have a vaccination which is older than 1 year (365 days). Revaccinated dogs (with other documented vaccinations on their vaccination booklet) should not have vaccinations which are older than 4 years on the day of racing. Vaccination should be done at least 14 days before the start of the race and Rabies at least 21 days before start. It is also recommended that participating dogs are vaccinated against para influensa (kennel cough).
Echinococos
Deworming regulations have been changed from previous years as echinococos have been found on several locations in Sweden. Therefore Sweden cannot be considered free of the Worm anymore. Still, it is recommended to deworm dogs which are likely to have been into contact with rodents, such as mice before entering Sweden.
From 1 May 2013 new rules apply for dogs traveling from Sweden (and any other country) to Norway. Dogs need to have been dewormed against echinococos. Deworming has to been given 1-5 days before entrance to Norway, administered and documented by a veterinarian in the dog’s EU Passport.
Demand for deworming against echinococos for dogs from Sweden does even apply to enter countries like Finland, UK, Ireland and Malta. Deworming should have been administered 24-120 hours before entering the country. It is no longer possible to deworm directly after passing the border.
Veterinarians of Amundsen Race have offered to help with the administering of the deworming and signing of the Passports of the dogs, free of charge, on the condition that the musher provides the dewormingtablets. (We recommend to buy the deworming tablets beforehand as we cannot guarantee the pharmacy in Strömsund has sufficient in stock)
Doping/medication
As a groundrule are all medications for dogs as well as doping of dogs and driver prohibited. When a participant is caught with medication in the sled, the participant runs the risk of being disqualified. Many medications have also quarantine rules, which means that those cannot be given a certain number of days before a race. For details about medications of dogs, see the website of www.skk.se.(Unfortionatly not in english).
Here you find the Swedish anti-doping rules (in swedish) and ATC-list with medication and actual quatatine
In case of allowed necessary medication, please contact the race marshal in good time before the race to avoid misunderstanding.
Note: The Swedish anti-doping regulations are tougher than the common set of rules for IFSS.