Do I need to tip?
No. Tipping is not expected in Sweden and nothing is added to your bill. The quoted price is the whole price and our chauffeurs are paid properly regardless.

Skavsta is about 100 km from Stockholm, not in it — so the drive matters. A private car and an English-speaking chauffeur waiting inside arrivals, 24 hours a day, at a fixed price per car agreed in writing before you fly.
A Skavsta airport transfer is a pre-booked private car with a professional chauffeur, arranged before you fly and priced as one fixed fare for the whole vehicle. The important fact first: Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO) is not in Stockholm. It sits about 100 km southwest of the city, beside the town of Nyköping, so the drive into central Stockholm takes 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes.
Your chauffeur monitors the flight, meets you inside the single arrivals hall with a name board, and waits 50 minutes from the moment the aircraft lands at no extra charge. Our airport transfers start from 2,200 SEK for the car, with Skavsta quoted per journey because of the distance, and chauffeur hire by the hour starts from 1,350 SEK per hour. Because low-cost flights into Skavsta often land late in the evening, when the coach and the trains thin out, a pre-booked car is frequently the only certain way into the city.
Skavsta is marketed as a Stockholm airport and it is not one. The terminal stands about 5 km northwest of Nyköping, roughly 100 km southwest of central Stockholm, off exit 133 of the E4 motorway. If you have booked a hotel in Norrmalm on the assumption that the airport is nearby, the journey is longer than the flight from Copenhagen.
This is not a complaint about the airport — Skavsta is efficient, small and quick to leave, and the flights into it are often the cheapest in Europe. It simply means the ground half of the journey deserves as much planning as the air half, which is the part most travellers skip.
| From Skavsta (NYO) to | Distance | Drive time |
|---|---|---|
| Central Stockholm (Norrmalm, Östermalm) | About 100 km · 62 miles | 1 h 15 – 1 h 30 |
| Nyköping town centre | About 5 km | 10 min |
| Södermalm | About 95 km | 1 h 10 – 1 h 25 |
| Nynäshamn cruise port | About 85 km | 1 h 10 – 1 h 20 |
| Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) | About 140 km | 1 h 40 – 2 h |
| Norrköping | About 75 km | 50 – 60 min |
| Linköping | About 115 km | 1 h 15 |
Those are door-to-door times in normal traffic, and they are the times we plan against. The route is almost entirely E4 motorway, which makes it predictable outside the Stockholm approach; the variable stretch is the last 20 km into the city between 07:00 and 09:00 and again from 15:30 to 18:00.
There are real alternatives from Skavsta and we would rather set them out plainly than pretend they do not exist.
| Option | Journey time | Roughly what it costs | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airport coach to Cityterminalen | About 80 min, plus waiting | Around 230 SEK per adult | Departures are tied to flight times, not a clock; a delayed flight can mean a long wait or a missed last bus |
| Local bus 515 to Nyköping C, then train | 11 min, then roughly 1 h by rail | About 35 SEK plus a separate rail ticket | Two tickets, a change with luggage, and thin evening frequency |
| Taxi from the rank | 1 h 15 – 1 h 30 | Metered or negotiated, and expensive over this distance | No fixed fare, no flight tracking, and no guarantee a car is there late at night |
| Private chauffeur transfer | 1 h 15 – 1 h 30, door to door | Fixed per car, quoted before you fly | Costs more than a coach ticket — and covers the whole car, luggage, waiting and a late arrival |
If you are travelling light on a midday flight and your hotel is beside Central Station, take the coach. It is good value and it works.
The calculation changes on the flights most people actually book into Skavsta. A 22:40 arrival that slips to 23:30, two children and four cases, a destination in Djursholm or Saltsjöbaden rather than Norrmalm, or a group of five for whom four coach tickets plus a taxi at the other end costs more than one car. And this is the honest core of it: over a 100 km drive nobody in the party wants to be solving a logistics problem at midnight. A transfer is a reservation that waits for you.
Send the flight number, the date, your destination address and the passenger count. A fixed price for the whole car comes back in writing within 30 minutes, at any hour.
We watch the flight. Skavsta arrivals slip more often than most, and it makes no difference to you: the pick-up moves with the aircraft, with nothing to re-book and no charge for the change.
Skavsta has one compact terminal. Collect your bag, walk out, and your chauffeur is standing in arrivals with a name board rather than telephoning you from the car park.
Handled for you, and counted in advance. Low-cost flights mean people travel with more hold bags than they admit when booking a car — tell us the real number and we send a vehicle that fits it.
Roughly 1 hour 15 to 1 hour 30 up the E4 to a central address, in a quiet cabin, with water, phone charging and an English-speaking chauffeur.
We operate 24 hours a day with no night surcharge, so a 01:00 landing is an ordinary booking rather than an emergency.
Send the flight number, the date, your destination address and the passenger count. A fixed price for the whole car comes back in writing within 30 minutes, at any hour.
We watch the flight. Skavsta arrivals slip more often than most, and it makes no difference to you: the pick-up moves with the aircraft, with nothing to re-book and no charge for the change.
Skavsta has one compact terminal. Collect your bag, walk out, and your chauffeur is standing in arrivals with a name board rather than telephoning you from the car park.
Handled for you, and counted in advance. Low-cost flights mean people travel with more hold bags than they admit when booking a car — tell us the real number and we send a vehicle that fits it.
Roughly 1 hour 15 to 1 hour 30 up the E4 to a central address, in a quiet cabin, with water, phone charging and an English-speaking chauffeur.
We operate 24 hours a day with no night surcharge, so a 01:00 landing is an ordinary booking rather than an emergency.
One number, for the whole car, agreed before you travel. It does not move because the flight was late, because it is 02:00 on a Sunday, or because there turned out to be five of you with seven cases.
Fixed per car. Skavsta is quoted individually because of the distance, so send the details and you will have a firm number in writing.
For a day of meetings in Sörmland, or when the car should wait rather than leave. Quoted for your itinerary.
Executive vans to six, minibuses to sixteen, coaches beyond — one price for the vehicle, never per head.
Skavsta is a 100 km drive, so two things matter: how much luggage you are actually carrying, and how comfortable you want to be for an hour and a half. Every transfer is priced for the whole vehicle — tell us the passenger and case count and we will say honestly which car fits. Executive Mercedes for Skavsta transfers, business travel and everyday chauffeur service in Stockholm. Leather interiors, quiet cabins and a professional chauffeur, every time.
Our most-booked airport car. Quiet, understated and comfortable for up to 3 passengers with luggage — the standard Skavsta run to any central Stockholm address.
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The benchmark executive limousine. Rear seats built for working or resting and a suspension that smooths out Stockholm's cobblestones. The choice when the drive is long and the arrival matters: a near-silent cabin for the full 100 km.
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A leather-lined executive van for up to 6. Face-to-face seating and real luggage space: the honest answer for families, hold luggage, ski or golf bags, and colleagues arriving on the same low-cost flight.
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When the car is part of the occasion. Reserved in advance for state visits, galas, weddings and arrivals that are expected to look like something.
Our most refined limousine. Reclining executive rear seats and a hand-finished interior — the most comfortable way to spend ninety minutes on the E4.
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British craftsmanship with effortless power. Available on request for arrivals where the car is meant to be noticed.
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Commanding, private and composed in any conditions — the natural choice for security-conscious guests and Swedish winter roads.
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Group arrivals handled as one booking: crews, delegations, conference parties and wedding guests met at the terminal together.
Comfortable seating for up to 16 with room for luggage. Ideal for charter arrivals, sports teams, tour groups and corporate delegations landing together at Skavsta.
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A lounge-style Sprinter with 16 spacious leather seats. Business-class comfort for smaller VIP groups travelling together.
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For conference and tour arrivals beyond 17 passengers, met at the Skavsta coach bay.
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| Vehicle | Passengers | Luggage | Typical use on this route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes E-Class | Up to 3 | 2–3 cases | Two travellers with normal luggage |
| Mercedes S-Class | Up to 3 | 2–3 cases | Executive arrivals and a quiet 100 km drive |
| Mercedes V-Class | Up to 6 | Generous | Families and hold-luggage flights — the usual Skavsta answer |
| Maybach S600 | Up to 3 | 2 cases | Occasions, and the most comfortable version of a long drive |
| Mercedes Sprinter | Up to 16 | Full hold | Groups, teams and charter arrivals |
| Coach | 17 and above | Full hold | Conference and tour groups |
Bentley Flying Spur and Range Rover are available on request. Unsure which fits? Tell us the passenger and case count and we will say plainly — a family of four landing from a sun destination with four hold bags and a pushchair belongs in a V-Class, not a sedan, and it costs us nothing to say so.
Skavsta is a low-cost and leisure airport. Scheduled traffic is operated mainly by Norwegian and Wizz Air, with a European network weighted towards Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Mediterranean sun destinations, plus seasonal charters.
That shapes the transfer in two practical ways. Schedules cluster early in the morning and late in the evening, which is precisely when public transport is least forgiving. And passengers fly with hold luggage, sports equipment and pushchairs, so the vehicle needs to be chosen for the cases rather than the headcount.
One warning worth repeating: NYO is Skavsta, ARN is Arlanda, and they are roughly 140 km and up to two hours apart. Booking a car to the wrong one is a mistake we see every month.
No. Tipping is not expected in Sweden and nothing is added to your bill. The quoted price is the whole price and our chauffeurs are paid properly regardless.
Neither. Sweden is very nearly cashless and many businesses no longer accept notes. Transfers are settled by card or on invoice; American Express, Visa and Mastercard are all accepted.
Yes. A black car service, town car or executive car service in the United States is what we mean by a private chauffeur transfer: a pre-booked sedan or van with a professional driver, priced for the car.
Children under 135 cm must use an appropriate restraint and the rule is enforced. On a 100 km motorway drive it also simply matters. Tell us ages and heights when booking and the correct seats are fitted before collection; rear-facing seats are used here until a considerably later age than in most countries.
In December the sun sets in Stockholm before 15:00, so an afternoon landing is a night drive. Winter tyres are a legal requirement in Swedish conditions and our cars are on them; the E4 is cleared and salted as a priority route.
Stockholm is six hours ahead of New York and nine ahead of Los Angeles. Dispatch is staffed around the clock, and WhatsApp is the quickest way to reach a person outside Swedish office hours. Sweden uses the 24-hour clock, so a 10 pm pick-up appears as 22:00 on every confirmation we send.
Every chauffeur is engaged directly, background-checked, professionally licensed and insured, and speaks fluent English. They are briefed on your booking before leaving the depot, which is why they can stand in arrivals holding your name rather than calling you from a car park. On a late Skavsta arrival that difference is the whole service.
Discretion is part of it. Conversations in the car stay in the car. Ask for silence and you will have it; ask where to eat and you will get a real answer rather than a hotel brochure.

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Connecting on to a long-haul departure? Allow 1 hour 40 to 2 hours between the two airports and plan generous margins.
Learn moreTen minutes to the town, and onward to Trosa, Mariefred and Gripsholm — often a better first night than a motorway dash.
About 1 hour 10 from Skavsta, with the berth confirmed against your ship beforehand.
Norrköping, Linköping, Gothenburg and Malmö, quoted per itinerary with a single chauffeur.
Learn moreKeep the car between meetings instead of re-booking each leg. From 1,350 SEK per hour.
Learn moreThe same chauffeur and car for several days, so nothing has to be explained twice. See our limousine and chauffeur service.
Learn moreFlying into a different airport? Our Stockholm airport transfers page covers all four airports, the cruise terminals and Central Station, including Bromma.
Send the flight number, the date, where you are going and how many of you there are. A fixed price comes back in writing within 30 minutes, at any hour of the day.
Or reach the Stockholm team directly, 24 hours a day.
It is a fixed price for the whole car, confirmed in writing before you travel. Our airport transfers start from 2,200 SEK and Skavsta is quoted individually because of the distance — roughly 100 km and 1 hour 15 to 1 hour 30 each way. The price covers the vehicle, the chauffeur, waiting time, VAT, fuel and motorway tolls, whether there are one or four of you.
About 100 km, or 62 miles, southwest of the city, beside the town of Nyköping. The drive takes 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes. Skavsta is marketed as a Stockholm airport but it is not in Stockholm, and that is the single most useful thing to know before you book anything.
No, and confusing them is expensive. Skavsta is NYO, roughly 100 km southwest of Stockholm near Nyköping. Arlanda is ARN, 40 km north of the city. They are about 140 km and up to two hours apart, so check the three-letter code on your ticket before booking a car.
Two realistic ways. The airport coach runs to Cityterminalen beside Central Station in about 80 minutes for roughly 230 SEK, with departures timed to flights rather than to a clock. Or take local bus 515 to Nyköping Central, about 11 minutes and around 35 SEK, then a train to Stockholm on a separate ticket, roughly an hour more.
Nothing you need to manage. We track the flight and the pick-up moves with the aircraft, with 50 minutes of complimentary waiting measured from the moment it actually lands, not from the scheduled time. This is the main reason people book a car for Skavsta: the coach departs to its own schedule and the last one of the night does not wait.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no, and we would rather be straight about it. One person with a carry-on on a midday flight to a hotel near Central Station should take the coach. A private car earns its price with luggage, children, a group of four or five, a late-evening arrival, or a destination away from the centre — and over 100 km the difference between a reservation and a queue is considerable.
Inside the arrivals hall, holding a name board. Skavsta has one compact terminal, so you collect your bag and walk straight out to where your chauffeur is standing. Nobody telephones you from a car park.
Yes. We operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and there is no night or weekend surcharge — the fixed price is the same at 01:00 as at midday. Skavsta's low-cost schedules cluster early and late, which is exactly when the coaches and trains thin out.
Fifty minutes from the moment your aircraft lands. Waiting beyond that is charged at a rate confirmed with your quote, and we will tell you the number before you book rather than after.
Per car. One fixed price covers the vehicle, the chauffeur, waiting time, VAT, fuel and tolls, so four passengers pay what one pays. Over the Skavsta distance this is what makes a private car competitive with four or five coach tickets.
Scheduled traffic is operated mainly by Norwegian and Wizz Air, on a European network weighted towards Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Mediterranean leisure destinations, plus seasonal charters. Routes at low-cost airports change every season, so check the current timetable with your airline.
Yes. Swedish law requires an appropriate restraint for children under 135 cm and it is enforced. Tell us ages and heights when you book and the correct seats are fitted before collection; any charge is confirmed with your quote. You are welcome to bring your own.
Yes. Allow 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours between the two airports in normal traffic and rather more in rush hour. If you are making a connection, tell us both flight numbers and we will plan the departure against a realistic clearance time at Skavsta.
Yes, and it is often the more sensible plan. Nyköping is 10 minutes away, Norrköping 50 to 60 minutes, Linköping about 1 hour 15. If your business is south of Stockholm, Skavsta is genuinely the right airport and the transfer is short.
By card or on invoice. American Express, Visa and Mastercard are accepted and corporate accounts are invoiced monthly. You will not need cash or krona — Sweden is close to cashless and many businesses no longer take notes at all.
No. Tipping is not expected in Sweden and nothing is added to your bill. The quoted price is the whole price.
Well managed. The E4 between Skavsta and Stockholm is a priority route for clearing and salting, winter tyres are a legal requirement in winter conditions and our cars are on them. Expect darkness rather than drama: in December the sun sets in Stockholm before 15:00.
Often, yes. Dispatch is staffed 24 hours and quotes are answered within 30 minutes. A specific vehicle at a busy hour is not guaranteed at short notice, so book ahead if you need a van, a minibus or a coach.
An operator. Mr Charles AB is a Swedish company based in Johanneshov, Stockholm, working since 2019 with its own chauffeurs and vehicles, so the people who answer your enquiry are the people who run the booking.
Each airport we serve has its own guide to terminals, journey times, meeting points and prices.
ARN · BMA · NYO · VSTPrivate chauffeur transfers from Arlanda, Bromma, Skavsta and Västerås, the cruise terminals and Central Station. Fixed price per car from 2,200 SEK.
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Bromma · BMAMet inside the Bromma arrivals hall, 20 to 25 minutes from the middle of Stockholm, with private jet and FBO arrivals handled.
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Västerås · VSTPrivate Västerås (VST) airport transfer to Stockholm with an English-speaking chauffeur. About 105 km, 1 h 10–1 h 30, 24/7. Fixed price per car.
ExploreMr Charles AB is an independent chauffeur, limousine and concierge company based in Stockholm, operating since 2019. We work almost entirely with international guests arriving in Sweden — business travellers, families, embassies, production crews and holidaymakers — which is why everything here is in English and why a name board in arrivals matters more to us than a discount code.
Alongside airport transfers we run limousine and chauffeur services across Sweden, private jet and helicopter charter, yacht charter, luxury apartments and a full concierge service, all through one point of contact.
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