Sweden Ferries: Routes, Ports & Operators

Tallink’s Baltic Queen is the only passenger ferry linking the Swedish and Estonian capitals, sailing overnight between Värtahamnen and Tallinn’s Old City Harbour with a call at Mariehamn in Åland. It suits travellers heading from Scandinavia into the Baltic states by car.

Eckerö Linjen runs the shortest crossing of the Åland Sea, from the Roslagen fishing village of Grisslehamn to Eckerö on Åland’s west coast. At two hours each way, it is the quickest way from the Stockholm region onto the islands.

DFDS’s Kapellskär–Paldiski ferry is a working freight-and-car route between the Stockholm archipelago and Paldiski, west of Tallinn. It is the fastest DFDS crossing from Sweden to Estonia and is aimed at drivers: DFDS does not carry foot passengers on it.

Stena Line’s Nynäshamn–Ventspils ferry is the direct link between the Stockholm region and Latvia’s Courland coast, sailing from the Norvik terminal south of Stockholm. From Ventspils it is roughly a two-and-a-half-hour drive to Riga.

Finnlines’ Malmö–Travemünde ferry connects the Øresund region directly with Lübeck, a practical alternative to driving across the Øresund and Fehmarn crossings. Sailings run around the clock, including night crossings with cabins.

TT-Line’s Trelleborg–Klaipėda line links Sweden’s southernmost ferry port with Lithuania, useful for travellers coming from Denmark or western Sweden who want to avoid driving up to Karlshamn. DFDS also sells tickets on it under a space-charter deal with TT-Line.

Karlshamn–Klaipėda is the shortest Sweden–Lithuania crossing, an overnight ferry from the Blekinge coast to Lithuania’s only seaport. Since October 2025 DFDS and TT-Line share capacity on every sailing, so tickets from either company can be used across the combined timetable.

Stena Line’s Kattegat crossing between central Gothenburg and Frederikshavn in North Jutland, now its only Denmark–Sweden route after Halmstad–Grenaa closed in April 2026. It is popular both with drivers and with foot passengers on day trips.

Stockholm’s big Baltic ferries to Helsinki and Turku call at Mariehamn on the Åland Islands, so there are departures every day from both Viking Line’s Stadsgården terminal and Tallink Silja’s Värtahamnen. The fastest daytime crossing takes about five and a half hours.

Finnlines’ ships from Kapellskär, north of Stockholm, reach Långnäs on the Åland Islands in about three and a half hours before continuing to Naantali in Finland. Two sailings a day, one by day and one in the evening, make it a quick way onto Åland with a car.