Send Money from Thailand to Sweden
People in Thailand who earn US dollars send this corridor: freelancers billing European clients, expatriate staff on foreign payroll, and companies settling Swedish suppliers. One point is worth knowing before you start, because it decides what the recipient sees: the credit reaches the Swedish account in euro rather than in krona. Handelsbanken, Swedbank, SEB and any other Swedish account that takes a SEPA credit can receive it, and the IBAN is the only detail you need.
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Dollars in Thailand, euro into a Swedish IBAN
The payout currency on this route is euro, not Swedish krona, and that is the first thing to settle with whoever is receiving the money. Handelsbanken, Swedbank and SEB all take the credit on an IBAN, as does any other Swedish account that accepts a SEPA payment, but what lands in it is euro. If the recipient needs krona in the end, their own bank makes that change, at its own rate, as a separate transaction between them and their bank. Agree that between you before the first transfer rather than after it.
Grey sends from a US dollar balance and never from local money. The Grey USD account is provided by Lead Bank and carries US routing and account numbers, so clients, employers and platforms abroad can pay you into it. The euro is bought from those dollars when you confirm, with the rate and the fee both displayed beforehand.
The Swedish leg travels over SEPA. That means the IBAN alone is enough to reach the account, with no clearing number or branch detail to collect separately, and the payment arrives as a European credit rather than as an inbound international wire.
How to send money to Sweden from Thailand
Sign up
Open a Grey account from your phone and clear identity checks using a passport or another accepted photo document. Grey Inc is registered with FinCEN, registered address 651 N Broad St, Suite 206, Middletown, DE 19709, United States.
Fund
Lead Bank supplies the Grey USD account, which comes with its own US routing and account numbers. Hand them to whoever settles your invoices or salary, or wire dollars in from another bank. The euro sent to Sweden comes out of that dollar balance.
Send
Select Sweden and enter the recipient's IBAN with the name on the account. The euro amount, the rate and the fee appear on the confirmation screen, and confirming fixes the euro figure that will be credited.
What a transfer from Thailand to Sweden costs
Two charges sit on the leg Grey handles and only one carries the word fee. The other is the gap between the rate you are quoted and the rate the market is trading at, and it is taken inside the euro figure rather than printed beside it.
There is also a charge Grey does not control. Leaving the euro as euro costs nothing further, but changing it into krona afterwards is the recipient's own bank acting at its own rate, and that cost belongs to them rather than to this transfer. Where a recipient holds a euro account, or is content to keep euro, it does not arise at all.
Compare on the euro delivered. Send the same dollar amount through Grey and through Wise, Revolut or a bank, then read what each commits to crediting the Swedish account with. That number already holds the fee and the margin.
On regular payments the difference accumulates. A monthly retainer to a Swedish contractor, maintenance for a family member, quarterly supplier invoices: the same route is used repeatedly, and an unseen margin is applied every time.
How the US dollar to euro rate is fixed on this route
The conversion Grey performs is dollars into euro, and it is priced at confirmation. The pair moves while markets are open, so Grey holds your rate from the second you confirm and the euro figure shown is the euro figure the Swedish account receives.
No krona conversion happens inside the transfer, so no krona rate is quoted. If the recipient later moves the money into krona, that is their bank's transaction, priced by their bank, and it sits outside what Grey has shown you.
The one conversion is the whole of it. Because the balance begins in US dollars, nothing has to be bought before the euro can be, and the timing is yours: dollars stay dollars in Grey until you decide to convert them.
Grey against an ordinary bank wire to Sweden
A conventional wire to Sweden is routed through correspondent banks, each with cut-off times, working days and room to deduct along the way. Grey passes the last leg to SEPA, the system Swedish banks already use for euro credits, so the payment reaches the account as a European domestic transfer rather than as an inbound foreign one.
In practice that gives you both pace and a number you can quote. From a funded Grey balance, transfers through SEPA typically arrive within minutes, and SEPA Instant is used where the receiving Swedish bank supports it, with settlement in under ten seconds. The progress sits in the app rather than behind a call to a branch.
What your recipient in Sweden sees
A euro credit in their own Swedish account. They open no Grey account, install nothing and collect nothing from a counter.
Which accounts receive it
Any Swedish account that accepts a SEPA credit can take the payout, Handelsbanken, Swedbank and SEB among them. Ask your recipient for the IBAN and nothing further.
The currency that arrives
The credit shows in euro, not in krona. Keeping it as euro costs nothing more, while turning it into krona is their bank's own transaction at their bank's rate and is worth agreeing between you first.
How quickly it lands
The euro usually reaches the account within minutes of a transfer leaving a funded balance, and in under ten seconds at Swedish banks supporting SEPA Instant. Where your recipient is on Grey, a GreyTag transfer reaches them instantly and free.
Funding a transfer to Sweden
The euro is bought from dollars already sitting in Grey, which makes funding the step that sets the earliest date the Swedish account can be credited.
Payments from clients
Share the Grey USD account details once and later payments land there without anything further from you.
Dollar wire
Wire dollars in using the routing and account numbers in the app, from another bank where you hold a dollar account.
Existing Grey balance
Dollars already in Grey convert on demand, so the euro can go out as soon as the rate has been read.
Senders paying the same Swedish account each month usually keep a dollar float rather than funding on the day. Contractor terms and household dates rarely align with the week a client settles an invoice, and a balance held in advance keeps the two from interfering with each other.
Who sends money from Thailand to Sweden
Freelancers and consultants
Independent workers based in Thailand who invoice clients abroad in dollars and pay Swedish contractors, rent or course fees from the same income.
Expatriate professionals
Staff resident in Thailand on US dollar payroll from a company elsewhere, keeping a Swedish account or commitment funded while they are posted to Asia.
Africans living in Thailand
Students, graduates and professionals in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket supporting a relative studying or working in Sweden.
Businesses paying Swedish suppliers
Companies in Thailand settling Swedish developers, agencies and service firms, usually on monthly or quarterly invoice terms.
Dollar earners in Thailand with a payment to make in Sweden carry this corridor: freelancers and consultants, expatriate professionals, Africans living in Thailand with family or study links to Sweden, and firms settling Swedish suppliers.
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FAQs
Does the money arrive in krona or in euro?
In euro. The credit shows in the Swedish account as euro, and any change into krona is made by the recipient's own bank.
How much does it cost to send money from Thailand to Sweden?
Grey shows the euro rate and the fee before confirmation. Any later change into krona is priced separately by the recipient's bank.
How long does the transfer take?
Minutes is usual once the dollar balance is funded, with settlement in under ten seconds where the Swedish bank offers SEPA Instant.
What details do I need to send money to Sweden?
The recipient's IBAN and the name on the account. Nothing else is required, because the IBAN carries the rest of the routing.
Which Swedish banks can Grey pay into?
Handelsbanken, Swedbank and SEB all take the credit, as does any other Swedish account that accepts a SEPA payment.
Can my recipient keep the money in euro?
Yes, and it costs nothing further to do so. Converting into krona is their bank's transaction, at their bank's rate.
Is there a limit on how much I can send?
Any limit applying to your account is shown in the app before you confirm, so it is clear at the point of sending.
Can I track the payment?
Yes. Every transfer carries a status in the Grey app, from the moment you confirm until the euro settles in Sweden.
Is Grey safe for sending money to Sweden?
Grey Inc holds a FinCEN registration in the United States, transfers are encrypted, and each payout remains visible in the app.
How do I fund a transfer from Thailand?
With US dollars: payments from clients or employers into your Grey USD account, a dollar wire from elsewhere, or a standing balance.
Will I have a record of what I sent?
Each transfer is logged in the app and can be reconciled against invoices or agreements. Grey does not give tax advice.
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