Gothenburg to Karlskrona ferry

Ferries from Gothenburg to Karlskrona start at €32.78 and take 14h 23m at their fastest.

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Kyrkogatan Karlskrona västerut från Stumholmen. Foto troligen 1880-tal.

The Ferries from Gothenburg to Karlskrona starts at €32.78 and takes 14h 23m door to door, run by 1 operator over 381 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 14h 23mDoor to door
  • 12h 4mMoving
  • €32.78 to €55.88From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 43.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€32.78 to €55.88 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €45.98Tue15
  2. about €45.99Wed16
  3. about €55.88Thu17
  4. about €51.48Fri18
  5. about €50.39Sat19
  6. about €49.84Sun20
  7. about €38.28Mon21
  8. about €32.78Tue22
  9. about €37.73Wed23
  10. about €45.43Thu24
  11. about €38.83Fri25
  12. about €43.78Sat26
  13. about €38.28Sun27
  14. about €34.98Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€30.58
  1. Strömma Turism & Sjöfart ST173007:309h 29m16:59GOTHENBURGCykelfärjan Dessi
  2. Strömma Turism & Sjöfart ST876917:482h 35m20:23Cykelfärjan DessiKARLSKRONA

Changes at Kalmar, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 14h 23mCO2 43.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Strömma Turism & SjöfartNoneNone33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms

The ferry gets you into Karlskrona. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Karlskrona for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Gothenburg to Karlskrona

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €33.3390 days
  2. €32.7860 days
  3. €34.4345 days
  4. €31.6830 days
  5. €30.5821 days
  6. €34.9814 days
  7. €38.287 days
  8. €55.883 days
  9. €45.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €30.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 83 percent. The most expensive point is €55.88, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €38.28Sun
  2. €34.98Mon
  3. €34.98Tue
  4. €37.73Wed
  5. €45.43Thu
  6. €38.83Fri
  7. €43.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Gothenburg

Ferry
  • GOTHENBURG
  • Goteborg Stena Terminal
  • Paddan

Karlskrona

Ferry
  • KARLSKRONA
  • Karlskrona Verkoterminalen
  • Vägfärja till Karlskrona
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 381 km against 279 km in a straight line, a detour of 34 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kalmar, Halmstad, Helsingborg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Gothenburg at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Ferries against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train4h 50m2h 43m2h 7m€49.2912.2 kg2
Ferry14h 23m12h 4m2h 19m€32.7843.8 kg1

Questions about Gothenburg to Karlskrona

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona take?

The Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona takes 14h 23m door to door, of which 12h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 381 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona cost?

The Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona starts at €32.78 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €30.58. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona?

1 operators run the Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona: Strömma Turism & Sjöfart. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona use?

The Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona leaves from GOTHENBURG and arrives at KARLSKRONA. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Ferry the best way from Gothenburg to Karlskrona?

Traveling from Gothenburg to Karlskrona by Train costs €49.29 and takes 4h 50m door to door, against 14h 23m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona?

Fares for the Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €30.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 83 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona produce?

The Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona produces about 43.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 381 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona?

Operators on the Ferry from Gothenburg to Karlskrona publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 14h 23m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Gothenburg to Karlskrona on September 14, 2026: 381 km of route against 279 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €32.78, and 14h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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