When viewed from the top or side, the skull and muzzle taper evenly toward the nose to form a blunt wedge shape. The skull is broad and nearly flat. When viewed from the side, the blunt muzzle looks rather square and is just slightly shorter than the skull. It should be well filled-in under the eyes. The lower jaw is strong and blunt but not protruding.
Lips are black and tightly closed.
The Swedish Vallhund has a complete set of good-size, evenly spaced, white teeth meeting in a scissors bite. The nose is always solid black. In profile, the nose is on the same line as the top of the muzzle and does not extend beyond the forepart of the muzzle. Nose any color other than solid black. The eyes are of medium size, oval in shape and dark brown with black eye rims.