diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dad0d3abf3..2b55203b2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning], with the exception that minor rel
 
 ### Added
 
+- ✨ Add a `absorb-swaps` pass for absorbing initial SWAPs ([#1750]) ([**@jmoosburger**], [**@MatthiasReumann**])
 - 🚸 Add [CMake presets] to provide a standardized and reproducible way to configure builds ([#1660]) ([**@denialhaag**])
 - ✨ Add a `quantum-loop-unroll` pass for unrolling for-loop operations containing quantum operations ([#1718]) ([**@MatthiasReumann**])
 - ✨ Add a `hadamard-lifting` pass for lifting Hadamard gates above Pauli gates ([#1605]) ([**@lirem101**], [**@burgholzer**])
@@ -402,6 +403,7 @@ _📚 Refer to the [GitHub Release Notes](https://github.com/munich-quantum-tool
 
 <!-- PR links -->
 
+[#1750]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1750
 [#1749]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1749
 [#1748]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1748
 [#1737]: https://github.com/munich-quantum-toolkit/core/pull/1737
@@ -649,6 +651,7 @@ _📚 Refer to the [GitHub Release Notes](https://github.com/munich-quantum-tool
 [**@simon1hofmann**]: https://github.com/simon1hofmann
 [**@keefehuang**]: https://github.com/keefehuang
 [**@J4MMlE**]: https://github.com/J4MMlE
+[**@jmoosburger**]: https://github.com/jmoosburger
 
 <!-- General links -->
 
diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Passes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Passes.td
index 32f678924e..1799b5aa18 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Passes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Passes.td
@@ -174,4 +174,18 @@ def HadamardLifting : Pass<"hadamard-lifting", "mlir::ModuleOp"> {
   }];
 }
 
+def SwapAbsorption : Pass<"absorb-swaps", "mlir::ModuleOp"> {
+  let dependentDialects = ["mlir::qco::QCODialect"];
+  let summary = "This pass absorbs SWAP operations into the initial "
+                "program-to-hardware mapping.";
+  let description = [{
+    For a SWAP operation exchanging static qubits q0 and q1, the pass replaces the use of the
+    first (second) input qubit with the second (first) output qubit of the SWAP and subsequently
+    removes the operation. As a result, the initial program-to-hardware mapping is changed.
+    This process is repeated until no more SWAP operations can be absorbed.
+
+    The pass assumes that the quantum program is already mapped to static qubits.
+  }];
+}
+
 #endif // MLIR_DIALECT_QCO_TRANSFORMS_PASSES_TD
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Optimizations/SwapAbsorption.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Optimizations/SwapAbsorption.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccce35a807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Optimizations/SwapAbsorption.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 - 2026 Chair for Design Automation, TUM
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 - 2026 Munich Quantum Software Company GmbH
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Licensed under the MIT License
+ */
+
+#include "mlir/Dialect/QCO/IR/QCOOps.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Passes.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/QCO/Utils/Drivers.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/QCO/Utils/WireIterator.h"
+
+#include <mlir/Dialect/Func/IR/FuncOps.h>
+#include <mlir/IR/BuiltinOps.h>
+#include <mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h>
+#include <mlir/Support/LLVM.h>
+#include <mlir/Support/WalkResult.h>
+
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace mlir::qco {
+#define GEN_PASS_DEF_SWAPABSORPTION
+#include "mlir/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Passes.h.inc"
+
+namespace {
+struct SwapAbsorption : impl::SwapAbsorptionBase<SwapAbsorption> {
+public:
+  using SwapAbsorptionBase::SwapAbsorptionBase;
+
+protected:
+  void runOnOperation() override {
+    ModuleOp anchor = getOperation();
+    IRRewriter rewriter(&getContext());
+
+    for (auto func : anchor.getOps<func::FuncOp>()) {
+      SmallVector<SWAPOp> readyToAbsorb;
+      SmallVector<WireIterator> wires;
+      do {
+        wires.clear();
+        for (auto op : func.getOps<StaticOp>()) {
+          wires.emplace_back(op.getQubit());
+        }
+        if (wires.empty()) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        readyToAbsorb.clear();
+        findSwapsReadyForAbsorption(wires, readyToAbsorb);
+
+        for (auto swapOp : readyToAbsorb) {
+          absorbSingleSwap(swapOp, rewriter);
+        }
+      } while (!readyToAbsorb.empty());
+    }
+  }
+
+private:
+  static void findSwapsReadyForAbsorption(MutableArrayRef<WireIterator> wires,
+                                          SmallVector<SWAPOp>& readyToAbsorb) {
+    std::ignore = walkProgramGraph<WireDirection::Forward>(
+        wires, [&](const ReadyRange& ready, ReleasedOps& released) {
+          for (const auto& [op, indices] : ready) {
+            if (isa<SWAPOp>(op)) {
+              readyToAbsorb.emplace_back(op);
+            }
+            released.emplace_back(op);
+          }
+          return WalkResult::interrupt();
+        });
+  }
+
+  static void absorbSingleSwap(SWAPOp swapOp, IRRewriter& rewriter) {
+    auto in0 = swapOp.getQubit0In();
+    auto in1 = swapOp.getQubit1In();
+
+    auto out0 = swapOp.getQubit0Out();
+    auto out1 = swapOp.getQubit1Out();
+
+    rewriter.replaceAllUsesWith(out0, in1);
+    rewriter.replaceAllUsesWith(out1, in0);
+    rewriter.eraseOp(swapOp);
+  }
+};
+} // namespace
+} // namespace mlir::qco
diff --git a/mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Optimizations/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Optimizations/CMakeLists.txt
index e80e957680..47a33d0b01 100644
--- a/mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Optimizations/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Optimizations/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT License
 
 set(target_name mqt-core-mlir-unittest-optimizations)
-add_executable(${target_name} test_qco_hadamard_lifting.cpp
-                              test_qco_merge_single_qubit_rotation.cpp test_quantum_loop_unroll.cpp)
+add_executable(
+  ${target_name} test_qco_hadamard_lifting.cpp test_qco_merge_single_qubit_rotation.cpp
+                 test_quantum_loop_unroll.cpp test_swapabsorption.cpp)
 
 target_link_libraries(
   ${target_name}
diff --git a/mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Optimizations/test_swapabsorption.cpp b/mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Optimizations/test_swapabsorption.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eba0ec646d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/unittests/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Optimizations/test_swapabsorption.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 - 2026 Chair for Design Automation, TUM
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 - 2026 Munich Quantum Software Company GmbH
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Licensed under the MIT License
+ */
+
+#include "mlir/Dialect/QCO/Builder/QCOProgramBuilder.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/QCO/IR/QCODialect.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/QCO/IR/QCOOps.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/QCO/Transforms/Passes.h"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <llvm/Support/LogicalResult.h>
+#include <mlir/Dialect/Arith/IR/Arith.h>
+#include <mlir/Dialect/Func/IR/FuncOps.h>
+#include <mlir/IR/BuiltinOps.h>
+#include <mlir/IR/DialectRegistry.h>
+#include <mlir/IR/OperationSupport.h>
+#include <mlir/IR/OwningOpRef.h>
+#include <mlir/IR/Value.h>
+#include <mlir/Pass/PassManager.h>
+#include <mlir/Support/LLVM.h>
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <memory>
+
+using namespace mlir;
+using namespace mlir::qco;
+
+namespace {
+
+class SwapAbsorbPassTest : public testing::Test {
+
+protected:
+  void SetUp() override {
+    DialectRegistry registry;
+    registry.insert<qco::QCODialect, arith::ArithDialect, func::FuncDialect>();
+    context = std::make_unique<MLIRContext>();
+    context->appendDialectRegistry(registry);
+    context->loadAllAvailableDialects();
+  }
+
+  static void applySwapAbsorb(OwningOpRef<ModuleOp>& moduleOp) {
+    PassManager pm(moduleOp->getContext());
+    pm.addPass(qco::createSwapAbsorption());
+    auto res = pm.run(*moduleOp);
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(succeeded(res));
+  }
+
+  std::unique_ptr<MLIRContext> context;
+};
+}; // namespace
+
+TEST_F(SwapAbsorbPassTest, PassDoesNotChangeSwaplessProgram) {
+
+  qco::QCOProgramBuilder builder(context.get());
+  builder.initialize();
+
+  const auto q00 = builder.staticQubit(0);
+  const auto q10 = builder.staticQubit(1);
+
+  const auto q01 = builder.h(q00);
+  const auto [q02, q11] = builder.cx(q01, q10);
+
+  builder.sink(q02);
+  builder.sink(q11);
+
+  auto moduleThroughPass = builder.finalize();
+  auto originalModule = moduleThroughPass->clone();
+
+  applySwapAbsorb(moduleThroughPass);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(mlir::OperationEquivalence::isEquivalentTo(
+      moduleThroughPass.get(), originalModule,
+      mlir::OperationEquivalence::Flags::IgnoreLocations));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SwapAbsorbPassTest, PassReordersTwoQubitCircuitWithLeadingSwap) {
+
+  qco::QCOProgramBuilder builder(context.get());
+  builder.initialize();
+
+  const auto q00 = builder.staticQubit(0);
+  const auto q10 = builder.staticQubit(1);
+
+  const auto [q01, q11] = builder.swap(q00, q10);
+
+  const auto q02 = builder.id(q01);
+  const auto q12 = builder.id(q11);
+
+  builder.sink(q02);
+  builder.sink(q12);
+
+  auto moduleThroughPass = builder.finalize();
+  applySwapAbsorb(moduleThroughPass);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(q10, ((IdOp)q02.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+  ASSERT_EQ(q00, ((IdOp)q12.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SwapAbsorbPassTest, PassAbsorbsTwoIndependentSwaps) {
+
+  qco::QCOProgramBuilder builder(context.get());
+  builder.initialize();
+
+  const auto q00 = builder.staticQubit(0);
+  const auto q10 = builder.staticQubit(1);
+  const auto q20 = builder.staticQubit(2);
+  const auto q30 = builder.staticQubit(3);
+
+  const auto [q01, q11] = builder.swap(q00, q10);
+  const auto [q21, q31] = builder.swap(q20, q30);
+
+  const auto q02 = builder.id(q01);
+  const auto q12 = builder.id(q11);
+  const auto q22 = builder.id(q21);
+  const auto q32 = builder.id(q31);
+
+  builder.sink(q02);
+  builder.sink(q12);
+  builder.sink(q22);
+  builder.sink(q32);
+
+  auto moduleThroughPass = builder.finalize();
+  applySwapAbsorb(moduleThroughPass);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(q10, ((IdOp)q02.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+  ASSERT_EQ(q00, ((IdOp)q12.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+  ASSERT_EQ(q30, ((IdOp)q22.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+  ASSERT_EQ(q20, ((IdOp)q32.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SwapAbsorbPassTest, PassAbsorbsSwapWithLeadingSingleQubitGates) {
+
+  qco::QCOProgramBuilder builder(context.get());
+  builder.initialize();
+
+  const auto q00 = builder.staticQubit(0);
+  const auto q10 = builder.staticQubit(1);
+
+  const auto q01 = builder.id(q00);
+  const auto q11 = builder.id(q10);
+
+  const auto [q02, q12] = builder.swap(q01, q11);
+
+  const auto q03 = builder.id(q02);
+  const auto q13 = builder.id(q12);
+
+  builder.sink(q03);
+  builder.sink(q13);
+
+  auto moduleThroughPass = builder.finalize();
+  applySwapAbsorb(moduleThroughPass);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(q11, ((IdOp)q03.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+  ASSERT_EQ(q01, ((IdOp)q13.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+}
+
+TEST_F(SwapAbsorbPassTest, PassAbsorbsTwoDependentSwaps) {
+
+  qco::QCOProgramBuilder builder(context.get());
+  builder.initialize();
+
+  const auto q00 = builder.staticQubit(0);
+  const auto q10 = builder.staticQubit(1);
+  const auto q20 = builder.staticQubit(2);
+
+  const auto [q01, q11] = builder.swap(q00, q10);
+  const auto [q12, q21] = builder.swap(q11, q20);
+
+  const auto q02 = builder.id(q01);
+  const auto q13 = builder.id(q12);
+  const auto q22 = builder.id(q21);
+
+  builder.sink(q02);
+  builder.sink(q13);
+  builder.sink(q22);
+
+  auto moduleThroughPass = builder.finalize();
+  applySwapAbsorb(moduleThroughPass);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(q20, ((IdOp)q13.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+  ASSERT_EQ(q00, ((IdOp)q22.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+  ASSERT_EQ(q10, ((IdOp)q02.getDefiningOp()).getInputQubit(0));
+}