Hello, basically what the title says. I filed my return in late March digitally and my bank details are correct in Skatteverket. This is our 3rd year in Sweden. We bought an apartment in Stockholm last August with my partner. Not sure what to make of this. They (Tax agency) also didn't send me any letters/requests. Anyone has any info regarding this? I dont think this is common.

Thank you

Hei naboer 😊 Vi er to fyrer som har med oss vår lille teardrop-camper på besøk til vakre Sverige for langhelgen! I Norge har vi vært heldige med enten fri-camping eller små, koselige campsites med mye natur. Da vi kjørte mot Smögen i dag, håpte vi på å finne noe av det samme, men har så langt kun funnet veldig store campingplasser, og skal i kveld parkere i midten av veldig mange andre vogner.

Legger ut en hyggelig hilsen i håp om å få noen gode tips tilbake, slik at vi kan flytte oss litt i morgen. Størst ønske hadde vært et litt rolig sted, hyggelig utsikt et pluss. Helst har vi lyst til å bruke noen dager nær natur, og ikke være i et "hyttefelt".

Til slutt; takk for en så langt fint tur, og verdens beste macka med brie!

Hi all!
I recently got the email saying my application for a working holiday visa was approved!
I am in the final steps of preparing for my trip (booking flights, etc) and am a little confused about what I need to have with me when I arrive at the border (I'll be entering the schengen area through Iceland on a connecting flight, so I assume this will be done there).

When I presented my passport at the embassy, the person working there told me that I just needed the acceptance email to travel to Sweden, and that I could do the residence permit stuff (fingerprints, photograph, etc) once I arrived in Sweden (I have a Canadian passport, which she said that means I can travel there without a visa).

That was fine, but now I'm a little worried because the email also says something about contacting the embassy if I want the "complete decision".

I am wondering if anyone has any experience with what I need/should do. Is the email saying my application was approved enough? or will I run into problems if I show up at the border and don't have the "Complete Decision"?

My main concern is that when I arrive and the person asks how long I am staying, the only doccument which lists the intended duration (1 year) would be my health insurance.

I‘m a 28 year old German electrician working in Skellefteå for calibrations of different measurement systems. So what I am looking for are some tips what to see. I‘ve been to Storforsen, Luleå, Piteå and Umeå. I would also be very interested in renting a RV for one or two weekends. I‘m kinda limited rn because this time I got an electric car from the car rental company. That’s why I‘m mostly interested in doing it in a RV. But if there are experts in travelling with en electric car, I would be very happy to get some tips too. Thanks in advance!

I'm trying to pinpoint what the exact financial requirements will be for me (Dual Canadian/EU citizen) when my spouse (Canadian citizen) is applying for their residence card. We both plan to do our masters in Gothenburg, and if my spouse obtains a residence card they will not have to pay tuition.

I've gotten some pretty fuzzy answers from migrationsverket and it has me a little worried. From my understanding I will need 10600 SEK plus whatever my rent will be for every month I intend to stay in Sweden.

My first question is, how do they determine how long we will be in Sweden? Since my targeted program is 2 years will this be the amount they will be looking for (24 x (10600 + rent))

My second question is, what are the expectations for my bank statement. For context the majority of my funds are currently invested in mutual funds/ETFs. I am able to withdraw them easily, and have the funds available in a more accessible account within 1 business day. Am I allowed to have my funds be in an investment vehicle or do I have to redeem them when I submit my bank statements?

I hope someone has some experience with this and can help me, I just want to ensure the funds in my account are properly setup the moment we arrive in Sweden, as well as know the exact amount of months I am expected to have funds for.

Hi everyone, I am an turksh student who finished her master's from University of Milan and came to Sweden for 6 months for an Erasmus traineeship. Now that my traineeship is over, I want to stay further in Sweden and look for a job or PhD but my Italian permit ends on June 16th. So I can't stay outside Italy after June 16th and need to leave Sweden. In this situation, if I want to stay longer in Sweden what are my options? Can someone suggest me? Should I apply for tourist visa? Is it possible? Or is it also possible to apply for a work search visa? Please help me out with whatever information you know. Thank you.

Hej all,

I moved to Gävle a few weeks ago and drove my foreign car here. As I'm looking to buy a car here in Sweden with a Swedisch license plate I want to make a well informed decision.
If everything goes well and I get settled in I want to look for a house in a bit forest/remote area. does not have to be completely off grid but I value privacy and space.

Now as for the car, how beneficial would an SUV be compared to a sedan/stationwagon? I get that snowfall can not be predicted of course, but I hope to gain some insight from people with more experience driving in the snow here in Sweden. What are the chances of getting stuck in the snow in some more remote parts with a sedan/stationwagon compared to an SUV?

(extra info, I'm in doubt between an Audi A6 or an Audi Q5.)

Hoping to gain some insight here! thank you in advance!

Hi everyone, this is my first post. I am thinking of buying a small house with relatively large plot in town of Örebro. The vision is to convert the small house into a guest house and build a bigger family house around it. I am a new resident of Sweden therefore ignorant when it comes to building permits. Does anybody know or had an experience with this kind of project? Will it be easy to get a permit? How much would that cost? Will there be any hidden fees? What else should I be aware of?

This summer I will be traveling to visit Sweden for two weeks. Take Vyvanse for my adhd and read that you can’t take more than 5 days of medicine, and to be able to take more I have to like apply for some permission or something.

Do they check your luggage on arrival or something? How would they know that I have 2 weeks of meds instead of 5 days?

I can take a printout from my Dr saying the meds I need to take and dosage but it would be in Spanish… What exactly should I do to not have any issues? Thank you in advance :)

Hej alla, 23 year old italian male here.

Been studying swedish for a couple years, now that I'm done with uni and know the language I've been browsing Linkedin looking for a job that helps me move there.

I've been seeing many offers for "sommarjobb": can somebody explain pros/cons of taking on a job like this, and would it help me move once the contract is over?

Just to add some context I have a bachelor's in industrial engineering and have been looking for jobs logistics/supply chain as I have an internship's worth of experience.

Thank for the help

Hey everyone,

I'm from the United States and will be in Sweden for a few months. I take some prescription medications and am having trouble finding the best way to refill my prescriptions in Sweden once they run out. I can only take a one month supply of my medication to Sweden according to my doctor so I need to find a way to refill my medications once I'm in the country after a couple months. Any help and advise is much appreciated.

I am visiting sweden this summer and was looking to take a train from Stockholm to Kopenhagen (July 6). Are high speed trains always $300 or is there some other way of booking, perhaps in person?

For reference, a flight is $150 with a bag and its only 1h compared to 5h by train.

I have a job offer to work in Stockholm as a software engineer for 56,000 SEK / mo. I have been trying to understand how much will be taken out in taxes and if this is going to be enough to live.

I have seen conflicting info, but my understanding is that 52% will be deducted for taxes, leaving 26,880 SEK remaining.

I am seeing that rent is anywhere from 11 - 20k SEK. If my math is correct that leaves very little remaining 6-15,000 SEK ($500 - $1400).

That doesn't really feel feasible. Is there a flaw in my logic or understanding? I'm excited about moving but I don't want to get into a situation where I'm constantly broke. Thanks for any insight.

Hi, everyone,

I need help, so please continue reading if you feel like it.

This is Victor (not my real name), a man in his late twenties from one of the poorest EU countries. I have been experiencing a deterioration of my mental functions for more than 12 years now, starting back when I was in my penultimate year of high school. Slowly, but surely, I have been dying for the same span, that is, if there’s anything of the real me left in the current me. I am afraid I might physically die too if my condition doesn’t improve or, at the very least, stabilize, because this continuous downfall is excruciating and profoundly tiresome.

Ever since 2021 I have isolated myself. I have also seen about 25 psychiatrists in the meantime. Diagnoses and opinions differed, but I was uncertain who to trust and what treatment to administer. Until two months ago, when I realized that I might be a veritable and incredibly sick vulnerable narcissist. It was then that I realized I kinda wanna kill myself; the most traumatic event and realization of my life. Lately, I’ve started hating my parents in a very unhealthy way, but hiding it and letting myself be abused by my father, who I now believe is a sadistic narcissist, and who said he knows that he neglected me and would do it again if he had the chance, and my mother, who is one of the most anxious people I have ever seen. She said she chose to stand by my father because she is severely ill and no other man would take her. Or did she? Maybe it was all in my head. I think I may have gotten a lot worse lately and I might be fabricating reality. Therefore, I want to get ECT and leave home.

I have no one besides my family, who have a good financial situation, but I nonetheless want to leave. I want to go to another EU country, one which has a qualitative psychiatric care system, and admit myself as inpatient for however much they think it’s enough to get better. Otherwise I feel as I will commit suicide. As this is the only life I have, there’re innovative treatments and things I wanna try out before I’m gone. Hopefully I can do that.

I saw that Sweden tops some obscure rankings for the best mental health care in Europe so, basically, does Sweden have any decent facility which might admit me, an insured EU national who also has a European Health Insurance Card, and try everything they got? I promise that I will pay it back by integrating into the Swedish society, learning Swedish, paying my due taxes, and being overall a responsible citizen overall. Really. That is, if I ever get better and not die in the process.

Do you know of the best/most specialized psychiatric unit in Sweden where I could eventually go to? Would they take me in if I tell them my story or leave me on the streets to rot?

Thank you!

I am an American with a Swedish boyfriend of 3 years. I feel that we are at a crossroads and don't know how to proceed due to my career struggles.

Tried to make a long story short but failed:

I went to the University of Michigan in the US, got a B.A. in a liberal arts field, then couldn't find a steady job, so I decided to change to molecular biology, thinking there were better job prospects in that field. I wanted to go abroad to avoid going into a massive amount of debt for schooling (I have always been motivated to go abroad, anyway). I worked as a technical writer in the US for a few years and saved some money while prepping for grad school. I met my Swedish boyfriend on a dating app when he was working on an expat assignment in the States. I then moved to Belgium (random country, but good university and cheap tuition, so no debt) to get an M.Sc. in molecular biology, during which time we were long distance (but the relationship survived).

After I graduated, my bf and I moved in together in the Netherlands, as he was offered an expat contract here and we thought it may be a good opportunity for us both since, on the surface, there seemed to be a lot of life science jobs. It was also our only option to be together since there would have been a 12-18 month wait if I filed a partner visa to come to Sweden due to tremendous backlogs at Migrationsverket. The Netherlands allows partner visa applicants to work while their visas are being processed, which seemed like a huge advantage.

We have now been here a year, and aside from a few-month stint a startup company that turned out to be a scam, I have not been able to find a job. I have been applying to various seemingly-relevant jobs, such as lab tech, QA tech, regulatory affairs specialist, etc. pretty much nonstop, sending out dozens of application with no response. I don't really have work experience in the field outside of internships, but I also cannot get hired for bachelor-level, no-experience jobs because I have been told numerous times that I'm overqualified. I am also not fluent in Dutch but don't think it is smart to spend hundreds of hours trying to become fluent in Dutch when we are not staying long-term, so I am in a catch-22 situation. I continue to apply for numerous jobs every day, reach out to recruiters, etc. I have not given up. I've heard others say that it took them months to a year to find anything in molbio here, as the market is oversaturated and each job posting seems to have hundreds of applicants.

Originally, the plan was for us to be in the Netherlands another year, then move to Sweden (back home, in my bf's case). He has been given the option by his company to cut his expat contract short so we can move sooner given my lack of job prospects in the Netherlands. But I am worried that I will face exactly the same situation when searching for jobs in Sweden - sending out application after application and receiving no response. The only improvements I see are that 1) I speak Swedish decently and can comprehend it quite well already. I am at B2 level in reading and listening and maybe B1 in speaking. 2) He may have some job connections for me through his friends or family, whereas neither of us know anyone here in the Netherlands.

Does anyone in have experience moving to Sweden to be with a Swedish partner and trying to enter the job market? I realize that I will need to improve my Swedish to at least C1 level in order to be competitive, but I am still afraid that because I work in such a struggling, oversaturated field, I will not find anything and will sit unemployed for months. I don't know if my career or bank account can handle another major career setback like what I have experienced here in the Netherlands, and my bf says he does not want to live in the US (nor do I, really, except for the fact that it would be easier for me to find a job).

Hi!

I have a problem with my SEB card when I am trying to use it for online payments. The problem that I have is that the Mastercard ID check fails. The instructions that I get are the following: open the BankID app and identity yourself. However I can not identity myself through the BankID app because to be able to do so I should have a Swedish passport or a national ID card. I have an ID card issued from the Skatteverket but the system doesn't accept the id card issued by Skatteverket for this step. Do you have any ideas on how I can solve my problem or any workarounds? Does you have to go through the Mastercard id check when you want to purchase something online? It's very annoying because I can't complete any online payment using my SEB card. Please note that I am a European citizen living in Sweden. I have called the SEB customer service but they couldn't find me a solution. Thank you for hearing me!!!

Hej!

I'm currently studying an Engineering discipline in a western European EU-country. Once I have finished my masters degree I might seriously consider moving to a Scandinavian country, most likely Sweden as I've been there the most (thrice) and like the scenery and people's mentality.

How is the job market in Sweden atm and how might it develop in the coming years, especially in regards to MINT disciplines. To be more precise in energy and/or industry heavy fields.

How is the housing market in Sweden? Not particularly in population hotspots like Stockholm, Göteborg but also in the surrounding areas and "suburbs". So in reasonable distance from potential jobs.

If/When starting a family, how supportive is the Swedish society of work and family balance?

Thanks in advance, looking forward to your opinion! :)

Hej do!

I've been waiting since 25th April when they said they sent a letter requesting my passport and ' any other documents'. They won't email me, they won't tell me where to send the passport, and won't tell me if there's other documents they need.

"Wait for the letter to arrive" is all I get told.

Domestic internal mail is 4 days with Postnord. What's happening???

Citizenship Application. Request to conclude a case sent and must resolve by May 16th.

I just received notice of being laid off from my company, along with some other people. The company mentioned that there will be negotiations with the union, of which I am a member. What kind of negotiations are these typically? What should I prepare to achieve the best possible outcome? What can I expect during and after the negotiation?

Additionally, what rights do I have under labor law that I should be aware of? Tackar!

Hello again to all of you who are so knowledgeable about migrationsverket. I'm trying to figure out what went wrong with my application for permanent residency, and I'm wondering if there is anyone in a situation similar to my own.

My husband was offered a job here, so we all moved. I've been a self-employed consultant for 10 years, so I can work from anywhere and moving wasn't a big deal. I came here, and essentially nothing changed with my work.

Now we're applying for permanent residency. His was granted, and mine was denied. I make enough money to meet their requirement, so we can't figure out why and MV won't tell us. I'm wondering now if maybe they were judging me by the requirements for people who have their own businesses. This would require a greater income, copies of contracts with my clients, copies of my qualifications (which I'm certain they never asked for), and a few other things.

And I'm just wondering if anyone else went through something like this (a self-employed spouse of the primary applicant) and what you were required to show for permanent residency.

Thanks all.

I came to Sweden three years ago I was granted 3 year resident permit because I was dependent on my parents and they are Long term resident in Spain. And I order to get extension I need to be dependent on my parents because now I'm 22. I had metal health issues even before coming here but it got worse after moving. Extreme anxiety couldn't go out and depression. I was admitted to psychiatric hospital because suicide attempt by overdose and doctor said I couldn't be trusted with medication. After that my my were given responsibility and doctor also recommended me to get a job because that could help me with anxiety so my parents gave me a part time job at their company. Will migration reject my extension because now I have income? I read online that they don't care about doctor certificate and they will consider me independent if I have any sort of income

TL;DR; can I get a personnummer in Sweden being employed by a company registered abroad?

Hi, I (EU citizen) have just moved from the Netherlands to Sweden and my Dutch company hired an Employer of Record (EoR) to do my payroll administration in Sweden.

I had to officially quit my contract with my company and start a new contract with my EoR. Interestingly enough, this new contract is with the EoR branch that is registered in the Netherlands, not Sweden.

So in my contract, the company name is "(EoR company name) B.V.", the company address is in the Netherlands and instead of a Swedish company registration number, I have a Dutch company registration number (KvK).

Because the company registration number is Dutch, I couldn't finish the e-service for "Notification of move to Sweden", as the registration number format is not accepted in the form (see screenshot).

So I went to a Skatteverket office and the lady who was helping me was very confused. After calling with a colleague for 20 minutes, they told me to hack the form by selecting "Sufficient assets" instead of "Employed" as right of residence in Sweden and then explain in the free text field why this hack was needed and that I am, in fact, moving here for work.

I contacted my EoR, they checked with their Swedish partner company, and got back to me with the confirmation that the Dutch registration number should be enough. Skatteverket employees also seem to agree (hence the hack suggestion at the Skatteverket office). Right after I received my contract, before I moved, I also called Skatteverket and they confirmed and reassured me that I can also get a personnummer based on employment with a foreign company (and foreign company registration number). Perhaps good to mention that my contract specifically mentions that I will be working from Sweden.

My question is: has anyone been in this situation before? Did you get a personnummer without issues? I'm just asking so that if someone has had negative experiences with this sort of arrangement, I can try to provocatively fix this mess instead of waiting 4 months just to have my case rejected by Skatteverket.

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Hi, my residence permit for higher education will expire in January but I need an extra term for my thesis therefore I will apply for an extension around August. The extension decision time seems to be 8 months but I will be graduated in 4 months after my current permit expires. I want to apply for residence permit for looking for work after studies but I’m worried that I’ll probably have the extension decision pending by the time I want to apply for a new permit. Would that cause a problem? Can I apply for a new permit even though the old extension is still pending?

Hi Sweden!

I'm planning a multi-day hiking trip in the northern part of Sweden, also touching Norway. I'll end up at a small town/village called Riksgränsen from where I need to get back to Kiruna.

I'm trying to find timetables for trains or buses, but anywhere I go I find conflicting information. Some websites say that there is a direct train, some say there is none. Same for bus.

Can someome please help me figuring out? Tack!

I'm an international student about to move to sweden for two years to study, can i request my personnumber (sorry if i spell it wrong) only when I arrive in sweden?

Do people in sweden speak english?? I'm planning to move to sweden for my bachalors and I'm really concerned about this although I'm learning swedish but I'm just in A1

My wife and I will be in Stockholm on July 6th and we have 30 days in Scandinavia. We are currently planning 4 days in Stockholm. Touring the archipelagos, eating and mostly hanging out. We aren't huge museum fans or history buffs, but we love food and enjoy cooking while we travel. I play ultimate frisbee and love euro board games so I'd love to join pickup games if they exist.

After reading through a lot of recommendations my plan was to take a train on the 11th to Gothenburg. Stay there for a few nights, explore the city, then I wanted to explore the north and south archipelago's. Our main interest would be Seafood. Biking, Kayaking, Camping, Hiking. What would be the best route to exploring the northern archipelagos? Should we rent a car for a few days? What camping/cabin options are there and how accessible are they? My wife wanted to stay in a cute cabin (or site) for a few days where we could use it as home base. We have full backpacking setups, would that be something we can readily use?

After our time in Gothenburg we planned on taking the train to Coppenhagen and later a ferry to Oslo. We'd be interested in spending more time in Sweden but I'm struggling to understand how reliable transportation is around the far south. I'd prefer to limit how much we spend on renting a car but I'm not against it if it makes sense to access fun areas and we don't have to go too far out of our way to return it.

Thanks for your help!

Hey guys, my sambo and I are thinking on buying our first house. We live right now in an apartment owned by my parents (we pay just avgift around 7k a month), but we want to own our own place. We have decided to fully pay a house and dont get into debts/morgages. My question is,,, is it worth paying 5-5.5m on a house in Umeå City (by that i mean the area of the city itself, not Sävar or surrounding villages)? the budgivning drives me crazy as it only inflates prices. We are looking at areas like Grubbe/Grisbacka.