Everything you need to know about living in Sweden as an expat. We write full guides on settling into and getting started with Sweden and the Swedish system to help you enjoy life here to the fullest.
This is a guest post from Anne Pihl. Got a new job in Sweden? Congratulations! Hopefully you’ve already got a good feel for the company culture at the interview stage and know roughly what to expect when you start. However, unless … Continue reading Working with Swedes – 5 mistakes you should avoid
Being new in a country is always a bit weird and a little scary. Knowing where to turn takes time to learn, so here are a few essentials emergency numbers to save in your phone when you first arrive in … Continue reading 5 emergency numbers to save in your phone
This is an ongoing topic and this article will be updated as we get more information. On Thursday 23rd June 2016, 52% of the UK voted to leave the European Union in the “Brexit” vote. There is more detailed analysis … Continue reading Brexit for (British) Expats in Sweden
Last night, the UK voted to leave the EU. This throws up everything in the air and right now no-one is sure how this will impact everyone abroad. As soon as we get more info, Everything Sweden will let you know what happens next and what you need to do to live in Sweden. In the meantime, make sure you bookmark our Brexit page, which we will update as and when we get info. Continue reading Brexit Happened - What Next
The Tvättstugan or laundry room in Swedish is something that everyone has a story about. Whether it is aggressive neighbours, people not understanding timetables, or the pain of leaving your apartment 4 times in a 2-hour window, the Tvättstugan is … Continue reading The Tvättstugan and Laundry
After living I Sweden for over 2 years now, it seems that most people move here either for love (the most common) or work. Dating in Sweden is a little different to other places in Europe, and it’s important to … Continue reading Dating in Sweden
In June, the Swedish government voted to implement a new temporary law to restrict the number of family reunification cases being handled by Migrationsverket. The old rules set the “family reunification maintenance requirements” to be that if someone was moving … Continue reading Changes to family reunification in Sweden
We spend a lot of time at Everything Sweden guiding you through the steps of getting settled in Sweden and understanding how the system works here. But before all of that, and once you’ve made the decision to move to … Continue reading Getting Uppehållstillstånd in Sweden
Even though Sweden is basically a cash-less society, there are still quite a few people that use cash in their daily lives. However, the Swedish National Bank (Riksbanken) has recently changed the bank notes for 20, 50, and 1000 krona … Continue reading New Bank Notes in Sweden