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New Zealander °µÍø½ûÇø in Sweden
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New Zealander
Lives in Boden
Speaks English, Swedish
Registration: 20 July 2009
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Living in Sweden by °µÍø½ûÇø.com
You are living in Sweden, or you used to live in Sweden. Share your experience! How would you describe life in Sweden? Has it been complicated to settle down, to find an accommodation and a job? Is it complicated to make friends in Sweden? ...

Housing will be cheaper and you may find you have more housing options away from the larger cities. Petrol is rather expensive if you have to travel, but public transport is quite cheap and very efficient. Food may be a little more expensive than in ... Read More


Formalities to bring your pet in Sweden by Julien
Hi all, What are the formalities and paperwork required to bring your pet in Sweden? How long do formalities & paperwork usually take in Sweden? What are the relevant authorities to contact? Which vaccines are compulsory? Do your pets ...

We brought a cat, a dog, and a horse from New Zealand to Sweden. The paperwork was very straight forward. There was one declaration for for each animal to be submitted to Swedish customs. This was downloaded from their website. Unfortunately this ... Read More


thinking to move to sweden by claudiu3108
hello to everyone. i'm new here, but i want to know a few things, if you are kind enough to tell me. me and my wife want to move to sweden in june this year. i speak quite well english language, but she's not so good at it. i'm an engeneer and she's ...

apartment prices vary a lot, depending on where you want to live. Obviously the larger cities cost a little more. A good place to start is at blocket.se. Choose the part of the country you are interested in from the map, select Lägenheter from the ... Read More


thinking to move to sweden by claudiu3108
hello to everyone. i'm new here, but i want to know a few things, if you are kind enough to tell me. me and my wife want to move to sweden in june this year. i speak quite well english language, but she's not so good at it. i'm an engeneer and she's ...

Yes, it's hard. Particulary if you don't speak Swedish. Being an engineer will help, as there are often vacancies for engineers. But you will need to improve your Swedish language skills very quickly. And your English also. You will be starting your ... Read More


Living in Sweden by °µÍø½ûÇø.com
You are living in Sweden, or you used to live in Sweden. Share your experience! How would you describe life in Sweden? Has it been complicated to settle down, to find an accommodation and a job? Is it complicated to make friends in Sweden? ...

I don't know if cold welcome is a truely accurate description of Swedish people. Not from an English perspective. A cold person from an English country is usually being that way deliberately. Not so in Sweden. Different gene pool, I guess, but they ... Read More


Trying to find a job in Sweden by Lananana etc.
Hey Guys, Im just wondering if anyone can give me any tips on finding a job in Sweden? I've been here for almost 2 months, and am over the 'holidaying' phase, and now i just get bored sitting at home and doing nothing everyday... So now i am ...

That's an excellent idea. An intensive 2 month course will get you well on the way. Not fluent, but they will be impressed. Reading my earlier post again, it did sound a bit doom and gloom. That wasn't my intention, so I apologise for the tone. ... Read More


Trying to find a job in Sweden by Lananana etc.
Hey Guys, Im just wondering if anyone can give me any tips on finding a job in Sweden? I've been here for almost 2 months, and am over the 'holidaying' phase, and now i just get bored sitting at home and doing nothing everyday... So now i am ...

A bit of balance in here. It's tough getting a job as an °µÍø½ûÇø in Sweden. That's true. But you ask any non English speaking person who has tried to start out in an English speaking country and you'll probably get the exact same answer. This isn't ... Read More


Living in Sweden by °µÍø½ûÇø.com
You are living in Sweden, or you used to live in Sweden. Share your experience! How would you describe life in Sweden? Has it been complicated to settle down, to find an accommodation and a job? Is it complicated to make friends in Sweden? ...

Got that right, Itchy. Very few of the "colonies" are in a position to be casting stones about historical treatment of people within their countries. Besides, if life was that good at home, we wouldn't be here on an ex-pat website. Read More


Sufficient Funds? And Wadayamean by ‘Three Months’? by TinHead
Hello all, UK/ EU passport holder. Does anyone know how much money I have to have to convince our friends that I have ‘sufficient funds’ so I can stay in Sweden for more than three months and get ‘residency’? Also, does anyone know what is meant ...

I'm not sure there's a hard and fast rule to that. I guess they want to see that you're not going to burden their social support systems. I would expect that you need to show you've got enough money to pay rent, or a letter from someone in Sweden ... Read More


Swedish interests by heavenhangover
Hello, my name is Nancy Kidd. I live in Fort Worth, Texas and am interested in either Sweden or Norway to take my 8 year old son and live for maybe a year.I welcome all the suggestions I can get! Thank you!

Nancy, Most of the ex-pat people on this forum live in the south or central parts of Sweden. So they are probably better qualified than me to give advice on the big cities of Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, and the like. I live in a town of 30,000 which ... Read More


Swedish interests by heavenhangover
Hello, my name is Nancy Kidd. I live in Fort Worth, Texas and am interested in either Sweden or Norway to take my 8 year old son and live for maybe a year.I welcome all the suggestions I can get! Thank you!

Hiya Nancy. Sweden is such a diverse country that you'll have your pick of experiences. The southern and central cities are beautiful, filled with a complete cross section of the world's societies. The north, my home, is the place for breathtaking ... Read More


Help: Jobs in Stockholm/Sweden for english speakers by sl124
Hi, I'm 23 and will be finished my business degree in May. I am hoping to move to Stockholm to work and am just wondering if anyone has any suggestions of what companies employ english speaker. I would even be happy to start initially just doing a ...

Hi Sue. Good luck in your adventure. My advice is to get up to speed as quickly as you can with the language. Pretty much everyone speaks English, but you have to work twice as hard to get into a role when competing head on with native speakers. So ... Read More


Living in Sweden by °µÍø½ûÇø.com
You are living in Sweden, or you used to live in Sweden. Share your experience! How would you describe life in Sweden? Has it been complicated to settle down, to find an accommodation and a job? Is it complicated to make friends in Sweden? ...

Welcome to your new home. I've been through SFI at 2 different locations. Varying techniques and impressions. But it's an excellent way to start from scratch. Depending on how you approach it, and the approach of the teachers, you may find it to be ... Read More


Find a job in Sweden by °µÍø½ûÇø.com
Hi, You are an °µÍø½ûÇø living in Sweden? Please share your experience! What is the best way to find a job in Sweden? The Internet? Please tell us which are the most useful / effective websites for job seekers in Sweden. Recruitment agencies? Have ...

Couldn't agree more, Jersey. Learn the lingo. No shortcuts around this one. Even jobs that are looking for an English speaker are going to need you to have good Swedish also. Kind of obvious when you think about it. Sure, you can survive without ... Read More


Living in Sweden by °µÍø½ûÇø.com
You are living in Sweden, or you used to live in Sweden. Share your experience! How would you describe life in Sweden? Has it been complicated to settle down, to find an accommodation and a job? Is it complicated to make friends in Sweden? ...

Yeah, native Swedes are a little standoffish. But don't take it personally, they are like that with anyone new they meet. Maybe it's living so near to Russia that does it. Don't expect warm greetings in streets and supermarkets, it's just not their ... Read More