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Career Sweden Team

The Career Sweden Team brings together experts in recruitment, communication, and relocation, all working toward one goal: helping international talents find their place in Sweden. We create clear, reliable guides and articles about Sweden’s job market, recruitment, and work culture — as well as practical, fact-based resources on everything that shapes life and career here.

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Newbie Stories4 min read

Odra, Guatemala

Career Sweden TeamFebruary 28, 2017

Odra is from Guatemala and came to Sweden as she had fallen in love with Tomas, an amazing Swedish guy.We started by asking her what she found hard to adjust...

Newbie Stories3 min read

Sriram, India

Career Sweden TeamFebruary 21, 2017

Sriram is a post-doctoral researcher from India who arrived in Sweden in 2016. After completing his PhD in Taiwan his interest to learn new things brought him to Sweden....

Discover Sweden5 min read

Weddings in Sweden – What to expect?

Career Sweden TeamNovember 3, 2016

Wedding parties are a great way to observe and learn about the culture of a country. From the multiple-day long weddings of India, to the all-you-can-eat banquets of Portugal, or...

Discover Sweden3 min read

What food is traditionally Swedish?

Career Sweden TeamOctober 22, 2016

“What food is traditionally Swedish?” is probably the most asked questions when I go abroad. I never know how to reply. I have asked other Newbies and even Swedish friends...

Newbie Stories4 min read

Maria, Ukraine

Career Sweden TeamSeptember 12, 2016

After exploring different universities and countries, I fell in love with Sweden; 1.5 months later I got on a train to a little town in the middle of Sweden....

Newbie Stories3 min read

Moving to Sweden from Nigeria

Career Sweden TeamJune 27, 2016

Wemi swapped Nigeria for Sweden in 2014. She has a background in Engineering and is currently living in Umeå with her husband....

Newbie Stories3 min read

Natália, Brazil

Career Sweden TeamJune 8, 2016

Natalia likes to say that she parachuted in to Sweden because everything was very fast, like ”3, 2, 1, jump!”...

Newbie Stories3 min read

Moving to Sweden from Italy – Cristina’s Story

Career Sweden TeamJune 5, 2016

Cristina is from Italy and came to Stockholm as an au pair in November 2015 and has experienced her first Swedish winter....

Economy2 min read

The Swedish pension system is hard on newcomers

Career Sweden TeamApril 18, 2016

The Swedish pension system is hard on newcomers. The requirement to obtain the maximum guaranteed pension (garantipension) is with some exception, that the person has lived in Sweden for 40...