Saturday, September 20 | 2025
Looking for a job in Sweden as a foreigner? We’ll guide you through the essentials: where to find work, how to navigate your rights, understand Swedish business culture, and make sense of job permits and applications. Everything you need to start building your career here in Sweden!
Swedes have more days off in May and June (on a good year) than most Americans have in a whole year. Nice, right? But what do all these bizarre names like Röd dag, Klämdag, Halvdag, and Mellandagar actually mean?
Red days and squeeze days – or röda dagar och klämdagar – as they are called in Swedish are terms you most definitely will meet as soon as you start working in Sweden OR if you have kids in daycare or school.
More than 90% of our readers voted: ‘Very different’ on the poll asking how different the business culture is in Sweden compared to their home country.
Navigating a Swedish workplace can be daunting, especially if speaking up when something feels wrong is met with indifference in the best scenarios, or outright hostility in the worst.
What makes a good impression? In other countries, it might be working longer hours, taking little holiday, or proposing changes. But Sweden does things differently.
If you want to integrate into the Swedish labor market, but have never heard of fika, buckle up. You have some serious catching up to do.
Sweden is a great place for work. The country is known for equality, pragmatism, and a healthy work-life balance. At the same time, many international professionals experience confusion and culture shock as soon as they start working for a Swedish organisation.
How do you get the salary you deserve? Many internationals report being underpaid to their Swedish peers, despite being qualified, competent and skilled professionals. One reason is a lack of understanding of the Swedish salary system as well as a limited understanding of Swedish negotiation culture.
What is business behavior? Why is it important to practice good business behavior? And why is it important for you as a newbie to understand what constitutes as good business behavior in Sweden? What is considered good business behavior changes between countries and cultures.
Swedish labour law is advanced, and offers workers many rights and protections, but it’s important to understand them for a favorable job situation.
Sweden has a long tradition of labour unions. The first ones where founded in 1880 and nearly 70% of the working population in Sweden belongs to a union today.
There are three types of employment in Sweden: tillsvidareanställning, tidsbegränsad anställning and provanställning. Here we go through which one is which.
When you receive your first job offer there are some things to think of before you start working in order to avoid issues further down the line.
You are – in case you get sick or injured – entitled to sickness benefits – so called sjukpenning. Your employer generally pays the first 14 days of illness.
If you are ill for more than two weeks, you will receive your sickness benefit from the Social Insurance Agency – Försäkringskassan instead.
Many internationals report being underpaid to their Swedish peers, despite being qualified, competent and skilled professionals. One reason is a lack of understanding of the Swedish salary system as well as a limited understanding of Swedish negotiation culture. In this course, I will help you to plan strategically for getting paid what you deserve in the long-term, through adapting the same tactics and techniques that your Swedish peers use.
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