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Regulated professions

Some professions require a certain qualification or authorization to be performed in Sweden. Find out what is required

Some professions are regulated through Swedish law. This means that certain professions require a particular qualification or authorization in order to be performed in Sweden. Examples of regulated professions in Sweden are:

  • nurses
  • doctors
  • teachers
  • dentists
  • diving instructors

You need to validate your qualifications and get a Swedish authorization if you wish to work in any of these professions.

Contact the Swedish Council for Higher Education

You find the complete list of regulated professions in Sweden on the website of the Swedish Council for Higher Education (called Universiet-och högskolerådet in Swedish). There you also find information on where you should turn to in order to validate your qualifications.

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Julieta Spoerer
I was born in Sweden but it was a fluke that I ended up here. My mother was a political refugee and had all of 20 minutes to decide which country to go to once she could no longer stay in her native Chile. Thanks to her I am parts Swede and parts South American and believe in the good that can come out of people moving beyond borders. I work with words and digital marketing for a living and run the company Caligraph Communication. You can find out about it at www.caligraph.se
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Regulated professions

Some professions require a certain qualification or authorization to be performed in Sweden. Find out what is required

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