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Living and Working
IN SWEDEN
Lena From
Gloria Cunha Byström
EURES Advisers
[email protected]
Facts about Sweden
• Sweden is the third largest country in EU
• 9.5 million inhabitants
• 85% live in the south
• Currency:
Svenska kronor (Swedish Crown)
SEK 100 = EUR 83.60
• EU-member state since 1995
Our dear neighbours!
Umeå
Stockholm
Göteborg
Malmö
1574 km
Kiruna
Famous Swedes
- Alfred Nobel - Nobel prize
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic – football
- Astrid Lindgren – Pippi books
- Stieg Larsson – Millenium books
- Ingmar Bergman – film director
- Alexander Skarsgård – True Blood
- ABBA, Swedish House Mafia
- IKEA, H&M
- VOLVO
Language skills
• Most jobs require good level of Swedish
• In some highly skilled jobs you can get by using
English only. (Still expected that you learn Swedish)
• Few jobs for low skilled workers with no Swedish.
www.si.se
Labour Market Statistics
Unemployment rate
• General approx 8%
• Engineers approx 1 %
October 2013
Engineering and IT shortages
- Power Systems Engineers
- Electrical Engineers
- Automation Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Software Developer
- System Developer
- IT Architects
- Software Test Engineer
- Mining and Metallurgy Engineers
- HVAC Engineers
- Civil Engineers
Other shortages
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Physicians
Surgical Nurses
Nurses, psychiatric care
Nurses in emergency care
Geriatric Nurses
Chefs
Preschool teachers
Car Mechanics, heavy vehicles
Working in Sweden
• Full time, 40 hours per week
• 25 days vacation per year
• No national minimum wage
• Collective agreements between trade unions and
employers
Engineers working in Sweden
Median monthly salaries, gross
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Starting:
28,500 SEK
10 years experience:
41,000 SEK
Figures from: www.sverigesingenjorer.se
(2012)
Working in Sweden
• All EU/EEA or Swiss citizens have the right to
work in Sweden
• After 3 months – register with the Swedish
Migration Board
• Citizens of a non-EU country - need a work
permit
• www.migrationsverket.se
Finding a job
• Public Employment Services
www.arbetsformedlingen.se
Many links to other major job websites
• EURES
http://www.eures.europa.eu/
• Swedish newspapers
www.onlinenewspapers.com/sweden.htm
•Jobs in English
www.jobsinstockholm.com
www.thelocal.se/jobs
Applying for a job in Sweden
• Applying via web site, online or e-mail
• Applications should be typewritten
in Swedish or English.
• An application consists of:
Cover letter (1 page)
CV (1-2 pages)
Study Swedish on-line and in Portugal:
www.workinginsweden.se
Recognition of foreign diplomas
• Regulated professions – NARIC
• The Swedish National
Agency for Higher Education,
www.hsv.se
• New authority, Swedish Council
for Higher Education,
www.uhr.se
Income Tax
• Municipal tax between 29-35 %,
depending on where you live
• Most people pay only municipal tax
• State tax is paid on taxable incomes
above 413,200 SEK – 20%
above 591,600 SEK – 25 %
www.skatteverket.se (2013)
Social Insurance
• Sickness
• Parental leave
• Dental care
www.forsakringskassan.se
• Pensions
www.pensionsmyndigheten.se
Unemployment insurance
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Is not a part of the Social Insurance scheme
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Basic insurance:
No membership requirement,
max 320 SEK/day
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Voluntary insurance:
For members of an unemployment
insurance fund, max 680 SEK/day
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300 days, 5 days per week. Tax will be
deducted. www.iaf.se
Housing
• Rent an apartment or house
(cooker, fridge and freezer included)
• 1 bedroom apartment, average rent
4,595 SEK/month, 68 m2
(heating included)
• Buy into a housing co-op
• Buy a house
• Accommodation costs vary greatly
Swedish work place culture
• Flat organisations
• Team work and consensus
• ”Du” – first name basis –
informality!
• Gender equality
• Strong trade unions
Sweden and Swedes
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Coffee and coffee breaks
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Tend to avoid conflict
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Shoes off indoors (in people’s homes)
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Light summer nights and dark winters
Your first EURES job
Your first EURES job can make it easier for
you to move to and to start working in another
EU country. You can get payed for your
interview trip and get relocation support.
You have to be:
•aged 18-30
•citizen of an EU country
•legally resident in an EU country
Information and application
www.yourfirsteuresjob.se
Tack! Thank you!
Obrigado!
EURES Sweden
www.eures.se