Just arrived? Here we guide you through your first steps in Sweden.
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Here you find organisations that will ease our way into Swedish society & language.
Newbie Stories
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The Newbie Guide Group
Meet our Newbies as their share their stories on their first time in Sweden.
This Side of Covid19
For a while now I wanted to write about living in Sweden during the Covid19 pandemic from a Newbie perspective. I hesitated doing so publicly for fear of being judged, criticized and shamed. If I am completely honest with … Read more about This Side of Covid19
Fighting Food Waste
Food plays a major role in human health and it is an important part of cultural identity as well. However, what we eat and how we eat has a big impact on the environment and food waste has become a widely discussed theme in … Read more about Fighting Food Waste
Swedish Comfort Food
I am intrigued by the concept of comfort food, and I had to ask several native English speakers, native food comforters about the topic. In Swedish, there is one seemingly fitting equivalent, which is tröstäter, ‘comfort … Read more about Swedish Comfort Food
How to adapt your CV to the Swedish job market
Welcome to Sweden! If you have applied for international roles before, you will probably find that the recruitment process is very similar in this country. As for your CV, the structure and the content are common to many … Read more about How to adapt your CV to the Swedish job market
The dos and don’ts of a Swedish workplace
A dear friend of mine has landed a good job here in Stockholm. She is not Swedish, but from a southern European country, she speaks excellent English, good Swedish and she is nice and smart and fairly well integrated into … Read more about The dos and don’ts of a Swedish workplace
How much Swedish is needed for working in the Swedish healthcare system?
Are you an international healthcare professional looking to relocate to Sweden? The good news is that there’s plenty of work opportunities for medical doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, pharmacists etc. The not so good … Read more about How much Swedish is needed for working in the Swedish healthcare system?
