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The Ultimate Guide to Getting a Work Visa in Sweden

15 February 2025 By Ellen Boyer Pokorny Leave a Comment

There are many different reasons why you may want to move to Sweden. Maybe your partner is Swedish, maybe you’ve heard about the excellent work life balance that Sweden is famous for, or maybe you’ve just visited and fallen in love with its culture. But moving to Sweden requires an important step for many people: […]

Filed Under: About, Blog, Culture, Info, Just Arrived Tagged With: find a job, Find a job before moving to Sweden, find a job in Sweden, Get a visa or residence permit in Sweden, Getting a visa to Sweden, Requirements for a Swedish visa, Visa for Sweden, work visa, work visa in Sweden

All You Need to Know About Halloween and All Saints’ Day in Sweden

14 October 2024 By Ellen Boyer Pokorny 2 Comments

Halloween and All Saints’ Day are both celebrated in Sweden, let’s look at the differences. Halloween – a spooky tradition that now haunts Sweden alongside the rest of the world, and All Saints Day – a day of remembrance of those who have passed on. Both are full of ghosts, but one sports costumes and candy and the other […]

Filed Under: Blog, Culture, Info, Social, Sweden Tagged With: all saints day, candy, culture, food, food in sweden, halloween, halloween in sweden, pumpkins, Swedish Culture

What is Valborg and why do they celebrate it in Sweden?

14 January 2024 By The Newbie Team 10 Comments

What is Valborg? Valborgsmassafton a.k.a Walpurgis Night – in English, falls on the 30th of April (last day). All major cities within Sweden celebrate Valborg annually. It is one of the look-forward-to days on the Swedish calendar. If the city has a University then at a 99% confident interval, it will have a special event […]

Filed Under: Blog, Culture Tagged With: valborg in Gothenburgh, valborg in Lund, valborg in Sweden, Valborgsmässoafton, Valborgsmässoafton in Sweden, what happens during valborg in Sweden

Tomte or Santa? And other Jul oddities in Sweden

19 December 2023 By Ellen Boyer Pokorny Leave a Comment

Christmas (Jul) in Sweden is a cozy time – filled with lots of white lights, snow, freezing temperatures, trees lit up in every town centre. It is also the darkest month of the year, meaning Swedes go crazy with the tea lights and stars in the windows to make up for the lack of sun. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Culture, Sweden Tagged With: christmas, christmas in sweden, Christmas traditions, julbord, Julmust, Kalle Anka, Sweden

Scandinavian Furniture and Design Aesthetic – Mysteries Unraveled

5 December 2023 By Ellen Boyer Pokorny Leave a Comment

Decorating your space can truly make it feel lived in and like a home. But when you’re new to a country it can be challenging to know where to buy new items such as furniture and decor. If you are looking for ways to make your home feel more Swedish, we have the details on […]

Filed Under: Blog, Culture, Housing, Info, Just Arrived, Social, Sweden Tagged With: culture, Design, Furniture, furniture stores, furnitures stores in sweden, home decor, life in sweden, Scandinavian design, sustainable, sustainable shopping in Sweden, Swedish design

5 facts about the crayfish party in Sweden

11 August 2023 By The Newbie Team

Before you innocently suck on your first kräftor… take the time to read these 5 facts about the do’s and don’t of Kräftskivor. At the bottom of this article, we’ve added a series of coupons for money off your big pre-crayfish party food shop. Don’t miss out! 1. Good bye blue sky Kräftskiva (the Crayfish […]

Filed Under: Blog, Culture Tagged With: crayfish, culture, party, Sweden

Midsommar songs in English

21 June 2023 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

How would you like to be able to understand Swedish midsommar songs this year? There are dozens of midsommar songs to choose from but we’ve chosen the 3 most commonly sung midsommar songs around the midsommarstång (midsommar pole). Midsommar songs in English The popularity of these midsommar songs also lie in the dances that go along […]

Filed Under: Blog, Culture, Sweden Tagged With: best midsummer song, midsommar, midsommar 2023, midsummer music, midsummer sweden

Weird Swedish foods

16 June 2023 By The Newbie Team 3 Comments

Weird Swedish foods is something you will come across when you are in Sweden for a longer period of time. Every country has its own food peculiarities, foods that you often miss when you are away from your home country. Foods that often also have a cultural significance. And Sweden is of course no exception […]

Filed Under: Blog, Culture Tagged With: Swedish cheese in a tube, Swedish food, Swedish kebab pizza, Swedish licorice, Swedish surströmming, weird Swedish food, what is Kalles Kaviar, what is mesost, What is messmör, what is surströmming

Mother’s Day in Sweden

27 May 2023 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

May is soon ending, bringing us closer to the summer months. But it is not over yet. Do you know what is celebrated in Sweden at the end of May? It’s Mother’s Day, Mors Dag in Swedish.  Disclaimer: To keep The Newbie Guide free, we use affiliate links (marked with *) and may get a […]

Filed Under: Blog, Culture, Sweden Tagged With: culture, mother, Mother's day in Sweden, mother's day Sweden, motherhood in sweden, Sweden, Swedish mother's day, swedish tradition

What is it really like to work in Sweden?

11 February 2022 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

A couple of weeks back we conducted a poll asking the Newbie community, ‘How different is the business behaviour or work culture in Sweden compared to that of your home country?’ And 90% of our readers voted: ‘Very different’. No wonder then, that for a newbie in Sweden, feeling at home at work doesn’t come […]

Filed Under: About, Blog, Culture, Sweden, Work Tagged With: business behavior, life in sweden, Newbie, Newbie in Sweden, Sweden, Swedish Culture, work culture, work in sweden, working in Sweden, worklife

What’s ‘Christmas in Sweden’ without a julbord!

3 December 2021 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

Julbord – one thing you can not miss out on if you’re looking to soak in Christmas celebrations in Sweden. Literally translated to ‘Christmas table’, the julbord is a buffet of traditional Swedish eats, and a window into the land’s culture, habit, craving and identity. Written by our content writer, Nidhi Dhingra The Swedish julbord […]

Filed Under: Blog, Culture, Info, Sweden, Swedish Tagged With: christmas in sweden, culture, food culture, food in sweden, julbord, julbord in gothenburg, julbord in stockholm, life in sweden, Newbie in Sweden, Sweden, Swedish Culture, Swedish food, Swedish traditions, Swedish Winter, tips for Newbies, traditions, winter

Swedish transport

23 September 2021 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

Written by Malena Rasetto As I said in many articles, I lived in Sweden for 5 months as a volunteer. I moved from south to north, north to west and west to the south again. How did I travel around? How was the public transport? Is Swedish transport good enough to move around? Swedish transport […]

Filed Under: Blog, Culture, Sweden, Swedish Tagged With: Newbie in Sweden, Public Transportation, Swedish transport, transport, travel in sweden, Travelling

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