Barbara has been in Sweden since 2016. Her favourite Swedish words are “passa på” and “lagom”. When we asked what brought her to Sweden, she told us it was friendship and love.
We explain Sweden
Kholiud, Lebanon
We came as asylum seekers as me and my husband had done a silent revolution against the regime. But because of this, we were threatened to death and had to flee.
Liam, Syria
Liam is currently studying an international baccalaureate in Västerås. He is one of our star volunteers, who patiently translate the best content of the Newbie Guide to Arabic!
Odra, Guatemala
Odra is from Guatemala and came to Sweden as she had fallen in love with Tomas, an amazing Swedish guy.We started by asking her what she found hard to adjust to.
Sriram, India
Sriram is a post-doctoral researcher from India who arrived in Sweden in 2016. After completing his PhD in Taiwan his interest to learn new things brought him to Sweden.
Maria, Ukraine
After exploring different universities and countries, I fell in love with Sweden; 1.5 months later I got on a train to a little town in the middle of Sweden.
Sanjoo, India
Sanjoo is a 44 year old concept developer, event organizer, food teacher and tour guide to India, who’s lived in Sweden for 18 years.
Natália, Brazil
Natalia likes to say that she parachuted in to Sweden because everything was very fast, like ”3, 2, 1, jump!”
Francisco, Spain
Francisco is an associate professor at KTH and an avid lover of Melodifestivalen. He is from Spain and came to Sweden 8 years ago
Wafa, Yemen
“The maternity healthcare is one of the best things in Sweden. I’m blessed to have my first baby here”.
Adrian, The Netherlands
Adrian has lived in Sweden for a long time and remembers finding it hilarious that Swedish people sometimes queue without a reason.
Cristina, Italy
Cristina is from Italy and came to Stockholm as an au pair in November 2015 and has experienced her first Swedish winter.
Maud, Switzerland
Maud is from Switzerland and had planned to go to Finland. But life took an unexpected turn and she’s been 5 years in Sweden.
Susana, Bolivia
“I was hopeful and exited about the new place. My father is a missionary and we used to move every year when I was little.”
Alessandro, Italy
Alessandro is a freelance translator who studied Scandinavian Studies at the University and moved to Stockholm after his degree.
Pavel, Russia
Pavel is an artist, photographer, translator, travel writer, PR consultant, blogger and navel fluff collector who’s lived in Sweden for 6 years.
Julia, USA
“I enjoy not feeling as objectified as a woman when out in the streets as I do in the US, and I appreciate the balance of responsibility between mothers and fathers.”
Wemi, Nigeria
Wemi swapped Nigeria for Sweden in 2014. She has a background in Engineering and is currently living in Umeå with her husband.
Garance, France
Garance is a data scientist that came to study, lured by a general interest in Scandinavian culture and society.
Mahmoud, Syria
Mahmoud is 24 year old who fled from Syria to avoid being forced into being a soldier for any of the different fighting groups.
Livia, USA
Livia came to Sweden in 2014. She is originally from Florida but married a Swedish guy and decided to give Sweden a try. This is her story.
Vincent, Australia
Vincent has always wanted to live in Europe. Whilst traveling in Sweden he came across a new work place and was sold!
Mulgeta, Eritrea
Mulgeta came to Sweden after a journey that took him on the roads of Sudan and Libya and over the Mediterranean Sea in a small boat.
