We explain Sweden
If you’ve recently learned that you’re expecting, congratulations! If this is your first rodeo and you’ve got a disability that you’re worried could affect your ability to parent, there are plenty of things you can do to ease your transition to parenthood. Home Preparation Chances are that if you’ve lived with a disability for a […]
We live in day and age powered by technology, but often it is not used to its full potential. While travel is often associated with “unplugging”, a big move can be made so much easier with the help of a few apps. I will even go so far as to say: cell phones are the […]
Medborgarkontor is a public service, provided by the municipalities, aiming to be a co-locating service where citizens can turn to with questions concerning life in the municipality. At a Medborgarkontor you get information about different activities in your neighbourhood. You can e.g. turn to your local Medborgarkontor with questions concerning: Preschool Schools Elderly care Consumer […]
ABF Stockholm is a non-profit organisation who provides education for adults. “We are a meeting place for education, knowledge and culture, for participation and democracy. Our goal is you!” Amongst other things, they provide: Swedish for asylum seekers Swedish for immigrants, SFI Swedish as a second language, SAS Social orientation for newcomers, Samhällsorientering Support and counseling, […]
The Swedish pension system is hard on newcomers. The requirement to obtain the maximum guaranteed pension (garantipension) is with some exception, that the person has lived in Sweden for 40 years. This means that many foreign-born Swedes are left out of the basic protection. About 225 000 pensioners live below the EU poverty threshold, according […]