Settling in Sweden

Skatteverket

Registering with Skatteverket: what to bring, what they ask, what they decide.

• Who is registered, who gets a coordination number instead, and why the one-year rule decides it
• The papers to take to a servicekontor, and the ones that have to be translated first
• 13 phrases for the counter, from booking a time to asking them to repeat it slowly
• The words printed on the form: folkbokföring, civilstånd, handläggning, personbevis
• 4 practice items on the vocabulary you will hear at the window

13 Swedish phrases · 14 words off the real forms · 4 practice items

Skatteverket / banken

Why almost nothing works without them, and the order they have to be obtained in.

• The chain: personnummer → an accepted ID document → a bank account → BankID → everything else
• Who issues what: Skatteverket's id-kort, the bank's card, the driving licence
• The intygsgivare — the person who vouches for you when you have no Swedish ID yet
• 12 phrases for the ID counter and the bank
• 4 practice items, including what to say when your BankID stops working

12 Swedish phrases · 12 words off the real forms · 4 practice items

Hyresvärd / bostadsförmedling / hyresnämnden

First-hand and second-hand contracts, the queue, the viewing, and the words of a lease.

• förstahandskontrakt vs andrahandskontrakt: what you actually get with each
• The queue system, and what kötid buys you
• A viewing: what to ask, and the two questions that catch a scam
• 13 phrases, from booking a viewing to giving notice
• The lease vocabulary: uppsägningstid, besittningsskydd, kallhyra, 2 rok

13 Swedish phrases · 15 words off the real forms · 4 practice items

Vårdcentralen / 1177

The vårdcentral, 1177, and how to describe a symptom in Swedish.

• Why the vårdcentral comes before the hospital, and what listing yourself means
• 1177 for advice, 112 for an emergency, and the line between them
• Booking by phone: the four questions you will be asked
• 13 phrases for describing pain, duration and allergies
• The words on the referral, the prescription and the receipt

13 Swedish phrases · 12 words off the real forms · 4 practice items

Arbetsförmedlingen / arbetsgivaren

Registering as a job-seeker, the Swedish interview, and reading what you were paid.

• Arbetsförmedlingen: what registering does, and what it does not do
• A-kassa is a separate membership you have to join yourself
• The interview: personligt brev, referenser, and the questions that are actually asked
• 12 phrases for the job centre and the interview
• The payslip line by line: bruttolön, preliminärskatt, semesterersättning, OB

12 Swedish phrases · 14 words off the real forms · 4 practice items

Försäkringskassan

What social insurance covers, and the moments it has to be told something.

• Being insured in Sweden is a decision, and you apply for it when you move
• Sickness: who pays which days, and when a certificate is needed
• Children: föräldrapenning, VAB, barnbidrag — what each one is
• 11 phrases for the phone line and Mina sidor
• The words on the decision letter: ansökan, beslut, utbetalning, underlag

11 Swedish phrases · 12 words off the real forms · 4 practice items