How to Live in Sweden

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Apply for a residence permit to stay in Sweden longer than 90 days.. Enter Sweden on a tourist visa if you'd like to check it out first.. Get a work permit so you can get a job in the country.

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Apply for a residence permit to stay in Sweden longer than 90 days.

Step 1

Apply for a residence permit to stay in Sweden longer than 90 days.

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Enter Sweden on a tourist visa if you'd like to check it out first.

Step 2

Enter Sweden on a tourist visa if you'd like to check it out first.

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Get a work permit so you can get a job in the country.

Step 3

Get a work permit so you can get a job in the country.

4

Apply for Swedish citizenship after 5 years.

Step 4

Apply for Swedish citizenship after 5 years.

5

Learn Swedish to immerse yourself in the culture.

Step 5

Learn Swedish to immerse yourself in the culture.

6

Understand the concept of Lagom, or "just enough.

Step 6

Understand the concept of Lagom, or "just enough.

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Take a daily coffee break to relax.

Step 7

Take a daily coffee break to relax.

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Prepare to eat food out of a tube.

Step 8

Prepare to eat food out of a tube.

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Wear casual clothes to work unless you're a manager or official.

Step 9

Wear casual clothes to work unless you're a manager or official.

10

Be on time whenever you go somewhere.

Step 10

Be on time whenever you go somewhere.

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Avoid making small talk with strangers.

Step 11

Avoid making small talk with strangers.

12

Take off your shoes whenever you enter a Swede's home.

Step 12

Take off your shoes whenever you enter a Swede's home.

13

Visit Sweden's many nature preserves.

Step 13

Visit Sweden's many nature preserves.

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Join a local choir or music club.

Step 14

Join a local choir or music club.

15

Stay in a beachside town in the summer.

Step 15

Stay in a beachside town in the summer.

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Sightsee at medieval ruins.

Step 16

Sightsee at medieval ruins.

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