Calling all Swedes!

[ORLYLOL]

Hej!

Some big changes are afoot for my wife and I. We have settled on our desire to relocate to Sweden.

My wife applied to grad school at Uppsala, so we'll be finding out soon whether she was accepted or not. Either way, Sweden is where we want to end up. To help things along, I've been looking for work in the Stockholm area. I've applied to a few jobs and exchanged emails with some employers already, so I think I'm off to a good start. We're also taking Swedish classes later this month.

I wanted to post here to reach out and see if anyone has any advice, contacts or any other help for finding work in Sweden. I've been working mostly in insurance the last 5 years or so in underwriting and actuarial. I'm very good with finance and data analysis.

I'd appreciate any help I can get and if you want more information from me, just ask!

Thanks!

[ida]

Hej! Great that you are moving to Sweden and wonderful Uppsala. Most welcome! I am curious, why did you decide to come here?

The biggest problem I think is finding a place to live. The Uppsala and Stockholm real estate market is crazy. Hopefully you guys can get some student apartment in Uppsala (there are really nice two, three bedrooms apartments in Uppsala for students' and their families). I would say housing should be your number one priority. The traditional rental market is either super expensive or you need 10 years of queuing. If you have the possibility to start queuing for accommodation now already this is good. Everything is based on having a "personnummer" (social security number) but there might be alternative cues for international students coming to Uppsala.

I don't know much about how to find a job actually, depending on what you are looking for. I know that in my old job at a credit card company there were quite a few americans and british people who worked in middle management without knowing much Swedish, but most of them were these 2-year contract people who were on some kind of exchange. But it is definitely doable to work in Stockholm/Uppsala without being fluent in Swedish. At least to start with. Swedes really like speaking english Have you been in contact with any employment/recruitment agencies? I think that is perhaps the easiest way to get in touch with companies who are hiring english speaking people.

There are several groups on Facebook for people who have moved to Sweden from elsewhere full of tips of things to think about when moving here. As a local it is sometimes hard see the all the hurdles that you need to get over to access the Swedish society.

Good luck with the move! Hope you will like it here. Uppsala is so nice

[loveliberate]

Hej!
Neat stuff ORLY - I wish you all the best! While I'm a dedicated Cascadian, living in Sweden sounds wonderful in so many ways and the country would certainly be one of my top choices anywhere were I wishing and able to relocate internationally. I'd definitely love to at least have an extended stay in the country someday... Of course the first step for me will be to swing be for a visit sometime!

[quote="ida"]Hej! Great that you are moving to Sweden and wonderful Uppsala. Most welcome! I am curious, why did you decide to come here?[

[ORLYLOL]

[quote="loveliberate"]Hej!
Neat stuff ORLY - I wish you all the best! While I'm a dedicated Cascadian, living in Sweden sounds wonderful in so many ways and the country would certainly be one of my top choices anywhere were I wishing and able to relocate internationally. I'd definitely love to at least have an extended stay in the country someday... Of course the first step for me will be to swing be for a visit sometime!

[hoffmeister]

Welcome!

I have no suggestions on what to do or stay but it is possible to get places to stay in Märsta, Knivsta or Upplands Väsy (home of Swedish heavy metal). Those places are easier then Uppsala and the rest of Stockholm. You find some place to rent second hand in those areas with surroundings.

[ORLYLOL]

[quote="hoffmeister"]Welcome!

I have no suggestions on what to do or stay but it is possible to get places to stay in Märsta, Knivsta or Upplands Väsy (home of Swedish heavy metal). Those places are easier then Uppsala and the rest of Stockholm. You find some place to rent second hand in those areas with surroundings.

[ORLYLOL]

Almost a year later! I've been in Sweden for just over 5 months now and successfully found work in Stockholm. I haven't been training for almost a year and it has taken its toll in the form of losing 20kg and most of my strength

However, I'm checking out a gym on Thursday (Stockholms Atletklubb) on Thursday so hopefully that will work out and I can get back to it!

[Linnéa76]

Hey Orlylol, good to hear you're settling in! Did you like the gym? There's also a powerlifting gym with strongman equipment that I heard of recently, I think in Skarpnäck, someone in the friendface group Vegan Strength Sweden goes there (check it out, posting in English is fine )

[ORLYLOL]

Is that "Extreme Power"? I've read about that one and thought about checking it out too. It's too far out for me to go while living in Uppsala, but hopefully I'll be moving into Stockholm soon and will be close enough to go. Once I have a good base of strength back I want to try out some strongman stuff too

[Linnéa76]

I don't know the name, am travelling atm but when I get back I'm keen to have a look. Would like to see vegan lifting meet-ups in Stockholm! Didn't realize you live in Uppsala, there's vegan lifters there too like Bronco, have you met?

[ORLYLOL]

I went to one gym in Uppsala, but didn't feel like I fit in all that much and it was a bit too crowded. I'm actually moving down to Solna which will make my commute much better and I started going to Stockholms Atletklubb which has worked out well so far. I would love to see a vegan lifting meet-up in Stockholm! I also want to go to a VF week now that I'm over on this side of the ocean

[Linnéa76]

Awesome! I think there's potential for Vegan Strength Sweden meet-ups and hopefully comps and PR events in the future, like our accomplished friends in Germany and Australia. I'm travelling atm, but pm me if you want to connect on social media.