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Last updated: September 2025
This is a rough plan for the guides I intend to add in the near future, with the key word here being “rough”. If you're interested in any topic in particular, reply to any issue of the newsletter or write me on the fediverse at @lena@swedenforreal.com, and it just might be the inspiration I need to bump it up on the list.
- Driving in Sweden: how the rules differ from the other countries, how to buy and sell a used car, how much does it cost to own a car, what are the weird slow-moving vehicles driven by teenagers
- Swedish healthcare: how good or bad is it really
- Selling a house or an apartment: the process, the costs, the taxes, the tax deductions
- A-kassa (unemployment insurance) and trade unions
- Work in Sweden: how do Swedish job interviews look like, your rights as a worker, how does the salary increase work
- Learning the language: which Swedish podcasts are easier and harder language-wise, which Swedish movies and tv shows are good for learning the language
- Swedish pension: how does it work, what is a good size of tjänstepension, how to do pension if you're self-employed, what's löneväxling, should you move parts of your pension
- Running a limited company (aktiebolag): how to do the accounting, how to pay yourself salary, how much tax will you pay, which tax deductions can you use
- Legal differences between sambo and a marriage: implications for testament/inheritance/children