Guides

All the guides across all topics

What Swedes do with the savings

Everything between a buffer and a pension top-up

Swedish tax deductions for normal people

What can you tax deduct if you live in Sweden?

Changing a bank in Sweden

How to change your Swedish bank for fun and profit

How to make friends in Sweden as an adult

The myth of cold Swedes

Swedish newspapers

The political leanings and the media landscape ownership

Swedish pension

Which choices to make and how; what maximizes the pension

Swedish daycare/preschool and sicknesses

Staying home from work with a sick kid, when can the kid return after being sick, the rules for siblings, and the infamous vinterkräksjuka

Trade unions and collective bargaining agreements in Sweden

Do you need one, which one to pick, costs, benefits, and income insurance

A-kassa: unemployment insurance in Sweden

Do you need it, how to choose one, new laws in 2025, self-employment

Selling a house/apartment in Sweden

Costs, taxes, the bidding process from the seller's perspective