Useful links - moving to/living in Sweden We hope that these links may be of help to you if/when moving to and living in Sweden.

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1 Useful links - moving to/living in We hope that these links may be of help to you if/when moving to and living in. Government administration Swedish Migration Board Migrationsverket Swedish Tax Agency Skatteverket Swedish Social Insurance Agency Försäkringskassan Swedish Pensions Agency Pensionsmyndigheten Swedish Customs Tullverket Swedish Public Employment Service Arbetsförmedlingen Eures Adviser - Malin Dahl malin.dahl@arbetsformedlingen.se Pensions and insurances Occupational Pension ITP Collectum Occupational Pension Specialist Alecta Occupational insurances (private sector) AFA Redundancy pay and help, occupational insurance Trygghetsrådet Labour organisations and Employers association The Swedish Association of graduate engineers Sveriges Ingenjörer Swedish Organisations for Managers Ledarna Trade union for professionals in the private sector Unionen Employer and trade organisation for the Swedish service sector Almega Page 1 (5)

2 Banks Handelsbanken* SEB Nordea Swedbank Sparbanken Finn Färs och Frosta Sparbank *You are free to choose private bank on your own. We would recommend Handelsbanken, Ideon, Lund, which has profiled their office to accommodate international employees in Lund. Contact information: Private insurance companies Unemployment insurance for graduates, private insurance AEA (Akademikernas A-kassa) Folksam Länsförsäkringar Skandia Trygg Hansa If Health Care Region Skåne Skåne University Hospital Housing Houses and apartments for sale Estate Agents Apartments for rent in Lund Second-hand leasing New productions of homes Furniture Ikea (Malmö + web-shop) Mio (Malmö) EM (Malmö) Ilva (Malmö) Miljögården (Lund) Norrgavel (Malmö) Second-hand buy/rent of almost everything Blocket Page 2 (5)

3 Household services Hemfrid Home Maid Private child care services Child care help/barnvaktis Child care help and help with school home work Transportation Malmö-Sturup Airport Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport Public Transport in Skåne Skånetrafiken Trains in southern and Denmark Öresundståg Long distance trains, SJ The Öresund bridge (Copenhagen-Malmö) Swedish language Swedish-English Dictionary Swedish-English Dictionary Swedish language instruction for immigrants (SFI) Study Swedish in Lund, Folkuniversitetet Swedish as a foreign language, Lund University Books about in language to suit you English-speaking associations The English National Association of Lund International Club of Skåne American Women s Club Malmö Internations Malmö, Expat community News/Magazines in English s news in English The Local English magazine on lifestyle, pursuits & business in southern The Scandinavian Insider The Scandinavian lifestyle quarterly Nordic Reach Magazine A magazine for non-swedes The Turnip Municipalities (sw: Kommuner) and regional council Lund Malmö Region Skåne (regional council of Skåne) Page 3 (5)

4 Getting to know Lund, Skåne, and Denmark Lund the City of Ideas Malmö Skåne Hotels in Swedish Diplomatic Missions abroad Swedish Government Copenhagen Denmark Partner and Children Swedish education system The Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) English-speaking schools The International Pre-School in Lund Bilingual Montessori School of Lund International School of Lund Bladins International School, Malmö International Baccalaureate, Malmö Söderkulla international school, Malmö International School of Helsingborg International Schools of Skåne (south ) aspx Play schools (Öppen Förskola)for young children accompanied by a parent or child minder Kulans öppna förskola, Lund Söderlek, Lund forskoleverksamhet/oppen-forskola/oppen-forskola--- Soderlek/ S:t Mikael, Lund Look for work (partner) Employment service Arbetsförmedlingen European employment association Web site Business Region Skåne Recruitment sites Recruitment agencies (When you are registered into and got a personal number, you can use the Arbetsförmedlingens services, free of cost. That includes a personal job coach.) Page 4 (5)

5 Search Consultants English speaking jobs, Copenhagen/Malmö Folders Universities Lund University Lund University, Faculty of Engineering Malmö University Kristianstad University College (Academic Search) db /worksweden.pdf Links for the international community in Skåne: Page 5 (5)