Sweden

Newest Review: ... Swedish/Ikea minimalist feel to it - all wooden floors and clean design. Although nearly everyone in Sweden can speak excellent English, I knew that to be in with some sort of chance of finding a job I had to learn the language. I had researched several Swedish courses in my local area on the internet before I moved here so knew quite a lot about what was available. The best course to me (and the course I followed) was a government run course called 'Swedish for Immigrants' or SFI. This course is free as it is funded by the government, but you can only take the course if you are registered with the immigration authority. The course took pl... more

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Living abroad - life in Sweden (2586 words)
by - written on 09/10/05 (Very useful, 19980 readings)
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I am English and have been living in Sweden for just over a year so thought I would share some of my thoughts of what its like to live here. This is not so much advice instructing other people on how to move to Sweden and the rules and regulations here, but rather my experiences and opinions on living abroad. (However if anyone does want to know a bit more about the rules and regulations moving here let me know and I'll try and help) **Where am I?** I live in a small town called Trollhättan, which is about 70km north of Gothenburg. There are about 52,000 inhabitants here and the town lies on either side of a river and canal system, which flows from ... Read the complete review

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