On moving to Sweden (specifically: Uppsala)
Important Things
- Register to vote in your home country
- Register with Försäkringskassan
https://www.forsakringskassan.se/privatperson/mina-sidor/alla-e-tjanster/lamna-uppgifter-vid-flytt-till-eller-arbete-i-sverige#/ This will provide you with an EHIC as well (see below, Section Obtain EHIC and enroll in national health insurance system).
Insurance and Healthcare
Health Insurance
When you are registered in Sweden (i.e. you have a personnummer), you are entitled to medical and dental care under the same terms as others who live in Sweden. This means that you pay the standard Swedish patient fee for healthcare in the public healthcare system.
If you are insured in Sweden, you are entitled to state dental support. Read more on the dental support page.
Obtain EHIC and enroll in national health insurance system
If you want a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), enroll in the national health insurance system.
Log in to Försäkringskassan Mina Sidor and go here:
- Alla e-tjänster
- Övrigt
- Lämna uppgifter vid flytt (Section 7 concerns the EHIC)
Or use this link: https://www.forsakringskassan.se/privatperson/mina-sidor/alla-e-tjanster/lamna-uppgifter-vid-flytt-till-eller-arbete-i-sverige
You should receive the EHIC by post (without notification). It can take 2 months or a year…
There is also the possibility to fill in a form: Form 5456 ‘Information for registration in Försäkringskassan’. When filling out the form, you should request to receive a European Health Insurance card. This will trigger the Swedish Social Insurance Agency to process the enrolment immediately.
This EHIC covers you in the EU. For outside the EU: you need the insurance card from Kammarkollegiet. Ask HR at your university.
Home Insurance (Hemförsäkring)
Your landlord may offer discount on home insurance with a certain company. For example, Trygg-Hansa.
Travel Insurance
This may be included with your home insurance!
You can sign an additional cancellation insurance if you desire.
Travel insurance for work: you are covered for travel-related costs when booking via the travel portal of the University. So make sure to use this portal to book travel and accommodation.
Liability Insurance (Ansvarsförsäkring)
This may be included with your home insurance!
Living (Bo)
Electricity
Vattenfall allows you to sign a contract with them already without having a personnummer.
There are two separate contracts that you will sign: with the network provider and for the electricity itself.
Internet
Need BankID only for setting up contracts online.
Just an ID-kort is enough: as soon as you pick up your ID-kort, go to a telecom provider (Tele2, Telia, etc.) and ask an employee to sign you up for a contract (you can do internet, tv, and mobile phone subscription in one go!).
Bank account
There are plenty of banks to choose from: Handelsbanken, Swedbank, Nordea, Länsförsäkringar. As soon as you have an ID-kort, you can go to a bank office and request a bank account.
Before having a personnummer, one can apply already with Länsförsäkringar.
BankID
Use BankID to arrange the following things:
- Swish
- Kivra: digital inbox
- MinUpplysning: credit check
- Account pages (Mina Sidor) at, e.g., internet and electricity providers
Apartment
There are several parts to the address of your apartment in an apartment complex:
- Address of the apartment complex
- Apartment number (listed inside the building and next to the outside door): only for in-house use
- Skatteverkets lägenhetsnummer: use for any government-related business, like registration at Skatteverket
Note: not all apartment complexes have a portkod (access code to the building) – you will need a tagg (FOBB key) to enter.
University
Organisation / Employment
There are several unions, for example, SULF https://sulf.se/sulfs-foreningar/sulfuppsalauniversitet/
Akademikernas a-kassa offers unemployment insurance, among other things.
Computational Cluster
We recommend using
Bitvise SSH Client to connect with the cluster (e.g., Tetralith).