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WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST· STOCKHOLM · THE DAY IN 5 STORIES

DS+ · Opportunity Map

How a jobs-centre subsidy can strengthen your application

A long spell without work can make the next job harder to find. The Swedish Public Employment Service has a scheme that can lower an employer's hiring cost without cutting the worker's agreed pay.

19 August 2026 · 2 min read

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Essential Jobs & careers

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DS+ · Decision to Doorstep

How foreign graduates can keep job hunting in Sweden

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DS+ · Household Ledger

How lower-paid Swedish jobs can still support a work permit

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News

Temporary employment in Sweden rises to 707,000

Latest Jobs & careers

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DS+ · Decision to Doorstep

How to Move to Sweden Without a Job Offer

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Making It

How to find an English-speaking job in Sweden

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DS+ · Opportunity Map

The three checks before applying for Swedish truck job

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DS+ · Opportunity Map

The filter that opens more than 200 engineering jobs across Sweden

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DS+ · Opportunity Map

The Swedish cities with the strongest English-language job clusters

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Making It

Even Swedish work experience matters less when you were born abroad

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Making It

Passing SFI is linked to work, but hiring barriers remain

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Making It

Age discrimination can start at 40 in Sweden’s job market

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Making It

Foreign-born women's jobs in Sweden are concentrated in care, service and sales

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Living in Sweden

Late Registration Can Reduce Swedish Unemployment Protection

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Sweden Explained

Modesty at work in Sweden rewards insiders who already know how to signal status

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Making It

Sweden is short 61,000 workers. It recognised 16,599 foreign qualifications.

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Belonging

You can work, pay tax and build a life in Sweden and still be treated as an outsider.

Five people review notes and visual materials around a table during an Open GLAM working meeting in Stockholm.

Sweden Explained

In Sweden, everyone can agree without anyone taking responsibility

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Politics

Swedish government wants to make firing workers easier

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Making It

Tech pay growth beats Sweden's private-sector average

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Making It

Sweden hires international talent. Promotion is where the welcome can end.

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Work & labour

DO investigates Partille employer after African applicant was denied an interview

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Work & labour

Union steps up checks on 950 foreign berry pickers

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Making It

Paid holiday starts later for new Swedish employees

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Belonging

Jobs, taxes, benefits: six agencies now report suspected undocumented residents to police

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Living in Sweden

Temporary jobs can weaken Swedish citizenship applications

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Living in Sweden

Salary exchange has two Swedish income limits

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Living in Sweden

Severance pay can delay Swedish unemployment money

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Politics

New Swedish welfare rule: join work-focused activity or risk losing support

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Making It

Sweden’s registered unemployment falls by 22,000 in June

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Permits & visas

The Swedish job offer the Migration Agency may not trust

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Work & labour

C wants SEK 738m shifted from return grants to jobs and integration

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Work & labour

Sweden’s top migration court declines to hear Kiruna pharmacists’ case—the 10-day job-ad rule behind their removal

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Tech

When Swedish startup options become salary, not upside

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Tech

The quiet filter inside Swedish security-tech jobs

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Politics

Centre and Liberals clash over unemployment figures

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Tech

Stockholm versus Bengaluru: where does a senior developer keep more income?

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Tech

The Swedish employers still recruiting English-speaking engineers

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Tech

What Sweden’s tech workers are actually earning in 2026

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Tech

Sweden’s SEK 34,470 work-permit floor is not the full salary test

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Work & labour

Labour Court says employer may end job immediately when worker lacks permit

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Business

NATO opens talks to buy up to 10 Saab GlobalEye aircraft