Arjeplog Municipality Vy
Movement Guide

The Steps to a Moved

Here you can read more about how to move to us in simple checklists.

The move guide provides information on what to think about whether you are moving in Sweden, from the EU/EEA country or from a country outside the EU/EEA.

Before moving

  1. Book Moving Help: Hire a moving company or ask friends and family for help.
  2. Movement notification: Make a move notification to the Swedish Tax Agency to update your public accounting address
  3. Address change: Enter your new address for post-post retransmission
  4. Finish and sign new agreements:
    1. Electric agreements
    2. Broadband subscription
    3. Home insurance
    4. Water and wastewater
    5. Sop pickup
  5. Packing:
    1. Buy moving cartons and packing materials
    2. Start packing in good time and notice the cardboards clearly
    3. Clear things you don’t need and donate or sell them

During the move

  1. Movement Day:
    1. Make sure you haven’t forgotten anything in your old home.
    2. Extinguish lights, lock the door and close windows
    3. Make sure electricity, heat, water and phone work in your new home

After the move

  1. Relocation cleaning: Conduct moving cleaning in your old residence or hire a cleaning company
  2. Clean your new home: After a move, it can quickly become lost.
  3. Make sure everything works: Make sure all contracts and subscriptions are enabled and work as they should.

Integration in society

  1. Get to know the area
    1. Explore your new city or city
    2. Visit local attractions, parks and libraries
  2. Social activities
    1. Join local associations or clubs
    2. Attend events and activities to meet new people
  3. Find jobs
    1. Use job sites like Jobbsafari, Lead Jobs and Employment Service.
    2. Create a profile on LinkedIn and network with professionals in your field.
    3. Update your CV and write a personal letter tailored to Swedish employers, don’t forget to customize your resume for each job application – employers want to hear why you want to work for them and feel like you have customized your resume after the service they posted.
    4. Contact staffing and recruiting companies to get help finding jobs.
  4. Find accommodation
    1. Explore various accommodation options such as rental rights, condominiums and villas.
    2. Use residential sites such as Home and Blocket Housing to find vacancies.
    3. Contact landlords and housing companies in the area
  5. Leisure activities
    1. Join local sports clubs, gyms or other associations.
    2. Explore hiking trails and nature reserves nearby.
    3. Visit museums, theatres and concerts.
    4. Take part in local festivals and markets.

Don’t forget that the municipality’s influential pilots have a broad understanding and knowledge of how the moving process, the labour market, the housing market, and the leisure market look. Do not hesitate to hear from you, whether it be before, during or after the move.

Before moving

  1. Book Moving Help: Hire a moving company or ask friends and family for help.
  2. Public accounting: Register your move to Sweden and your new address to the Swedish Tax Agency and visit a service office for identity checks, when you are registered with a personal identity number. In some cases, you may receive a coordination number to subscribe for agreements and open a bank account before relocation.
  3. Sign new agreements:
    1. Electric agreements
    2. Broadband subscription
    3. Home insurance
    4. Water and wastewater
    5. Sop pickup
    6. Bank account
    7. Phone subscription
  4. Packing:
    1. Buy moving cartons and packing materials.
    2. Start packing in good time and notice the cardboards clearly.
    3. Clear things you don’t need and donate or sell them.

During the move

  1. Movement Day:
    1. Make sure you haven’t forgotten anything in your old home.
    2. Extinguish lights, lock the door and close windows.
    3. Make sure that electricity, heat, water and phone work in your new home.
  2. Relocation cleaning: Conduct moving cleaning in your old residence or hire a cleaning company.

After the move

  1. Make sure everything works: Make sure all contracts and subscriptions are enabled and work as they should.
  2. Social Security: Leave information to Försäkringskassan to be insured in Sweden. If you have children, provide information to have the right to child support and child replacement care.
  3. After five years You can apply for a permanent residence right.

Integration in society

  1. Get to know the area
    1. Explore your new city or city.
    2. Visit local attractions, parks and libraries.
  2. Social activities
    1. Join local clubs or clubs.
    2. Attend events and activities to meet new people.
  3. Language courses
    1. If you are not fluent in Swedish, consider taking language courses to improve your language skills.
  4. Find jobs
    1. Use job sites like Jobbsafari, Lead Jobs and Employment Service.
    2. Create a profile on LinkedIn and network with professionals in your field.
    3. Update your CV and write a personal letter tailored to Swedish employers, don’t forget to customize your resume for each job application – employers want to hear why you want to work for them and feel like you have customized your resume after the service they posted.
    4. Contact staffing and recruiting companies to get help finding jobs.
  5. Find accommodation
    1. Explore various accommodation options such as rental rights, condominiums and villas.
    2. Use residential sites such as Home and Blocket Housing to find vacancies.
    3. Contact landlords and housing companies in the area.
  6. Leisure activities
    1. Join local sports clubs, gyms or other associations.
    2. Explore hiking trails and nature reserves nearby.
    3. Visit museums, theatres and concerts.
    4. Take part in local festivals and markets.

Don’t forget that the municipality’s influential pilots have a broad understanding and knowledge of how the moving process, the labour market, the housing market, and the leisure market look. Do not hesitate to hear from you, whether it be before, during or after the move.

Before moving

  1. residence permit: Apply for a residence permit from the Swedish Migration Agency.
  2. Book Moving Help: Hire a moving company or ask friends and family for help.
  3. Public accounting: Register your move to Sweden and your new address to the Swedish Tax Agency and visit a service office for identity checks, when you are registered with a personal identity number. In some cases, you may receive a coordination number to subscribe for agreements and open a bank account before relocation.
  4. Sign new agreements:
    1. Electric agreements
    2. Broadband subscription
    3. Home insurance
    4. Water and wastewater
    5. Sop pickup
    6. Bank account
    7. Phone subscription
  5. Packing:
    1. Buy moving cartons and packing materials.
    2. Start packing in good time and notice the cardboards clearly.
    3. Clear things you don’t need and donate or sell them.
    4. Freedom of movement: Apply for the freedom of customs for your removal toys if you meet the requirements.

During the move

  1. Movement Day:
    1. Make sure you haven’t forgotten anything in your old home.
    2. Extinguish lights, lock the door and close windows.
    3. Make sure that electricity, heat, water and phone work in your new home.
  2. Relocation cleaning: Conduct moving cleaning in your old residence or hire a cleaning company.

After the move

  1. Make sure everything works: Make sure all contracts and subscriptions are enabled and work as they should.
  2. Social Security: Leave information to Försäkringskassan to be insured in Sweden. If you have children, provide information to have the right to child support and child replacement care.
  3. After five years You can apply for a permanent residence right.

Integration in society

  1. Get to know the area
    1. Explore your new city or city.
    2. Visit local attractions, parks and libraries.
  2. Social activities
    1. Join local clubs or clubs.
    2. Attend events and activities to meet new people.
  3. Language courses
    1. If you are not fluent in Swedish, consider taking language courses to improve your language skills.
  4. Find jobs
    1. Use job sites like Jobbsafari, Lead Jobs and Employment Service.
    2. Create a profile on LinkedIn and network with professionals in your field.
    3. Update your CV and write a personal letter tailored to Swedish employers, don’t forget to customize your resume for each job application – employers want to hear why you want to work for them and feel like you have customized your resume after the service they posted.
    4. Contact staffing and recruiting companies to get help finding jobs.
  5. Find accommodation
    1. Explore various accommodation options such as rental rights, condominiums and villas.
    2. Use residential sites such as Home and Blocket Housing to find vacancies.
    3. Contact landlords and housing companies in the area.
  6. Leisure activities
    1. Join local sports clubs, gyms or other associations.
    2. Explore hiking trails and nature reserves nearby.
    3. Visit museums, theatres and concerts.
    4. Take part in local festivals and markets.

Don’t forget that the municipality’s influential pilots have a broad understanding and knowledge of how the moving process, the labour market, the housing market, and the leisure market look. Do not hesitate to hear from you, whether it be before, during or after the move.

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