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Southeast Sweden Welcome

Welcome to Southeast SwedenLooking for something different? A different way of life? Maybe a life were you have the time and possibilities to spend time with your family, enjoy nature, do all those things you dream about but never have time for - and still have the opportunities of an exciting carreer?

In Southeast Sweden you can have all that - and still be close enough to friends and family. In Southeast Sweden, we need you. We need your competence, your company, your presence, and your ideas. In return, we can give you and your family time, safety, peace of mind.

Give us a few minutes. Let us tell you about Southeast Sweden. It can change your life.

Southeast SwedenInhabitants: 209 222Area: 10 347 km2

Inhabitants per km2: 20,9Largest city: Kalmar64% of the area is woodlands.Over 2000 lakes and 16 000 islands

By car from Utrecht 12 – 14 hours

By boat TT-line / Travemünde-Trelleborg night boat: car + 2pers + cabine = appox. € 275 Finnlines / Travemünde-Malmö night boat: car + 2pers + cabine = appox. €150

By plane Vi have several international airports like Copen-hagen, Växjö, (Smaland Airport) and Linköping nearby, and from Stockholm there is a direct con-nection to for exampel Kalmar and Oskarshamn.

Night train 19.30 from Utrecht CS to Copenhagen. Arrival 09.30. Within 3 hours in the region Southeast Sweden (NS-Highspeed, from €29)

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Are you thinking of starting a new business in Sweden or perhaps relocating the one you are already running? Maybe you are just looking for a suitable job opportunity in Sweden? Here you find the essential in-formation of our labor market, how to get started with your business in Sweden and were to turn for more information.

Starting and running a business in SwedenFrom an administrative point of view, it is a simple process to start and register a company in Sweden. As an EU citizen you have the same rights and obligations as Swedish entrepreneurs.

Buy an existing businessA quick way to start your own company is to buy an existing business. There are several companies for sale in the region, but they are not always advertised open-ly. We advise you to contact us in Southeast Sweden. We will put you in contact with our regional resources, business brokers and business pilots in the municipali-ties, who know which items are for sale.

Relocate or start a new company?Are you running a business now and want to relocate to Sweden? Then the easiest way is to start a new com-pany in Sweden. You simply transfer your business to the new company and liquidate the business at home.

The Swedish Business Link to GovernmentWhichever route you choose, you will have a great benefit from the Swedish business link to government, www.verksamt.se. On this website three government

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agencies have brought together and structured infor-mation and services of value to you who run or are about to start a business in Sweden. The site has several different educational guides and search features. It is possible for example to search for advisors in various fields and in different regions. You can also do searches if you need special permits in connection with business start-up and find the application forms and documents you need to register your company and sign up for F-tax, VAT, employers, etc.

Download the brochure “Starting up a Business”Another good guide is the booklet "Starting up a Bu-siness". This brochure gives you an overview of what

you need to know and do to start up and run a busi-ness. It is developed by six cooperating authorities. The guide can be downloaded at www.verksamt.se.

IFS Advisory Services and Financing for People with foreign backgroundsIFS Advisory Services is a specialized area of compe-tence who aims to help entrepreneurs with foreign backgrounds who are in the process of starting a business or who are already running one. IFS offer free advice in different languages, help with business plans, budgets, business registration, loan applications and more. Southeast Sweden can help you get in contact with the IFS advisor in Kalmar.

Southeast Sweden Working

Work in Southeast SwedenA good knowledge of Swedish language is often the key to the Swedish labor market. There are a few companies where the corporate language is English. Within the next few years, we expect a large number of retirements. There are already a number of occupations that are difficult to recruit to. There is a strong labor market for technology professions: engineers, development engineers, truck mechanics, CNC operators, licensed welders and toolmakers. There are also shortages in some professions within health care: doctors, dentists, specialist nurses and in some cases trained nurses. Within a few years an increase of needs for staff in elderly care is expected.

Report from the Southeast region in December 2011Since the beginning of 2010, the number of job opportunities reported a noticeable increase com-pared to 2008-2009. The improvement has been very clearly oriented towards different occupations in the fields of industry, technology, sales, trading, transportation, and occupations that require no special training. Demand has also risen in areas such as health care and education.

During the latter part of 2011, demand has le-veled out and even declined slightly. Next year, the number of vacancies will probably be fewer, compared to both 2010 and 2011, as companies find it increasingly difficult to assess the market development.

As examples of the most frequently stated shortage occupations companies mention: cutters, machine operators, vehicle mechanics, business vendors, foundry operators, welders, bankers, installation electricians, painters, machine engineers, mechani-cal engineers and chefs among several others.Among public employers: physicians, psycholo-gists, preschool teachers, specialist nurses, prison officers, primary school teachers, building and fire inspectors, teachers of aesthetic and practical sub-jects as well as social secretaries are indicated. A fairly extensive shortage of nurses during the last holiday season is further indicated.

The Swedish Public Employment ServiceThe Public Employment Service can be most easily reached on-line. The website address is: www.arbetsformedlingen.se. Here jobseekers will find available vacancies. You can also contact the

Employment Service by phone and speak to an advisor, telephone number: + 46 771 416 416. The lines are open on week days from 8 am to 10 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm.

EURES helps workers to cross bordersEURES provides information on job vacancies in 31 European countries, curricula vitae (CVs) from in-terested candidates, what you should know about living and working abroad and much more.EURES has a network of advisors who jobseekers and employers can contact personally to ask for information. There are more than 850 EURES ad-visors in Europe. There is a special search feature where you can get in touch with an EURES advi-sor.EURES - European Employment Services - is a cooperation network designed to facilitate the free movement of workers within the European econo-mic area. Partners in the network include public employment services, trade unions and employer organizations.You can get more information from EURES in the Netherlands: http://ec.europa.eu/eures/home.jsp?lang=nl&langChanged=true

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The Hendrix family, Laila Hendrix, 47 years and Peter-Anner Hendrix, 48 years and their son Sven, 12 years live in Forsaryd, Fågelfors located in Högsby municipality in the southeas-tern part of Småland. They are run-ning the Culture & Adventure Park called Nils Holgerssons World in Vim-merby, near Astrid Lindgren's World. It is a family park where you can see Sweden in miniature and where everybody can have an adventure, jumping, climbing, shooting, swim-ming and going on a tramping boat or car – there is something exciting to do for all ages.

About four years ago, the family moved from the Netherlands to Sweden and Högsby muni-cipality. Prior to that, the family had been on holiday in Sweden for several years. - Every time we were here on vacation, we felt calmer, it was not so busy here and not so many people, says Laila. We bought a vacation home that really was our dream house and we actually got a stomach ache every time we had to leave our house and the area to travel back to the Netherlands again. When we bought the house 15 years ago, we knew we would move to Sweden one day.

Originally the family was planning to settle down a little further north in Sweden, but they could not find the accommodation that they wanted.

A calmer life for the Hendrix family

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- One year when we were on holiday in Sweden, we simply knew that we would buy a house during that holiday, says Laila. We saw the house in a brochure and went to Småland and drove into the woods and there was our dream house. We actually knew that we would buy this house before we went into the house!

- There was no electricity or water and therefore the house was very cheap, she continues. In addi-tion to the house of 60 m2 there was also a barn and economy buildings. Our idea was that we wanted to be self-sufficient through solar panels, wood boilers and our own water, something we were not used to in the Netherlands. Our desire was to live as environmentally friendly as possible.

How was the relocation process for the family?- Something that we noticed was how easy and quick it is for children to adjust to the new envi-ronment in the new country. Children learn the Swedish language very quickly at school.It was also quick to get a Swedish personal identity number on the Tax Office. It took a little longer at the Migration Board because it was the holiday season right then. But everything worked out just fine.

Is there any advice you would give people who want to move from the Netherlands to Sweden?- Well, simply this. If it feels right to move to Sweden, then do it. If you feel ready to move, you should do it. Only you can know what you want. In practical terms, it may be important to check that the Internet works well at your new address.

Tell us about the business you have started in Sweden!- Two years ago we took over "Det lilla Landet" that is a park of Sweden in miniature. The park is located in Vimmerby municipality, not far from Astrid Lindgren's World. We wanted a name that visitors remember and chose "Nils Holgersson's World" which is about adventure and Sweden. So we changed our name and since then we have developed the park with activities.

Today there are several indoor activities in the park such as a climbing wall, laser hunter games and exhibitions. Outdoors, we have even more activities such as a watercourse, sand play-ground, swimming area for children, ropes course, mini golf, jumping pillow, climbing net (5 m high), more than 100 pedal go-karts, pedal boats and of course various miniature buildings. Read more at www.nilsholgerssonsvarld.se

What are the future plans for Nils Holgerssons World? - For next season we are planning a larger mini-golf course, new pedal boats, new entrance, etc. says Laila. Welcome to visit us in the park!

And of course, we wish the family all the best!

Southeast Sweden Living

Many nature lovers are surprised when they visit Sweden for the first time. In Swe-den nature is sacred and living here gives you relaxation away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

Not everyone expects to find such outstanding natural wealth so close to the densely populated countries of Central Europe, beautiful rivers, spellbinding primeval forests, miles of beaches and vast, glittering archipela-gos.

How do you picture yourself living in Sweden? Per-haps you are dreaming of a big house in the country-side, a penthouse in the city or a sea-view villa in the archipelago?

If you’ve seen any photos of the Swedish countryside, the chances are they included at least one red-painted wooden house, with pretty white gables and surroun-ded by plenty of land. Fortunately Sweden is such a big country with so few people, it is possible to get such picturesque houses for bargain prices.

Another element that factors into the equation is the prevalence of summer cottages. Many families live in small places for most of the year so they can escape to their cottage at every opportunity. Given the abun-dance of long weekends in the spring and the generous

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holiday allowance this can be quite a few weeks of the year. It is also not uncommon for people to do a longer commute from the cottage to work in the warmer months.

A life in the city or in the countryside – or both?Do you prefer the bigger cities in our region or the communities and small villages in the countryside? Your decision where you want to settle down, may depend on many things. Where you work will of course influence your decision on where to settle. It’s important to know that the roads are low in traffic and jams are rare, you can travel a great distance in thirty

minutes by train, car or bus. Working in the city and living in the countryside is therefore fully compatible. You decide how close you want your neighbours, sto-res and services.

Looking for a house or an apartment – buy, hire or build?On the market you find alternatives of either buying or renting your place to live. A house is most often bought, but objects for rent can be found, although it is not very common. Be-ing granted a mortgage is normally not a problem as long as you have a steady income. When it comes to apartments, renting is the most common option. You

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often find the combination with a once-for-all cost and after that you pay a monthly fee. You can, of course choose to build your own new home. Prefa-bricated houses are a Swedish speciality, offering a load of options.

Make an investment – in your home How much time and money are you planning to invest in your new home? If you wish to have a house in the city you will have to calculate on housing prices of approx. 200 000 – 300 000 Euro, normally less expensive in the smaller cities. In the outskirts of the city, prices drop down to under 200 000 Euro and in smaller communities you can find a nice house for approx. 50 000 Euro. Prices like this make it possible for you to fulfil your dreams

and allow yourself the luxury of living in the coun-tryside.

In general, there is no price tag on the red cotta-ges or farmyards, The price depends on standard, land and location, the closer to water and the more land, the higher the price.

When buying a house, you either pay the total price or the banks recommend that you make a down payment of minimum 15% of the purchase-sum, and then take a mortgage to cover the rest. Interest and payment on the mortgage will be part of your monthly housing costs. In addition to that you have the costs for electricity, heating and maintenance. In larger districts houses are

often heated by central heating system. Some use firewood or wood pellets, others have geothermal energy often in combination with solar panels. Electric- and oil heating are on the downgrade due to high costs and environmental influence. The ex-penses for owning your house varies, but estimate the monthly cost of a normal sized villa to a little over 1000 Euro.

Regardless of what your vision looks like, you have come to the right place and lot’s of possibili-ties awaits you in southeast Sweden. To start with the search for your dream, you can find several ads on Internet, www.hemnet.se for instance.There are undreamt-of possibilities if you want to create your own future here!

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Hi! My name is Marianne Durieux and me and my family used to live in the most crowded part in the Netherlands, where nature was the place where we liked to spend a lot of time. We only found time to be there on holidays, making all kind of out-door trips likecanoe tours, walking tours and bicycle tours. During these tours, which we went on every day, we were sleeping on different places every night. It was easy to do and in nature we felt at home everywhere. And we always found our-selves a little bit restless when we were at home. Having a lot of noise around everywhere and always so many possibilities to do different things, it felt like a kind of pressure from society and it wasn’t easy to find rest and peace.Just being… During our canoe trips everywhere over many years, we got to know Sweden and loved it very much. Beside the love of nature, there has been a wish for a long time to live in another country for at least some years. Other cultures and habits how people live their lives are interesting to other family members as well and to get to know another country is only done by living there for at least some years.

“Mum, why do we still live here in the Netherlands? There are so many nice places without stones.”In the summer of 2008 we had an opportunity to move for at least some years. This was first of all a reaction from our three already older children, after they had been in Sweden during springti-me, experiencing how to live in the countryside. Knowing about our wish to move and coming

We found rest and peace in Southeast Sweden

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back from the Swedish countryside into the crow-ded Randstad, they spontaneously said - “Mum, why do we still live in the Netherlands? There are so many nice places without stones.” All of a sud-den, we saw the chance to move. We found good schools for the children in times of months, and a very nice house as well. I got a lot of help from Ca-rina Hansson at the Immigration Office in Högsby municipality, including information about how to organize daily life here. Ann-Christine Cedergren from Kontorsbyrån in Fågelfors has also been very helpful.

The nature - inspiration to start a business Having a company in the Netherlands, from which a new product was developed, we thus saw the possibility to move to another country and at the same time started to introduce the product there. We had a backup for the company in the Nether-lands. When we settled down on this new place, I felt that there are so many possibilities for me to work with themes on nature, silence and quietness in the future. We chose this area in the southeast part of Sweden, because the location is important. The fo-rest, lakes and with the coast nearby makes it very easy to go the islands Gotland and Öland.

Easy adjustment to Swedish schoolsWhen you want to learn Swedish, Swedish for Im-migrants is a good and cheap way to do it. Of course there are also other and faster courses, but they are more expensive. For children it’s no problem to pick up the language at school. The clean air and the nature are the best things for

children here. It makes them really different from the overstimulated children in the Netherlands. If you compare the school systems in the Nether-lands and Sweden, the children in the Netherlands are used to a different way of studying. When they move here, normally they feel it’s easy to switch and adjust to the Swedish school system.

Swedes are very welcoming Many people are mentally good prepared before they move, but might forget that the winters are different in Sweden than in their home country. Here in Sweden it’s important that you are pre-pared for the winter because it can snow a lot some years and other years there is no snow at all. Högsby is very nice and quiet and for me it feels that the Swedes really welcome other people here. It’s not difficult to make contacts and feel at home. People are very helpful as long as you accept and adjust to their life rhythm. Sometimes people think that things are going slower, but that’s not how it feels to me. It’s more that people do things wit-hout so much noise. In the Netherlands you meet people all the time and in Sweden you might have to make an effort to get in contact with the people and a good idea is to join different local associa-tions or clubs for different interest. When you want to have contact with Swedish people, it’s good if you are patient because it might take a little while before they “let you in” and get used to speaking English. Sometimes they don’t show it, but they really appreciate when you try to speak Swedish and when you try to get in contact with them. It’s important to join with Swedish people and not only with other immigrants. It’s working fine for us!

Southeast Sweden Leisure

Having fun in Pippi’s environments

What to do in your leisure time? Just think of Pippi and you‘ll get inspired! Live your own Pippi-life in Southeast Sweden, the region in which Pippi had a fantastic life!

In the winter, when the snow has fallen, you’ll go out langlaufing, skating or ice-fishing. Like a real Swede you’ll grill a sausage at minus 10! And afterwards you’ll relax in the sauna. To cool down you just jump outside in the snow!

Spring is a very exciting time, in which millions of blåsippor and vitsippor coming out in the woods. Of course everybody wants to be out in nature as much as possible. Cycling, walking, horsesbackri-ding, playing golf: all the outdoor sports start their season again. As Southeast Sweden is situated near the sea and even has thousands of lakes you might be attracted to buy or rent a little boat. Bring a picnic basket and enjoy a day on a desert island. Since Sweden has the right of common access you can even bring a tent and spend the night un-der the sparkling stars.

The days are getting longer and longer in spring. Nature has reached its top with Midsummer, the 21th of June. You’ll find the wild straw-berries in the woods and obviously they will decorate your home-baked midsummer cake!

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Southeast Sweden Leisure

In Southeast Sweden the climate is suitable for outdoor activities up till and including October. Why not go out for a kayak tour on a beautiful September day? You might as well take a swim, as the water has warmed up properly in this time of the year.

September is also the month for mushrooms and wild lingon-berries and hunting! In this time of the year you can prepare your own meal right from nature!

At the end of autumn the long evenings entice us to decorate our cosy interiors and enjoy the plea-sures of home sweet home. In case you feel like going out instead then we offer a lively society life, which cover a wide range of clubs in both sports and culture. Joining a club is an excellent way to build up a social network! Besides: unlike other countries, membership doesn’t cost a fortune!

The year is rounded of with Christmas. Do like Pippi and teach yourself baking “pepparkakor”. And if you begin to miss the good old “boeren-kool”; then we have good news for you: it’s during Christmas that you can get hold of fresh “boerenkool”. If you top it off with a typical “isterband”sausage from the region, then you might have found your perfect wintercombination!

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Before 2009 Leen Teugels (born in 1979) had never been in Sweden. In 2010 her dutch boyfriend Thijs got a job at Scania in Södertälje. Leen decided to follow him and start up a new life in Sweden. After a year Thijs switched jobs again and now they are living, together with their newborn son Thobias, in a beautiful villa in Os-karshamn.

Leen has a background as a sport and health-teacher, and is very interested in different kinds of sports and nature. Of course I’m curious to hear about what attracted her most in Sweden.

She is telling me that her life in Mechelen/Belgium was filled with work and social activities. She was so busy that it made her feel tired and sometimes even stressed so the desire to break out from this hectic life increased. When Thijs was offered a job in Sweden, they didn’t need to think twice, and took the chance to move abroad.

Although Leen never had been in Sweden before she had the idea that Sweden was a quiet country with plenty of possibilities to be out in nature. She hoped to be able to create a life in which she would have more time for other pleasant things in life, and to be able to spend more time with Thijs.

From Belgium to Sweden: a move to the country of pureness

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Two years have gone by. Have her dreams come true?Leen is telling me that she doesn’t regret her decision to move to Sweden. At the moment she is “mammaledig” from her job as a health consultant at Scania Health Care. In the past two years she has discovered a lot of Swedish nature, and tried out new activities, like langlaufing, golf and cur-ling. They even bought a motorboat to be able to discover the beautiful archipelago of Oskarshamn. Leen is talking enthusiasticly about her experienc-es on desert islands, about the silence, about how it feels to sunbathe on your “own” island and then jump in the water to cool down. How it is to wake up in this wonderful world, without machines or shops, where you have to make a fire to cook cof-fee or to grill a sausage. For her this kind of life is a pure kind of life, which she enjoys thoroughly.

Is there something she is missing?On the whole Leen is very positive on her new life in Oskarshamn, she has noticed a difference with Södertälje, which is a bigger town. In Oskarshamn it has been easier to get in touch with neighbours

and the fact that she found a job has also opened doors to new social contacts with her colleagues.On the other hand she experienced a difference in culture as far as society life is concerned. In Belgium Leen was an active member in volleyball clubs, a badminton club as well as adult scouting. After trainings and meetings they used to go out and drink a beer together. This part is different in Sweden, where she noticed that everybody was going home after meetings/trainings. Sometimes she still missing her friends and her lively social life in Belgium.

As far as outdoor life is concerned she is very happy. She mentions however that the Swedish way of walking and cycling is a little different from the Belgian/Dutch way. In Sweden nature is unexplored, and infrastructure is undeveloped as far as cycle- and walking tracks are concerned. You won’t find signed routes like in Holland or Belgium. In order to enjoy nature it’s therefore important to prepare yourself well and bring maps and food. But then: what’s more beautiful to grill a sausage together with your loved one in complete silence in the middle of nowhere?

Southeast Sweden Family

Small childrenIn Sweden it is a core value that both parents should be able to work and develop within their profession. That is why we have a reliable, well-functioning childcare. Beginning with nursery school, children are liked over to school by preschool at the age of 6. For children of school-age it is possible to stay at after-school recrea-tion centres to play until their parents come to get them after work. This under supervision of educationists, of course. In Southeast Sweden most childcare centres are run by the local government, but there are also private alter-natives. Learning through playing and doing different activities is the key, all based on a dialogue with the parents. For childcare, the maximum rate is 136 Euros each month per child.

Education on all levelsAfter preschool for 6-yearolds, there is a gentle transi-tion into nine-year compulsory school. After ninth grade our pupils might attend a program of their own choice at upper secondary school. Our entire school system is founded upon schools run by the local go-vernment and private alternatives. Most schools also have their own alternative programs. In this region there are for instance programs with an emphasis on music, ice hockey and many more. For further education, there are several opportunities, such as the Linnaeus University in Kalmar.

The family’s well-being in first place

Your well-beingA well-functioning healthcare if of great importance. The Swedish system is built upon nearby care centres and bigger hospitals in the cities. There are also private medical health centres with different aims. A survey done a couple of years ago shows that the citizens in our region are overall more satisfied with the health- and medical service than in other parts of Sweden. The waiting period for people seeking care is kept fairly short. For healthcare you will pay up to a limit of 120 Euros per year. And for medication you will only pay up to 240 Euros per year. Health and also dentist care is free

of charge for children under the age of 20. This also applies to maternity welfare.

Everyday lifeA new country does not have to imply a new way of living. Most of what you are used to is to be found here in Sweden as well. Grocery stores in your neighbour-hood, boutiques in town centres and big malls with international brands in the edge of the cities. Which part of Southeast Sweden you chose can be de-termined by many factors, but regardless of where you end up – you can be assured that you will have a good everyday life.

Southeast Sweden Family

It only took Joost de Waal and Henriëtte van der Wal three months to decide to move to Sweden. Of course, the main reason for this was the job offer Henriëtte got as a doctor of a hospital in Southern Sweden.

With focus on life!

Not much of previous experienceTheir experience of Sweden before they moved here was nothing to talk about. They had only been to Sweden a couple of times as tourists and at (some stage Henriëtte was pointed to an advert in a medical magazine where doctors were asked in a hospital in the South of Swe-den. She applied and was offered a job as a chief doctor. They went and visited the region to check out the athmosphe-re and to look for houses. They found a big villa in Småland.... ) the same time they turned in job applications for jobs in Sweden, hoping to get some positive answers eventually. But it didn’t take that long before Henriëtte got offered a job as a chief doctor in Oskarshamn. The family bought a big villa with a property of 4000 square metres in Fliseryd, just outside the community of Mönsterås. Here in Sweden they could get a much bigger house to the same price as a little one back in the Nether-lands. The living costs are also much lower and right now Joost is unem-ployed searching for a good job for him as well.

– We have only lived in Sweden for two and a half months so I’m still hope-ful. I’m trained to be (and has worked for 15 years as) a maritime officer so that’s what I search for. But for the moment we want to settle first and see what comes on my path.

Differences from the old homeThere are some basic things that have made the new life a bit complicated for the family.

- But not so complicated that we can’t handle them, Joost says with a smile. The first major difference is the langu-age. Even though many words are similar in Swedish and Dutch it has taken a while to learn. It was easier for the children though, Henriëtte declares. And I got training at work. Joost tries to learn the language from a CD, before he gets a place in SFI – Swedish For Immigrants.

- Sweden is a much calmer country than the Netherlands, Joost says and Henriëtte agrees. There are a lot less people and a lot less traffic. - The traffic jams in Holland are a big problem, here in Sweden, we haven’t noticed these problems once. In Sweden it is also a lot less focus on jobs and money, but more about life itself as I see it, says Joost. Here you can also enjoy nature in a different way than in the Nether-lands. There are a lot of quiet places to explore.

Southeast Sweden Contact

Southeast SwedenEmmaboda MunicipalityPhone: +46 (0)471 24 90 42 or +46 (0)471-24 90 12 E-mail: inflyttarservice@emmaboda.se Web: www.emmaboda.se

Hultsfred MunicipalityPhone: +46 (0)495-24 08 34E-mail: camilla.keranen@hultsfred.seWeb: www.hultsfred.se/flyttahit

Högsby MunicipalityPhone: +46 (0)491 291 64 or +46 (0)491 292 92E- mail: turism@hogsby.seWeb: www.hogsby.se

Kalmar Municipality Phone: +46 (0)480 45 00 36 E-mail: irene.de.veer@kalmar.seWeb: www.kalmar.se

Mönsterås MunicipalityPhone: +46 (0) 499 171 31 E-mail: marita.eriksson@monsteras.seWeb: www.monsteras.se

Oskarshamn MunicipalityPhone: +46 (0)491-88 000E-mail: servicecenter@oskarshamn.seWeb:www.oskarshamn.se

Job SearchArbetsförmedlingenwww.arbetsformedlingen.sewww.platsbanken.se

Eureswww.europa.eu.int/eures

Start a businessALMI Företagspartner Kalmar www.almi.se/kalmare-mail: vladimir.lolic@almi.se

HealthcareKalmar County CouncilPhone: +46 (0) 480 840 00 Web: www.ltkalmar.se

Social insurance Försäkringskassanwww.forsakringskassan.se

Swedish social security number Skatteverketwww.skatteverket.se

Immigration office helps you with practical information and contacts about leisure, education, child care, housing, jobs, studies or other questions you have. Contact us!

We are here for you! Torsås MunicipalityPhone: +46 (0)486 331 20E-mail: inflyttarservice@torsas.se Web: www.torsas.se/move2us

NybroPhone: +46 (0)481 453 80E-mail: samhallsbyggnad@nybro.seWeb: www.nybro.se

VimmerbyPhone: +46 (0) 492 310 10 E-mail: piroska.kallay@vimmerby.seWeb: www.vimmerby.se

VästervikPhone: +46(0)70 540 70 66E-mail: sandra.andersson@vastervikframat.seWeb: www.flyttatillvästervik.nu

Permanent residence permitMigrationsverketwww.migrationsverket.se

Database of homes for saleHemnet Bovision www.hemnet.se www.bovision.se