Where to stay
Finding a home isn’t easy, especially if you’ll be living in a big city like Stockholm, Gothenburg or Malmö.
There different possibilities: you can rent ‘first-hand’ or ‘second-hand’ in Sweden. First-hand (första hand) means you sign an agreement with the owner of the building, while second-hand (andra hand) means you sign an agreement with someone who owns the flat or has the first-hand contract on the flat.
In the big cities, obtaining a first-hand contract generally requires several years of queueing, depending on the city. All of Sweden's municipalities have local housing companies, and many municipalities have housing agencies. You should register as someone looking for housing with various housing companies and agencies.
They usually have a website where you can register. Many housing companies and housing agencies have what is known as a housing queue. Read more about local housing companies, and find links to them, on the municipalities’ own pages on Informationsverige.se: informationsverige.se/en/om-sverige/att-bo-i-sverige.
For sure it’s quicker to find a sublet instead. In this case Facebook groups, housing company websites, and classified ads on websites are good places to look.
The following links are useful: