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Hello, Little bit outside of big cities in a classic smal town 9000 SEK is good enough for an apartment, even for a freestanding house but normally it is hard to find freestanding house for rent in smal towns. Check here

However if I were you and if I decide to live longer period in Sweden I would buy a small villa in a small town instead, since market is much better for buyers now. Less than half of your 5 year budget would be enough to buy a small villa in a small town somewhere in Dalarna, Örebro, Västmanland, Kalmar to mention som possible counties. check hereÌý Ìý

Regarding adress; some small hotel owners would allow you to forward your post to their adress for week or two but not to register at the adress.Ìý

Hello finnbo,Ìý Thank you so much for your great tip! I checked and I didn't know that houses in Sweden could be so cheap compared with the prices in my country.

But I just read something worrisome on a website about Sweden. It says that you can hardly do anything without a Swedish personal number. It says:

"Anyone who wants to live in Sweden has an immediate challenge ahead. You can't do anything in Sweden without a personal number. You cannot open a bank account, buy a house, find work, and you cannot do subscriptions. The personal number therefore plays a major role and is an important step in the process of emigrating to Sweden."

Is this all true? And is it even true that without a Swedish personal number you even can't buy a house?? That sounds so strange to me.

By the way, in the time i don't have a house yet, could i also hire a mailbox at the post office somewhere in Sweden where my mail from the Netherlands could be temporarily forwarded to? Or is this also only possible if you have a Swedish personal number?

The statement you have found is not totally correct. You can open a savings account without person number. And you definitely can buy a property in Sweden without person number. In fact buying old Swedish houses is so popular among Germans that you often find description in German or English for some objects at many selling sites.

Yes if you don't have a company and you want to hire a postbox as a private individual, then you need to have a person number and a registered address, meaning, one can not be registered to a postbox as it was for sometime ago.Ìý

What you can do is store your mail for one month in Netherlands and then after you have sorted out your accommodation situation change your address to it.

The statement you have found is not totally correct. You can open a savings account without person number. And you definitely can buy a property in Sweden without person number. In fact buying old Swedish houses is so popular among Germans that you often find description in German or English for some objects at many selling sites.

Whew, glad to hear that.Ìý For a while i thought this will be the end of my possibility for relocating to SwedenÌý

What you can do is store your mail for one month in Netherlands and then after you have sorted out your accommodation situation change your address to it.

Then i will have to hire a postbox in the Netherlands where i let my mail to be forwarded to, because by the end of August my renting contract in the Netherlands will end so i can't receive mail there anymore.

But a little inconvenient will be then that from the moment i have a home in Sweden, I will have to go back to the Netherlands again to get my meanwhile piled up mail.Ìý I guess i can't prevent that, right? Or do you know there are other known services that can solve this 'between two stools' problem for people who don't have a home for a while where they can receive mail during the move to another country?

I could imagine that this is not a very unusual phenomenon for people who move to another country, so wondering how they do solve this kind of issues. Or are they all renting or buying their new home already from out the country they come from without even being able to see it in realtime in advance, meeting the owner or getting the key immediately after signing and paying? If so, won't that be risky?

Normally people hold tied first stool until they sit on the other Ìý And this kind of moves are not so common either, people move to friends/relatives or to work.Ìý
But I like your style that is how it should be, just pack up and go to where ever one wants to move. But the thing is they have their bureaucracy, read through thisÌý Ìý

...that is how it should be, just pack up and go to where ever one wants to move.

Well, actually at first It took me a long time to dare to make that decision. The eye-opener for me was when I suddenly realized: Man, what am i doing! I am single, not dependent on work or to anyone, I have enough money to go, and then I don't take that opportunity?? Crowds of people would be very jealous of me! That was the turning point for me.

But the thing is they have their bureaucracy, read through thisÌý Ìý … f41fe.html

I think i meet all the criteria.

Yes that was my guess too, in deed really a way to go! And also wanted to remind you about the "comprehensive health insurance" they mention. Good luck!

Hi finnbo,

Yeah, I read about that, about that they have strict requirements about how you are insured. Still have to figure out if my insurence will be sufficient, but I am rather sure it is.

By the way, Today i got an email from a swedish person who said it is difficult these days to find a place to stay because of Corona. I was a little surprised by hearing that, because isn't it that in Sweden restrictions till now only apply for gatherings with more than 50 people? I mean, in a home are not necessarily more than 50 people, right?

Restriction of 50 people gathering applies only for activities, events and other gatherings like that.

"Hard to find accommodation because of Corona" seems an exaggerating but It may depends on the area too. I can see that they sell properties everyday in everywhere, only change is they have limited property viewing method.

"Limited property viewing method". Do you know why that is? Are they afraid that more than 50 people will view 1 property at the same time?Ìý

And do you also happen to know which areas go most far in policy against Corona?
Stockholm for instance?

That is kind of a display to the public and also essential to stop spreading the virus.

It was spread largely in areas like, from Kista up to Tensta and then from Skärholmen down to Norsborg, all are immigrant packed areas.

However if you rent an entire flat or house it does not matter which area but if you want to rent a room then obviously you create "fear" among both you and your landlord

Well, I personally wouldn't use the word "essential" since it has been already proven worldwide that the death rate (the IFR) of this virus is not higher than a normal seasonal flu and the way how tests are done (instructed by the WHO) to measure Covid-19 (which isn't even possible to measure) is far from thrustworthy. Besides, because Sweden didn't have a lockdown (smart!), Sweden has reached herd immunity a long time already. But that's just me and also another topic which is not really for here of course :-)

Essential in the point of view of real estate agencies, because it is enough if one of their potential buyers/clients get infected during a property viewing, which would create bad reputation to their good name and business trademark, you know how these countries function.

You can either start a new thread to discuss that particular matter or in following threadÌý Ìý/forum/viewtopic.php?id=888846

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Hello! Thanks for the advice on finding housing options in small towns in Sweden. It's great to know that there are affordable options, and I appreciate the links you provided for rentals and buying. Also, thanks for the tip on forwarding mail through small hotel owners.