Can I have a comfortable life as a nurse in Sweden? Can I buy a house and not worry about the cost of living?

If you are a specialist nurse, with relevant experience, you might end up with up to twice the salary. And if you are willing to do some commuting, and especially if you are willing to live up north, you can easily find a cheaper house; in the towns along the coast north of Sundsvall, houses start at 1 million.

You should expect a salary of around SEK 40,000 per month (that’s the average; if the ink is not yet dry on your diploma, it’s about 30,000), which is SEK 31,500 after tax (24,000 if it’s your first job). Houses in small towns in acceptable condition start at SEK 2 million but don’t expect those to be easy to find; interest and amortisation will set you back some SEK 13,000 per month. Say SEK 18,000 (11,000 if it’s your first job) when housing is paid for. The “subsistence minimum”, as defined by various authorities, is some SEK 6,200 per month, so you are comfortably above that even when you’ve paid for electricity and water.

Rent for a flat will be somewhat lower than this: a bedsit in a small town will start at around SEK 5,000 per month. Living frugally, you’ll have saved up for the down payment in two years, assuming that you arrive totally penniless.

Hello, I have a question about astral projection. I started to get interested in this a little while after my mum passed in april. I thought I may be able to see her and speak with her if I managed to achieve astral projection. Since this interest, every time i sleep on my back I go into sleep paralysis. However, I cant progress into astral projection because it is very scary for me as I feel like I'm suffocating when this happens. I panic and force myself to wake up. This only ever happened about once a year before this. It sometimes lasts a long time. This has happened about 3 times per week since my mum died, as mentioned on a previous post. I no longer try to go into it anymore(due to the suffocating feeling), but it still happens. I read that sleep paralysis is the pathway to astral projection. Why has this started to happen so frequently since simply taking an interest in it? Is this connected to the afterlife? I am concerned about it as I now cannot seem to stop this happening. Could it be my mum trying to communicate? Im asking due to more knowledge around this in this group.

As for actual figures:

Nurse is a relatively well paid profession, and even living alone, a small house and no immediate financial worries is definitely realistic. Upon arrival in Sweden, I’d recommend you to start by renting a flat – that’s usually available more or less immediately in a smaller town, and you can scout out the house market while saving up for the down payment of 15%; banks are extremely reluctant to lend you the entire amount and you really want to have the full 15% on hand first.

Basically yes, as long as you don’t want to live in or near the three biggest cities. Fortunately, as a nurse, your market is spread out all over the country and it should, if anything, be easier to find a job in a small town. But be aware that you will not find a job as a nurse unless you can communicate with patients in Swedish! Since there is a shortage of nurses, though, you will likely be able to find a program where you get free language training.

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