Housing
Where to live and how to get it. First-hand contracts and the queue systems that allocate them, second-hand sublets and the rules that govern them, what deposit is normal, and the recurring shapes of rental fraud.
- Renting an Apartment in Sweden Before You Have a PersonnummerWhat Hyresgästföreningen's subletting rules require, which document blocks the first-hand queue, and what changes once you are folkbokförd.Checked
- Hyresnämnden: filing a rental dispute in Sweden, and the deadlines that applyHyresnämnden rules on rent, repair, and subletting disputes in Sweden. Which form to file, and the three-month deadline to reclaim overpaid rent.Checked
- Housing in Sweden: the order from andrahandskontrakt to bostadskö to lagfartAndrahandskontrakt first, bostadskö registration from day one, then buying: the order that works for housing in Sweden, and what each step needs.Checked
- Förstahandskontrakt vs andrahandskontrakt in Sweden, after the July 2026 reformFörstahandskontrakt vs andrahandskontrakt in Sweden: who you rent from, the besittningsskydd gap, rent rules, and what changed 1 July 2026.Checked
- Sweden's andrahandskontrakt: what it must include, and the rent cap that applies from 1 July 2026What a Swedish andrahandskontrakt must include, the rent cap on a hyresrätt versus a bostadsrätt, and what changed on 1 July 2026.Checked