Even if you think you haven’t come in contact with Sweden before chances are that you actually have without even knowing about it.

Here follows a couple of well known Swedish brands that you probably heard about before:

IKEA the well known chain of furniture stores located all around the world

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Last updated 2011-04-07

I would say it’s fairly easy to come across information about how to apply for a residence permit and the procedures around that if you make an effort and try to find it, at least compared to the lack of information there is to find on what to do once it’s granted. I’ve started investigating what happens when Simon do arrive in Sweden in August and exactly what it is that we have to do and I’ll tell you this, it’s not that easy. Read more

I’m just sitting on the train on my way back to Jönköping from Stockholm. Been a couple of intense work days but the weather yesterday was so nice I almost forgot I was there in business not in pleasure. It was a bummer thought that the AC in the office (which has huge glass windows EVERYWHERE, was broken so it was very hot in the conference room). Went to a place called Fåfängan today for lunch and the view of the city from up there was really nice:

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Simon’s booked his flight last night and has resigned from work so now it’s set. He’s departing Melbourne on August 12th for an exciting adventure in Sweden. I’m counting down the days!

We’re in the middle of planning and arranging Simon’s trip over to Sweden and our goal is for him to be here in beginning/mid August. The next step is of course for Simon to try to get a job which seems a bit tricky since he still knows very little Swedish. Read more

I ended up having a lovely Midsummer in the archipelago. I took the public boat out to Tjärö after waiting in line for an hour (was lucky though the queue got longer after I arrived and the boat only took 50 people at the time) and met up with Maria and Håkan there, they arrived already on the Thursday with their boat to get a good spot.

A weekend filled with lots of boats and people everywhere, no rain in sight and lots of sun, dance around the maypole, the cutest godchild I could ever ask for, good company, yummy food and rosé wine plus one or two schnapps. Nothing to complain about at all except that Simon wasn’t there to share it with me. Missed him a lot! Read more

Simon called me this afternoon saying he got his passport back from the Embassy and he thought the residence permit was in it but he didn’t really know since it was all in Swedish. He sent me a MMS of the passport and there it was – the residence permit and work permit granted for two years! Totally unexpected this week and the best news we could ever get, we are so happy!! Read more

One positive thing happened today, I finally got through to someone at the Migration Board. I called what I thought was our case officer yesterday during her short phone hour between 8.30-9.30 am without any luck. Either the line was busy or I got a message that she was unavailable (maybe she went for a fika). When I got sick and tired of trying I left a message asking her to call me back which she didn’t do of course. Read more

Thank God this day is almost over. It’s been one of those days when you wished you never went out of bed in the first place. It all started this morning when I came to work (which is 30 min by car from where I live) and discovered that the zipper on my dress had opened in the middle. I thought I could fix it but once I tried I ripped the whole zipper! Not interested in showing THAT much of myself to my colleagues I had to drive back home and change. Then I spent the entire day in a workshop brainstorming sales arguments, which was good but totally drained me of all my energy. I then continued my battle with Halebop regarding my mobile phone bill. I haven’t written about it here but in short terms this is what happened so far: