We will guide you here

We will guide you here

We know there’s a lot to think about when it’s time to move to a new municipality or to Sweden from another country, so we want to help where we can! Take a look at the guides we have compiled for new residents.

Here you will find information for your move to Boden. We’re adding new guides as we go along, and at the bottom of the page you can tell us which guides you’d like to have to help your move here.

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Care of a sick child (vab)

Care of a sick child (vab)

You can receive compensation for caring for a sick child from the day when the child is 8 months old up until the day before the child turns 12. There are times when you are entitled to compe…
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Moving to Sweden (Skatteverket)

1. Skatteverket webinar about moving to Sweden to study or work Learn more about what to consider when moving to Sweden. The webinars are free of charge and you will have the opportunity to ask que…
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New in the North

New in the North

1. What does the wardrobe look like? In the summer, spring and fall, it's business as usual in Boden, but in the winter, it's a good idea to update your wardrobe for the winter climate. When it's co…
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Open a bank account in Sweden

Open a bank account in Sweden

Some banks may even ask you to bring along a Swedish citizen to verify your identity. However, according to the law on deposit insurance (lag (1995:1571) om insättningsgaranti 11§b), most banks have a…
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Public transport

Public transport

Planning your trip The easiest way to plan your trip is to use Länstrafiken's app, where you can find both local traffic and Länstrafiken (long distance) buses when you search for routes. You can a…
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Swedish fika

Swedish fika

1. Kaffe Swedes love their coffee strong and are among the heaviest consumers of coffee in the world. However, coffee on its own does not make a complete fika. Fika consists of coffee, tea or fruit…
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The essentials when moving to Sweden

The essentials when moving to Sweden

1. Move to Sweden in 10 steps Read the guide at sweden.se. The website officialswedishservices.se is a hub for different government agencies and a good starting point for anyone who's abo…
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Boden is the place we want as our base

Boden is the place we want as our base

“Here you can really have a life, not just a job. It feels like a good place for a family. We can see our future children growing up here,” says Raafa…
“I love närhetslivet!”

“I love närhetslivet!”

Boden and our industries are growing, and the municipality's appeal is now noticeable on many levels. One of the people behind the rising immigration …
2025-12-10: Villa Äng Foto: Mats Engfors/Fotographic

Private luxury villa in Harads

A villa with 24/7 service, five rooms and ten beds, “private deluxe,” is the new addition to Harads, Boden, Swedish Lapland, and the world. Here, natu…
7 km run club on the streets of Boden

7 km run club on the streets of Boden

Robert-Jan Arke's passion for sports and fitness brought him together with Boden native Annica Nordlund, who had returned home to Boden. Robert-Jan mo…
Local Hearts Welcome the World

Local Hearts Welcome the World

Colleagues, cousins, and friends Jessica Bergman and Malin Nilsson share a large part of their lives, now also at Stegra's office in Boden. Both have …
2025-08-18: New in Boden - Folkrace med Michael Koegel Foto: Mats Engfors/Fotographic

Racing into Community Life

Racing driver Michael Koegel moved from Texas to Boden for a job at Stegra. Quickly, the whole family drifted into a completely new life with new frie…
20250905-114019,8785- Närhetsliv Brozine #12 för Bodens kommun - David Forsberg/Miss Knapsu Foto: Mats Engfors, Fotographic

Life is a Drag Show

"You're born naked and the rest is drag," quotes David Forsberg. Through his alter ego, the flamboyant MissKnapsu, David Forsberg challenges prejudice…
Culture brings us together

Culture brings us together

It’s not always visible, but you can feel it. In the conversations after a theatre performance. When someone dares to sing out loud, writes their firs…
Boden Handball back in the top flight

Boden Handball back in the top flight

The final whistle cuts through the arena. The ball bounces for the last time. On the bench, players rise in a roar, coaches fall into each other's arm…
A place to call home

A place to call home

It's early autumn and instructor Meya Johansson at Boden Artillery Regiment A8 has busy days. She spends much of her working time in the field, traini…
Mikael calls the world to Harads

Mikael calls the world to Harads

It started with a lure and a seven-year-old's persistence. At home on the kitchen floor, little Micke held the opening with a finger, twisted his hand…
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The journey is the destination

The Närhetsliv followers were right. Last spring, Instagram was filled with comments like "a house well worth showing off!" and "show us the castle no…
2025-04-23: New in Boden - Samira och Tobias Westlin

Fast Track into Boden

Samira Westlin's husband Tobias got a job at Stegra. Through Boden's job matching and relocation service, Samira also quickly found a new job here. Sh…
2025-07-12: New in Boden - smedja Brinna Foto: Mats Engfors/Fotographic

Forging New Plans in Proximity Living

Blacksmiths Emilia and Adam found the perfect farm in Sörbyn, Boden municipality. Here, their blacksmithing business can grow into a creative destinat…
Why Do You Take off your Shoes?

Why Do You Take off your Shoes?

That, the dance Små grodorna, and other Swedish customs are part of the Texas family Chavez's new Swedish life in Boden. With good neighbors, new frie…
Got the dream job in Boden

Got the dream job in Boden

Christine Mawia Musembi, originally from Kenya and with a background in Trollhättan and Gothenburg, became a Boden resident this spring. At the gym, i…
2025-04-23: New in Boden - Tommy och Eva Holmgren

Making memories near the grandkids

Tommy and Eva Holmgren from Gällivare recently moved to their two sons and their families in Boden. Eva works as the head of operations at Folktandvår…
Gaming, railways and a new house

Gaming, railways and a new house

Game developer Gustav Lundh and civil engineer Therese Sandberg from Enköping moved to Boden for their studies. Once here, they fell for everything Bo…
“Boden is the perfect place”

“Boden is the perfect place”

Building a life with security and balance was the foundation for Rudolf and Olivia Nagy’s move to Boden. He works at Stegra, while she has started her…
Dream job and elite career at home

Dream job and elite career at home

For Nina Backman, 25, from Norra Svartbyn, Stegra's investment in Boden means that she can work with what she is trained for and at the same time cont…
The art of finding home

The art of finding home

Mariangela Mendez Prencke is the art gallery director who spent most of her adult life in major metropolitan areas. Now, she has permanently traded th…
James adds flavor to the nightlife

James adds flavor to the nightlife

It started with a knife set and a backpack full of dreams. Having worked in and been inspired by the world's many cuisines, James Thompson now wants t…
Close to the dream on the corner

Close to the dream on the corner

In just six months, Anna Landfors and Marcus Sandström went from breaking ground to moving into their newly built house. We visited them in Svartbjörn…
2024-11-01: Julia & Iain Bramble - New in Boden

Right time and right job

The Bramble couple from the UK had lived in the Netherlands for nine years and their children were on their way to adulthood. Julia had signaled that …
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A new future in Boden

When entrepreneur Jimmy Stenman left Boden, he saw a city with no future and no development potential. Now he is back in a reborn Boden. A faint scen…
Northern Lights and Blueberry Hunting

Northern Lights and Blueberry Hunting

How many times must something happen for it to become a tradition? It remains to be seen if there will be a fifth time, and perhaps a tradition, for B…
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A Trout on a Fly is the Dream

Tatiana Rynbäck puts on her cap, grabs the kayak, fly fishing rod, and walks down to the river right next to the house. This is where she recharges, s…
Nature’s Pantry for Body Soul

Nature’s Pantry for Body Soul

The spruce shoot syrup simmers on the stove while Eva Gunnare arranges some of her collected herbs, flavorings, ointments, and tinctures in her new pr…
“I Want to Create a Home Here”

“I Want to Create a Home Here”

Nadja Ekblom's proximity life is “far-from-life”. A conscious choice where a job with pulse and new technology is balanced with leisure close to peace…
The Professional Trainer Chooses Boden

The Professional Trainer Chooses Boden

Janita Luttunen, a professional harness racing trainer from Tornio, has started a new life in Boden. Together with her husband Jani, their four-year-o…
Green Wisdom Thrives in the North

Green Wisdom Thrives in the North

On Solskensvägen in Sävast, returnees and newcomers Jenny and Viktor Malmqvist have created a lush oasis. In a double sense, they reinforce the concep…
She bakes bread for a healthier life

She bakes bread for a healthier life

A good bread that is good for Boden and the people of Boden. This is Ellinor Helleblad Nymo's vision for her company Ellis Hantverksbageri. In the spr…
Mission impossible?

Mission impossible?

Unbyn's old mission house has been given love and new life. Here, couple Lisa Tingstad Solsona and Sebastian Nyberg have created a 300 square meter dr…
Excellence from around the world

Excellence from around the world

The emerging green industry in Boden is attracting hand-picked talent from around the world. The Inavolu and Pampana families from India were some of …
Here everything is close

Here everything is close

Lukas Andersson Männikkö and Viktoria Andersson from Halmstad, Sweden, have played their first games in Boden's colors, met their first students as te…
Riding fun in Bredåker

Riding fun in Bredåker

Excited little children bounce in to equally excited little horses. It's time for Ridkul in Bredåker, for the very youngest riders and the farm's smal…
The community’s own food store

The community’s own food store

Nazuk Turdieva, the 30-year-old newlywed from Boden, has been a success on TV. She emerged as the winner of both SVT's "Bäst i köket" and the long-run…
Settlers in the #närhetsliv

Settlers in the #närhetsliv

A two-storey modern house with a roof terrace to the south was the dream house that became a reality for Fanny and Victor. Thoughtful details and pers…
Found a home with all the right things

Found a home with all the right things

When the dream of house life would come true, the choice fell on a newly produced villa in Sävast. Hang out with Zabrina Dixon Johansson and Robin Lun…
Service point in Unbyn / Avan

Service point in Unbyn / Avan

Now the trinity of service points in Boden municipality is complete. With operations manager Jenni Bergliv, another locally adapted service point is b…
Behind the scenes

Behind the scenes

This autumn, the TV series LasseMaja's detective agency was recorded at Studio Nord in Sävast. Anja Lindström, 24, is part of the filming team and she…
Joy in life

Joy in life

In April, Åcenter in Boden was opened. We made a home visit to some of the first tenants who seem to be very happy. Åcenter exudes community and joy.…
New short-term accommodation at Garnis

New short-term accommodation at Garnis

We are building like never before for both old and young in Boden. Another new area under development is Garnis, where the old lung clinic will soon b…
New housing option at Å-center

New housing option at Å-center

The municipality of Boden is among the first municipalities in the country to set up a municipal development-assessed sheltered housing. The location …
New preschool in Sävast

New preschool in Sävast

Lunda preschool in Sävast is the second of four new preschools in the largest targeted investment in qualitative development for children and young pe…
Cold bath in a warm atmosphere

Cold bath in a warm atmosphere

In January, the floating spa hotel Arctic Bath opened its doors in Harads. Guests from all over the world are already booking a visit, but there is al…
From officer to electrician

From officer to electrician

A new profession in the course of a year and a half. At Lärcentrum in Boden, Daniel Granström took the chance to retrain and will soon be an electrici…
A little extra in the everyday life

A little extra in the everyday life

"Bingo!" Shouts of joy and laughter from the day activities where a large group from "short-term" in Harads have gathered for today's candy bingo, sho…
Boden prioritizes the children

Boden prioritizes the children

Björkdungen's preschool in Boden has been built with child safety, security, learning and work environment in focus. The preschool is the first of its…
Fällkniven in its proper environment

Fällkniven in its proper environment

The Fällkniven family goes back to their roots and invests in the future at the same time. In Myrträsk there is room for both inspiration and influenc…
She makes movies close by

She makes movies close by

For Charlotta Lennartsdotter, Närhetsliv is the small world where children live, and where relationships play the main role. In her hands, that world …
From cars to machines

From cars to machines

From zero to 100 in twelve years. This is what Hansén Bil & Maskin's growth journey looks like. No wonder Mattias Hansén won double prizes at the …
Bodensarnas house band

Bodensarnas house band

After 24 years, Soffgruppen has become almost an institution in Boden's music life. With a completely acoustic setting, they blow life in pop classics…
County’s most modern nursing home

County’s most modern nursing home

A living environment with a high standard for our elderly, shortened queues and more space in Boden's short-term housing. That is the result when Bode…
At home on our street in town

At home on our street in town

In the middle of the city, Jovana and Rickard found their dream house from the turn of the last century. 250 square meters provides plenty of space fo…
A life close to nature

A life close to nature

Hannah Levy and Jeremias Kinnunen fell in love with Lassbyn at first sight and moved here. Now they live a sustainable life close to nature and close …
The art of being a woman

The art of being a woman

The idea appeared already in her teens - one day she would become a woman. It took over 50 years but today the dream is true and Maud is happier than …
A long journey to the top

A long journey to the top

Hamude Mustafa, 25, has made a rocket career and gone from SFI intern to store manager at Dollarstore in four years. At Boden's Business Gala, he took…
Närhetsliv in the horse village

Närhetsliv in the horse village

With the Eriksson family, you can see the horses from the kitchen window. The life close to the horse means a lot of work but also more time together …
Biggest in the Nordics

Biggest in the Nordics

Hydro66 is expanding rapidly and has a fantastic 2018. During the year, four new data centers will be built in Boden. Here the location is the biggest…
Realism on the skin

Realism on the skin

Oskar Mannberg / That's the name of the man behind Kingstreet Tattoo, the tattoo studio in Boden that has become known as the place to go if you want …
It has never felt impossible

It has never felt impossible

Emilia moved to Boden to learn to drive a tractor in the armed forces and stayed. Here she has found her närhetsliv with jobs, friends and roaring eng…
Zimmer’s paradise

Zimmer’s paradise

After a tough working day on the trotting arena, there is a way that David Zimmer prefers to relax - a quiet kayak trip on the Lule River at sunset. "…
A sustainable #närhetsliv

A sustainable #närhetsliv

Without education or experience, Magnus and Åsa took the step and bought a farm. Here they conduct meat production on a small scale with focus on the …
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Staycation in the #närhetsliv

In the summer of 2018, we will soon forget. Whether the cause is heat stroke, one hundred percent enjoyment or climate anxiety varies, but regardless,…
Europe’s closest salmon fishing

Europe’s closest salmon fishing

Autumn air and cold weather. It is now trout fishing in the Lule River is at its best. Join a fishing trip with the professional fishing guide Robert …
Culture in närhetslivet

Culture in närhetslivet

If you have experienced performing arts in Boden at some point in recent years, there is a good chance that Linnéa Byberg has been involved. As an exe…
From Bologna to Boden

From Bologna to Boden

They had well-paid jobs, a nice apartment, friends and family in Italian Bologna. Roberta and Simonetta Barbieri left everything to create a new life …
A more rural närhetsliv

A more rural närhetsliv

When the stress became too much, Seija Fallemark left life in the city. Instead, she found a place in Svedjan, close to the animals and nature. "We ca…
Närhetslivet on Solskensvägen

Närhetslivet on Solskensvägen

Alexandra Vallin and Sebastian Nilsson took the chance and built their dream house. Now the family lives the good life where the sun always smiles - o…
They take the world home to the village

They take the world home to the village

Liza Löfgren and Niclas Wede changed lives to invest in tourism in Överstbyn. With two newly built log cabins in a luxury model, they attract well-off…
The beginning of something big

The beginning of something big

A completely new industry and a completely new education - the gaming industry has come to Boden. Meet Sebastian, Dylan and Selma, the indie game deve…
The dream life behind the drum set

The dream life behind the drum set

She has traveled the world, is on stage with some of Sweden's greatest artists and is living her dream. Jonna Löfgren plays drums. That's her job. Th…
When the barber came to Boden

When the barber came to Boden

From war and death threats in Mosul to hipster beards, antiques and his own salon in Boden. It's Barber Gorgis Farha's journey. Dark wood paneling, r…
Bodensare of the Year 2017

Bodensare of the Year 2017

Joy, community and thirst for knowledge. At Let's Go Swedish, people from all corners of the world gather to learn Swedish. And behind it all are thre…

In Boden we live a life of #Närhetsliv. By that we mean the life where you’re close to everything that matters and more – your children’s activities, your job, schools, cultural events, attractive homes, shopping and nature.

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