✅ Before moving

• Pack both winter clothes and swimwear – there is both snow and a bathhouse here!
• Check out accommodation options Opens in new window. - rent, buy or maybe a mountain cabin?
• Plan transportation – flight to Luleå/Kiruna + train/car to Gällivare.
• Get to know public transportation External link, opens in new window. (or invest in a car - distances can be long)

✅ Childcare and school (for those of you who have children)

• Apply for a preschool place Opens in new window. in good time through the municipality.
• Choose a school Opens in new window. – there are municipal and independent schools, as well as Sami schools.
• Contact the school principal for information about the start of school and after-school activities.
• Check childcare hours and whether your child needs after-school care Opens in new window..
• Find out how school transport Opens in new window. works if you live outside central Gällivare.
  

✅ Before work

• Make sure you have a work permit External link, opens in new window. if needed.
• Register with the Swedish Public Employment Service External link, opens in new window. for jobs and support.
  
• Get to know the labour market – the mining industry, healthcare, and service industries are often looking for staff.
• Contact SFI (Swedish for Immigrants) External link, opens in new window. if you want to improve your Swedish.
  

✅ Authorities and service

• Register yourself or your whole family with the Swedish Tax Agency External link, opens in new window. to get a personal identification number (important for healthcare, banking and work!).
• Open a Swedish bank account – you need an ID and employment contract or study certificate.
• Register with the Swedish Social Insurance Agency External link, opens in new window. for child allowance, health insurance and parental benefits.
• Get a Swedish mobile phone subscription and internet.
  

✅ Healthcare

• Register yourself or your entire family at a health centre via 1177 External link, opens in new window..
• Find out if you need private health insurance before you become registered.
• Check vaccination requirements and child health care via the child health centre.
• Check dental clinics – both the Public Dental Service External link, opens in new window. and private options are available, and children receive free dental care until the age of 23.
  
• Pharmacies are located in the city center and at the hospital – ask if your prescriptions are valid in Sweden.

✅ Leisure activities

• Join a language café group or find a language buddy!
• Discover Gällivare's nature External link, opens in new window. – skiing, hiking, fishing and bathing houses, nature is a part of life here.
• Find local associations Opens in new window. – football, choir, horseback riding, freeskiing or the scouts?
• Get to know the local community through events and other activities Opens in new window..

• Learn about Swedish traditions – Midsummer, Lucia and semlor await!

Welcome to Gällivare – your new home in the north!