Trained outside the EU/EEA

If you trained in a regulated healthcare profession outside the EU/EEA, several steps are required before you can apply for a Swedish professional licence. The exact process depends on your profession.

Have your education assessed

The first step is to have your education assessed by Socialstyrelsen. You do not need to know Swedish for your education to be assessed.

[Extern länk: Socialstyrelsen – assessment of qualifications]

Learn Swedish

You need good knowledge of Swedish to work in Swedish healthcare. The accepted ways of demonstrating your language skills include:

• Swedish 3 or Swedish as a Second Language 3
• Swedish at C1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
• a course or examination that gives access to higher education in Sweden
• Equivalent knowledge of Danish or Norwegian is also accepted.

Complete the required steps

The licensing process includes a knowledge test, practical training, a course in Swedish laws and regulations and, once all the steps are completed, an application for a Swedish professional licence.

Practical training

After passing the knowledge tests, you need to complete practical training. The length varies depending on the profession. During the placement, you perform tasks that do not require a professional licence.

The purpose is to assess your suitability for the profession and evaluate your professional competence in greater depth in a clinical setting. The placement should include direct contact with patients and collaboration with professionals from other healthcare disciplines.

Submit an expression of interest to Region Gävleborg

You are welcome to submit an expression of interest to Region Gävleborg regardless of which regulated healthcare profession you trained in and where you are in the licensing process.

Before submitting an expression of interest, you need to:

• have had your education assessed by Socialstyrelsen
• have made significant progress towards meeting the Swedish language requirement for a professional licence, for example Swedish as a Second Language 3 or C1 level

Region Gävleborg offers two types of expression of interest:

• General expression of interest – for people who want to work in Region Gävleborg but are not yet ready for practical training.
• Expression of interest in practical training – for people who are at the appropriate stage of the process and want to complete practical training with Region Gävleborg.

Your expression of interest will remain active for six months.

[Länk: General expression of interest]

Already have a Swedish medical licence?

If you already have a Swedish medical licence and want to apply for BT or ST, you can find current vacancies on Region Gävleborg’s website.

[Länk: Current vacancies]