Destination-service firms that find your home and walk you through Swedish registration, international movers for your belongings, and the free public advice service every newcomer should know about.
Start with International House Gothenburg: free one-to-one advice, workshops and a career programme for accompanying partners, run by Business Region Göteborg, Region Västra Götaland and the City. Employer-paid moves usually go through a destination-service firm (home search, lease check, school search, help with Skatteverket). To ship furniture and boxes, use an international mover.
Home search, lease review, school search, registration support and settling-in help.
Destination, relocation and immigration services provider with offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lund and Ludvika; part of Anywr Group. Serves employers and relocating employees and their families.
Offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lund and Ludvika per its website; the Gothenburg street address is not published on nrgab.com.
nrgab.com ↗Relocation company with its head office in Gothenburg and offices in Stockholm, Malmö, Helsinki and Copenhagen. Services include destination and immigration support, move management, intercultural training and corporate administration.
Hugo Grauers gata 3B, 411 33 Göteborg
keyrelocation.se ↗Malmö-based immigration and relocation service that handles Gothenburg cases remotely by video, phone and digital document exchange. Cases are handled in Swedish, English, Danish, Urdu and Arabic.
No Gothenburg office: the site says it is based in Malmö and handles Gothenburg cases by video, phone and digital document exchange.
swedenrelocators.se ↗Business immigration and relocation provider with offices in Stockholm (Sundbyberg), Gothenburg and Malmö. Services include visa and work-permit processing, relocation assistance and corporate training; mainly serves employers.
c/o Arena Platinan, Mårten Krakowgatan 2, 411 04 Göteborg
humanentrance.com ↗Public service run by Business Region Göteborg that helps international talent and their families settle in the Gothenburg region, with guidance on registration, careers, housing and everyday life via drop-in and online meetings.
Järnvågsgatan 3, 413 27 Göteborg
investingothenburg.com ↗Packing, shipping and storage for moves to and from Gothenburg.
Nordic mobility company offering international moving, immigration and relocation services for private customers and employers, with an office in the Gothenburg area. English-language website.
Kärragatan 8, 431 53 Mölndal (listed by the company as 'Göteborg')
alfamoving.com ↗Moving company with a Gothenburg office and an English version of its website. Offers private and business moves in Sweden and international household-goods moves, with customs handled together with a partner.
Amalia Jönssons gata 12, 411 25 Göteborg
kvalitetsflytt.se ↗Typical services: home search and viewings, lease review, school and preschool search, help with the Skatteverket move notification and identity-check booking, bank and BankID guidance, and orientation tours. Many are paid by employers as part of a relocation package.
Yes. International House Gothenburg (Järnvågsgatan 3, by the Järntorget tram stop) offers free consultations, digital advice, workshops and events. Its International Partner Programme is a three-month career programme for partners who moved in the last 24 months.
Notify Skatteverket of your move (at the earliest 14 days before you arrive), book and attend the in-person identity check, then sign up for Boplats and open a bank account once your personnummer arrives. Our move-in roadmap puts all 40 steps in order.
Skatteverket says a moving-to-Sweden notification takes about 5 weeks before an administrator picks up the case; the decision comes after that and is sent by post. See the personnummer guide and current waits.
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