If you are a nurse interested in working in Sweden you need a formal recognition of your qualifications accordingly to the current UE directive (2005/36/EC). The Swedish authority responsible for the recognition is Socialstyrelsen (The National Board of Health and Welfare). You can apply by traditional post apply online. Additionally you should pay a fee described below.

All information is also available in English and Swedish at Socialstyrelsen's official wesbite.

You should collect the following documents:

1. Completed application form (if you want to use a printed form): https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/globalassets/sharepoint-dokument/dokument-webb/blankett/ansokan-om-legitimation-eu-ees-svenska-rutor-ifyllbar.pdf

or you want to apply online, the information and the form is here.

2. Copy of valid ID document (passport or national ID card). Translation is not needed.

3. Copy of a document (certificate, diploma) attesting to your Swedish language skills.

4. Copy of your diploma with a translation.

5. Documents from your school, describing your courses, duration and content (for example diploma supplement)

6. Document showing name change if you have changed your name since you completed your education, with a translation.

7. Copy of the evidence of license to practice with a translation.

8. Certificate showing that your permission to pursue your profession is valid, for example "Certificate of Current Professional Status” or “Certificate of Good Standing". It should be issued by a competent authority, feature your name, date of birth and be not older than three months. The document should be sent as a certified copy with a translation.

9. Certificate showing that your education conforms to EU 2005/36/EC directive, for example “Certificate of Conformity”. The document should contain your name, date of birth, date of diploma. The document should be sent as a certified copy with a translation. The document should comfirm that you meet one of these articles in the directive: 23, 31, 33, 33a. If you cannot get any certificates from the competent authority, you may instead submit certified copies and translations of a certificate showing your level of education under article 11 of the directive, or a document from school or college where you were trained which describes the courses you completed, their content and duration.

10. An account statement or an image showing that you paid the application fee. The fee is SEK 870. IBAN: SE3612000000012810104980, SWIFT: DABASESX. Please add your date of birth in the format YYYYMMDD, and your name in the format FirstnameSurname.

Please remember that all copies and translations have to be certified. Documents should be translated into English or Swedish. Documents issued in English, Swedish, Danish or Norwegian do not need to be translated.

If you want to also apply for specialist qualification, you should also submit:

- An account statement or an image showing that you paid the application fee (870 SEK per specialization)

- a filled in form (here)

- certified copy and translation of your specialist certificate

- certified copy and translation of a certification that your level of education meets the article 11 of EU 2005/36/EC directive

- certified copies and translations of documents from your school showing your specialist courses with their content and duration

All information is also available in English and Swedish at Socialstyrelsen's official wesbite.