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Public Healthcare : Sweden

• Local Culture
• Residence Permits/Visa Requirements/Fees
• How to search for work if you do not already have a job
• The importance of your Contract of Employment
• Self Employed? Starting a new business
• Studying in Sweden
• School/Childcare - admissions, childcare, registration
• Retiring to Sweden
• Accommodation, property search
• Removal Companies and Personal Effects
• Public Healthcare
• Registering with a Doctor/Dentist
• Medication
• Private Medical Insurance, Healthcare and Hospitals
• Banking
• Setting up TV, Telephone and Internet
• Registering for a mobile phone
• Taking your car
• Moving your pets
• Make sure your passport is valid
• Tickets for your move, hotel bookings and car rental
• UK Voter Registration
• Final Checklists
• Final Notifications

Public Healthcare

The Form E111 is no longer valid. You should obtain a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) before leaving the UK. The EHIC is not a substitute for medical and travel insurance, but entitles you to emergency medical treatment on the same terms as Swedish nationals.

NHS Guide   
Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Travel Insurance 

For longer term general health care, you will need a födelsesnummer number.  You will need to show this the first time you visit a doctor and they in turn will give you a Patientkort.  This must then be shown at every visit to the Doctor/Dentist or hospitals.