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Living in Haparanda

In Haparanda, average gross earnings are €3,334 a month (2025), rents across existing tenancies average €9.02 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12.7% (2024).

Haparanda had a population of 6,292 in 2023. At the end of 2024, unemployment in Haparanda reached 12.7%. Haparanda was home to 1,827 foreign residents at the end of 2025.

Last checked 2026-10-0726 sources

Population6,292people31 Dec 2023Official source · Localities 2023, population, land area, population density per locality
Average gross salary3,334EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Sweden Kommun17g — Average monthly salary in the municipalities
Average net rent9.02EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.83 — 8% belowOfficial source · Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median)
Unemployment rate12.7%country median 10.6% — 20% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)
Recorded crime13,951incidents per 100,000country median 9,986 — 40% aboveOfficial source · Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025)

Cheaper rent than 76% of Swedish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 73% of Swedish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 92% of Swedish cities that publish it.

Which Sweden-wide rules apply when you move to Haparanda?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SwedenNational rates and thresholds that apply in Haparanda.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Haparanda?

Average net cold rent is about 9.02 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 9.02 EUR/m²/month · Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median)16
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Haparanda recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€40
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22
Net rent across major citiesHaparanda highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Haparanda highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Stockholm€13.35
Malmö€13.04
Helsingborg€12.09
Haparanda€9.02
Örebro€7.00
Jönköping€6.88
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Västerås€11.91
Gothenburg€11.83
Norrköping€11.42
Uppsala€7.85
Umeå€7.45
Linköping€7.38
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited39.96 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telia 100 Mbps broadband19Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB22.16 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Tele2 mobile plan18Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)9.02 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €9.8331 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median)16Official

Is Haparanda a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–60%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–65%
Student51%strong on cost, weak on education · range 41–61%
Family35%strong on family, weak on education · range 26–44%
Retirement47%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 36–58%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 541 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 9.02 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2025

Work and income

Haparanda's employment count was 3,810 at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Haparanda?

The unemployment rate is 12.7 % (2024). Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB)8

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Haparanda is 12.7%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,334 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden Kommun17g — Average monthly salary in the municipalities17Official
People in employment3,810 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)6Official
Employment rate75.7 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)7Official
Unemployment rate12.7 %country median 10.6%31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)8Official

What does a salary buy in Haparanda?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Sweden median gross pay: €3,463 (2022-12-31).
Left over each month€2,138of €2,742 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€2,742
Rent, 60 m²€9.02/m² · official · Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median) · 2025-12-31− €541
Internet€40 · official · Telia 100 Mbps broadband · 2026-09-30− €40
Mobile plan€22 · official · Tele2 mobile plan · 2026-09-30− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€2,138
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Public employment offices in Haparanda

Exact offices linked to this city from official sources. Check the office page before visiting because hours and appointment rules can change.

Verified locally

Only exact city-linked public offices are listed; this is not a complete directory of private recruiters or every employment provider. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Haparanda?

Police recorded 13,951 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025)1

Recorded crime across major citiesHaparanda highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Haparanda highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Stockholm19,159
Malmö16,183
Helsingborg15,583
Västerås14,153
Örebro13,915
Gothenburg13,878
Norrköping12,832
Lund11,174
Uppsala11,137
Linköping10,322
Jönköping9,782
Umeå9,210
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents13,951 incidents per 100,000country median 9,98631 Dec 2025Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025)1Official

Mobility and administration

Haparanda's nearest airport was LLA, 98 km away and offered 5 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport5 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights3Official
Distance to the nearest major airport98 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)LLA3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Haparanda. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Municipal civic orientation for newly arrived residents — Civic Orientation

Swedish municipalities

For newly arrived residents with residence permits.

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Swedish for immigrants (SFI) municipal adult education — State Language Course

Swedish municipalities under the national SFI framework

For persons over 16 eligible for SFI.

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Haparanda.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan -5.4 · Feb -5.5 · Mar -0.6 · Apr 4.8 · May 11.5 · Jun 17.7 · Jul 20.9 · Aug 18.5 · Sep 12.9 · Oct 5.5 · Nov 0.3 · Dec -2.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -13.2 · Feb -13.5 · Mar -9.6 · Apr -3.7 · May 1.7 · Jun 7.9 · Jul 11.5 · Aug 9.7 · Sep 5.1 · Oct -0.6 · Nov -5.4 · Dec -9.8 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -9.1 · Feb -9.3 · Mar -4.9 · Apr 0.5 · May 6.7 · Jun 12.8 · Jul 16.1 · Aug 14.1 · Sep 9 · Oct 2.6 · Nov -2.4 · Dec -6.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI22Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 50.4 · Feb 41.4 · Mar 36.6 · Apr 32.9 · May 39.8 · Jun 51 · Jul 59.7 · Aug 56.5 · Sep 58.1 · Oct 57.5 · Nov 67 · Dec 57 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI23Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Sweden: Jönköping ±4.0 °C. Elsewhere: Oulu (Finland) ±0.8 °C, Jyväskylä (Finland) ±1.4 °C, Kuopio (Finland) ±1.6 °C, Lahti (Finland) ±2.4 °C, Tampere (Finland) ±2.7 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 6.2 km² at the end of 2023. Households in Haparanda numbered 4,775 at the end of 2024. Population density was 1,008 people per km² at the end of 2023.

How many people live in Haparanda?

The published population was 6,292 people in 2023. Source: Localities 2023, population, land area, population density per locality2

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 1,827 is not 20.2% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area930.1 km²31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)9Official
City area6.24 km²31 Dec 2023Statistics Sweden (SCB)10Official
Foreign-resident share20.24 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)11Official
Foreign residents1,827 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)5Official
Population density1,008 people/km²31 Dec 2023Statistics Sweden (SCB)10Official
Female residents4,364 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)13Official
Male residents4,364 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Sweden (SCB)13Official
Population6,292 people31 Dec 2023Localities 2023, population, land area, population density per locality2Official · locality

International community in Haparanda

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Registered population by municipality and country of birth; total sex · 2024

Published groupPeopleShare
All birth countries9,151100.0%
Sweden5,47659.8%
Finland2,94632.2%
other countries1451.6%
Afghanistan700.8%
Eritrea700.8%
Somalia660.7%
Thailand570.6%
Ukraine540.6%
Estonia430.5%
Show 13 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Russian Federation400.4%
Syrian Arab Republic330.4%
Ethiopia210.2%
Germany200.2%
Sudan180.2%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)150.2%
Norway140.2%
United States of America140.2%
India120.1%
Kingdom of the Netherlands 110.1%
Türkiye110.1%
France100.1%
unknown country of birth50.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published groupPeopleShare
total9,151100.0%
Swedish7,25779.3%
European citizenship except Swedish1,69718.5%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown1972.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households4,775 households31 Dec 2024Statistics Sweden (SCB)12Official

Alternatives for people set on Haparanda

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Kungälv as a Haparanda alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 1087 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Unemployment: 7.4% Kungälv vs 12.7% Haparanda−42%
  • Foreign residents: 3.8% Kungälv vs 20.2% Haparanda−81%
  • Rent: €10.81/m² Kungälv vs €9.02/m² Haparandano percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,144 Kungälv vs 13,951 Haparandano percentage
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Cities near Haparanda

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Sweden

Other cities in Sweden to compare with Haparanda, nearest in population first.

All Sweden cities
Surahammar6,316 residentsStorvreta6,211 residentsÅkarp6,394 residentsFristad6,189 residentsHjo6,427 residentsJärna6,110 residents

How does Haparanda compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Haparanda when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: förberedelseklass (reception class) + språkförskola (special language preschool). How to enrol a child (skolverket.se).

A country-wide rule for Sweden; Haparanda's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Haparanda?

The published population was 6,292 people in 2023. Source: Localities 2023, population, land area, population density per locality.

How much does it cost to rent in Haparanda?

Average net cold rent is about 9.02 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 631 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BO0406Tab01: Rent in rented dwellings by region and year (annual rent per square metre, median).

How safe is Haparanda?

Police recorded 13,951 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025).

What is the unemployment rate in Haparanda?

The unemployment rate is 12.7 % (2024). Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB).

How many foreign residents live in Haparanda?

1,827 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB).

Is Haparanda a good place to live?

Haparanda may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Haparanda?

Tornio, Kemi are near Haparanda. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in All birth countries live in Haparanda?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,151 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2024. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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