Living in Laholm

Population density was 30 people per km² in 2025. Car density was 614.9 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025. The unemployment rate was 10.1% at the end of 2024. In 2023, annual NO₂ was 4.14 µg/m³. The city covered 886.3 km² in 2026.

Pricier rent than 63% of Swedish cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 70% of Swedish cities that publish it and dirtier air than 78% of Swedish cities that publish it.

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

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Laholm?

Average net cold rent is about 10.55 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): 10.55 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Laholm yet.

Net rent across major citiesLaholm highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.55 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €10.00	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se¹Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 633 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 10.55 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

What is the unemployment rate in Laholm?

The unemployment rate is 10.1 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Laholm is 10.1%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	12,841 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹¹Official
Fiber Coverage Pct	91.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	82.7 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,298 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	10.1 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Laholm. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Arbetsförmedlingen — Public employment service

Swedish Public Employment Service

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Laholm. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
School Rating Avg	3.8	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians Per 1000	3.6	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Laholm 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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Physicians Per 10003.6Verified 2026-08-27

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Laholm?

Police recorded 8,973 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 8,973 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesLaholm highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,973 offences per 100,000country median 9,986	31 Dec 2025	Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Immigration Processing Time Days	90	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Destinations from nearest airport	4 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	HAD	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	23.4 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Public Transport Score	55	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Laholm. 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.

In Person, Onlinefree

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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.

SwedishIn Person, Online

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

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 6.01 µg/m³ in 2023. Annual PM10 was 11.2 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Laholm?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.01 µg/m³ · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SwedenAnnual PM2.5 in Laholm is 6.0 µg/m³. Of 197 cities with data, 64 have annual PM2.5 of 4 to under 5 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	4.14 µg/m³country median 4.0	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	11.24 µg/m³country median 9.3	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.01 µg/m³country median 5.1	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
Average January temperature	0	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 1.8 · Feb 2.2 · Mar 5.3 · Apr 11.3 · May 15.9 · Jun 18.7 · Jul 21.1 · Aug 20.6 · Sep 16.4 · Oct 11 · Nov 6.2 · Dec 3.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Hunnestorp V²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.4 · Feb -2.5 · Mar -1.1 · Apr 2.3 · May 6.2 · Jun 9.8 · Jul 12.2 · Aug 12.2 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 5.3 · Nov 2.1 · Dec -0.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Hunnestorp V²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.1 · Feb -0.1 · Mar 2 · Apr 6.7 · May 11.1 · Jun 14.3 · Jul 16.6 · Aug 16.3 · Sep 12.7 · Oct 8 · Nov 4.2 · Dec 1.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Hunnestorp V²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 64.9 · Feb 55.2 · Mar 45.1 · Apr 41.1 · May 51.6 · Jun 75 · Jul 79.8 · Aug 97.7 · Sep 73.5 · Oct 84 · Nov 67 · Dec 76.5 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Halmstad flygplats¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Sweden

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Sweden cities

Ludvika26,634 residents Oskarshamn26,923 residents Bollnäs26,243 residents Staffanstorp27,303 residents Köping25,729 residents Vetlanda27,528 residents

Population and city profile

How many people live in Laholm?

The published population was 26,595 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	886.3 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹³Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	614.9 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2025	Official vehicles-in-use table: Fordonsslag=10 is passenger cars, stock at the last month of 2025; divided by official SCB population at 31 December 2025.⁷Official
City area	886.3 km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SCB population density per square kilometre at municipality grain. SCB states that it uses the population figure at 31 December with the following 1 January land-area figure.¹⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	5.4 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	1,434 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁵Official
Population density	30 people/km²	31 Dec 2025	Official SCB population density per square kilometre at municipality grain. SCB states that it uses the population figure at 31 December with the following 1 January land-area figure.¹⁰Official
Population Female	13,077 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population Male	13,077 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population	26,595 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰Official

International community in Laholm

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 group	People	Share
All birth countries	26,595	100.0%
Sweden	22,587	84.9%
Syrian Arab Republic	759	2.9%
Poland	434	1.6%
Yugoslavia	293	1.1%
Denmark	267	1.0%
Germany	194	0.7%
other countries	194	0.7%
Romania	131	0.5%
Finland	110	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Bosnia and Herzegovina	104	0.4%
Thailand	90	0.3%
Iraq	87	0.3%
Afghanistan	85	0.3%
Norway	84	0.3%
Lithuania	83	0.3%
Kosovo	82	0.3%
Ukraine	78	0.3%
United Kingdom	74	0.3%
Türkiye	53	0.2%
Lebanon	46	0.2%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	39	0.1%
Serbia	39	0.1%
India	37	0.1%
United States of America	34	0.1%
Hungary	33	0.1%
Philippines	32	0.1%
Greece	29	0.1%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	29	0.1%
Iceland	27	0.1%
Viet Nam	27	0.1%
Korea, Republic of Korea	25	0.1%
Saudi Arabia	23	0.1%
Serbia and Montenegro	22	0.1%
Spain	22	0.1%
Eritrea	20	0.1%
Bulgaria	19	0.1%
China	19	0.1%
Palestinian territory, occupied	19	0.1%
Albania	18	0.1%
Italy	18	0.1%
Brazil	17	0.1%
Jordan	17	0.1%
Chile	15	0.1%
Egypt	15	0.1%
Russian Federation	15	0.1%
Colombia	14	0.1%
Somalia	14	0.1%
Croatia	13	0.0%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	12	0.0%
Slovakia	12	0.0%
Czech Republic	11	0.0%
Estonia	11	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	10	0.0%
Austria	10	0.0%
Australia	10	0.0%
Canada	10	0.0%
France	10	0.0%
South Africa	10	0.0%
unknown country of birth	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
total	26,595	100.0%
Swedish	25,125	94.5%
European citizenship except Swedish	1,121	4.2%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	349	1.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

Is Laholm 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–63%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–65%

Student51%strong on education, weak on safety · range 44–58%

Family39%strong on family, weak on housing · range 32–46%

Retirement52%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 43–61%

Foreign residents1,434 people31 Dec 2025Official source · Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.

Population26,595 people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Average net rent (nettokalt)10.55 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

People in employment12,841 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Employment rate82.7 %31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Median gross salary (regional)3,298 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-09-03

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	12,058 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Municipal Tax Rate Percent	20.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Common questions

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

How many people live in Laholm?

The published population was 26,595 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Laholm?

Average net cold rent is about 10.55 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 739 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Laholm?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features..

How safe is Laholm?

Police recorded 8,973 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Laholm?

The unemployment rate is 10.1 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Laholm?

The median gross salary is 3,298 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Laholm a good place to live?

Laholm 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.

How many people born in United Arab Emirates live in Laholm?

The official country of birth distribution records 10 people (0.0%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Laholm, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/laholm/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_laholm-sweden-rent-salary-jobs-safety_2d20602cc1a1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Laholm, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/laholm/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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