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# Working as a physician in Sweden

Physician is a regulated profession in Sweden. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Sweden, physicians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V; Doctor in Basic (listed) and Specialised Medicine in field not listed in Annex V; Doctor in Basic Medicine; EU/EEA doctors use the recognition/licence route; third-country doctors first have education assessed and then meet the Swedish language, knowledge, Swedish-law, practical training and final licence steps.; Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice
- Recognition authority: Socialstyrelsen, National Board of Health and Welfare, for medical licences.
- Language requirement: A Swedish, Danish or Norwegian proficiency route applies to licensing; C1-equivalent provider assessment and specified Swedish-language qualifications are accepted. The third-country doctor route has its own proof and exam steps.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

JSON list[].id=658106; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=14&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
EU/EEA doctor licence route; qualifications and language; profession-specific conditions. — https://legitimation.socialstyrelsen.se/legitimation/utbildad-i-euees/lakare-utbildad-inom-eu-ees/
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in Sweden: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c0b4e26ce5610fdf9d542bc50afed78c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/sweden/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_physician-in-sweden-recognition-and-shortage-status_85d0f157d190,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Physician in Sweden: recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {c0b4e26ce5610fdf9d542bc50afed78c},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/sweden/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Physician in Sweden: recognition and shortage status](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/sweden/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version c0b4e26ce5610fdf9d542bc50afed78c; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/sweden/
- Title: Physician in Sweden: recognition and shortage status
- Author: ImmigrationDB
- Publisher: ImmigrationDB
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- Version: `c0b4e26ce5610fdf9d542bc50afed78c`
- Retrieved: 2026-10-16
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- Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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