Working as a teacher in Sweden
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Sweden: how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
Teacher is a regulated profession in Sweden. Foreign qualifications go through: Foreign-trained teachers apply to Skolverket with degree/transcript and language evidence; UHR evaluates foreign credentials, while Skolverket decides certification and subject/school-form eligibility. In Sweden, teachers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Foreign-trained teachers apply to Skolverket with degree/transcript and language evidence; UHR evaluates foreign credentials, while Skolverket decides certification and subject/school-form eligibility.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Sweden.
- Recognition route
- Foreign-trained teachers apply to Skolverket with degree/transcript and language evidence; UHR evaluates foreign credentials, while Skolverket decides certification and subject/school-form eligibility.
- Recognition authority
- Skolverket decides Swedish teacher and preschool-teacher certification; UHR evaluates foreign qualifications in the process.
- Language requirement
- For a foreign teacher degree, Swedish proficiency must be equivalent to Swedish higher-education entry, corresponding to CEFR C1; named Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and some Finnish-language qualifications have exceptions.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher in Sweden: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Teacher in Sweden: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 5eed5d5e7c6ebf18248b518b90ab411f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/sweden/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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