Accommodation

Wenner-Gren Foundations offer apartments for foreign scientists with a PhD-degree. You should sign up for the queue as soon as possible (e.g., even 18-20 months before your starting date) and no later than 6 months after you arrived to Sweden. 

Stiftelsen Stockholms Studentbostäder (SSSB) provides student accommodation for members of SSCO associated student unions in the Stockholm area. You must be a member of an SSCO-affiliated union for the entire duration of your tenancy. At KI there are two student unions - The Medical Student Union (MF) and The Dental Student Union (OF). 

You can apply for student housing for the time you study. Student housing is allocated on the basis of time spent in the housing queue so the sooner you register, the greater the chance to get an apartment. The fee is SEK 200 per year. More information and registration at Bostadsförmedlingen i Stockholm AB and Svenska Bostäder.

ByggVesta: student housing in Stockholm. 

UNITY Kista: Furnished rental apartments for students and young professionals in Stockholm.

The Stockholm Housing Agency allocates about 75 percent of all rental apartments in the region. Some apartments have been allocated with short waiting times — sometimes just a few days.

Anyone who registers in the housing queue needs a Swedish personal identity number or coordination number. You can register regardless of where you live today.

• Available apartments right now
• Available apartments with short waiting times (in Swedish)

Subletting is a common way to arrange accommodation. Some of these websites are only in Swedish, so it is good to know that “bostad” is an apartment and “lägenhet” is a flat.

Ads from private persons willing to rent out to researchers and doctoral students at KI, see Housing for rent.

Stockholm Federation of Student Unions, SSCO run a subleasing agency called Akademisk kvart where private persons in Stockholm place ad's looking to rent out room, apartments and houses to students and guest researchers.

Samtrygg search among available accommodations for rent in  Stockholm

Key Rules for Subletting in Sweden

• Landlord's Permission (Tillstånd): You must always have written approval from the landlord (hyresvärd) or the housing cooperative board (bostadsrättsförening) before you move in. 
• Written Agreement (Andrahandskontrakt): Always sign a clear, written rental agreement that states the rental period, rent amount, deposit, and notice period.
• Reasonable Rent (Skälig hyra): The rent cannot be much higher than what the primary tenant pays. For a furnished apartment, a maximum markup of 15% on the base rent is generally allowed.
• Home Insurance (Hemförsäkring): The subtenant should always get their own home insurance (hemförsäkring) to cover personal belongings, while the primary landlord must ensure the property itself is insured.

Fastighetsbyrån: The road home – buying a residence in Sweden

Booli - Sveriges största utbud av bostäder till salu

We strongly advise you to take out a home insurance (hemförsäkring) for your stay in Stockholm. If anything is stolen from your room, or if any property is damaged or lost during your rental period, you are responsible for covering the repair or replacement costs. In addition to personal property, home insurance should also cover liability, legal expenses and travel insurance.
If you are subletting or renting a room, you need your own home insurance. You are normally not covered by your landlord’s home insurance since you do not share the same household.

• Konsumenternas.se: Home insurances

A home insurance policy is sold by most insurance companies in Sweden:

• Folksam
• If
• Länsförsäkringar i Stockholm
• Trygg Hansa
• Hedvig