Getting Started
First steps in Sweden — personnummer, BankID, Swish, and the essential registrations every new resident needs.
Getting set up in Sweden requires completing a specific sequence of registrations and applications, and each one unlocks the next. The personnummer (personal identity number) is the gateway — without it, you can't get BankID, and without BankID, you can't use Swish, access most Swedish digital services, or open a full bank account. This category covers the essentials every new resident needs: how the personnummer system works, what samordningsnummer offers as an alternative, and how to work through the registration process at Skatteverket. The guides here are designed for people in their first weeks and months in Sweden, written with the specific challenges that new arrivals face in mind.