Find accommodation in Stockholm
It can be tough to find housing in the Stockholm Area, and unfortunately there’s a shortage of student housing and it can take some while to find accommodation. The best advice to anyone who wants to study in Stockholm is to seek out the city’s housing queues, student-specific and others, and get in line as early as possible. A membership in Medicinska Föreningen gives you the opportunity to stand in a student-specific housing queue at SSSB.
Below we have collected information and links to different forms of housing for new students in Stockholm.
Karolinska Institutet Housing
www.kihousing.se
KI Housing offers accommodation for foreign students/researchers at Karolinska Institutet. You should sign up for the queue as soon as possible (e.g., even 12 months before your starting date) and no later than 3 months after you arrived to Sweden. There is no guarantee that they will find something for you, so it should not be your only option! If you do not receive accommodation through KI Housing, you will have to find housing on your own.
Stiftelsen Stockholms Studentbostäder (SSSB)
www.sssb.se
The largest distributor of student accomodation in Stockholm is SSSB (Stiftelsen Stockholms Studentbostäder). In order to be in the housing queue and to get an apartment from SSSB you have to be a member of a student association in Stockholm, like Medicinska Föreningen. Since the student housing situation in Stockholm is really bad the queues at SSSB are quite long. There are about 80 000 students here, but only about 12 000 student apartments (SSCO, 2012).
Make sure that you always have the same email address and Swedish civic number registered to Medicinska Föreningen and SSSB, otherwise you may lose credit days. If you don’t have a Swedish civic number it is extra important that SSSB and MF has the same email address registered for you.
Akademisk Kvart
www.akademiskkvart.se
As a complement to SSSB, SSCO has started up a subleasing agency called Akademisk Kvart. Here you can rent a room or an apartment in second hand and it’s easier to find somewhere to live faster. Although, since it’s subleasing, it might not be as secure as a first hand contract, so make sure to get a signed deal with your landlord.
Stockholm Housing Agency (Bostadsförmedlingen i Stockholm)
bostad.stockholm.se
Stockholm Housing Agency helps those searching for housing in the Stockholm region. Here you can search among different types of housing based on your needs. There are special apartments for youths and students. Everyone who has turned 18 years of age is welcome to register as a housing applicant. The cost is SEK 200 per year and you need a Swedish personal identity number or a co-ordination number. Your location or the fact that you already have housing does not matter.
ByggVesta
www.byggvesta.se (Swedish only)
At ByggVesta’s Campus Flemingsberg there are 433 newly built student apartments for both students and researchers. The apartments are between 20 and 80 square meters, and are suitable for single students or students who want to live with their family or a friend.
Huge
www.huge.se
Huge has around 700 student apartments in the Huddinge area, so for students at Huddinge Campus this might be an alternative.
Proventum
www.proventum.se
Proventum administers around 350 student apartments in Haninge.
Studenthemmet Tempus
www.studenthemmettempus.se
Studenthemmet Tempus has 251 student apartments right next to the metro station Åkeshov and offers apartments in a sober environment to university students.
Hellenic Living
Fully-equipped, stylish and comfortable studio apartments 15 min from Stockholm City. Student discount.
https://www.hellenicliving.com/
Lediga Lägenheter
www.ledigalagenheter.com
Ledigalagenheter.com leases apartments from private landlords i.e. apartments that you won’t find in the housing queue of Stockholm City.
More sites for finding housing in Stockholm
www.findhousingsweden.com
jagvillhabostad.nu
www.bostadsdeal.se
www.bostadsfinder.se
Also check out ki.se/en/staff/housing-for-rent and ki.se/en/staff/accommodation