Regulated professions – professions with specific requirements
Some professions are regulated through Swedish legislation that defines the requirements for working within that profession, e.g. a particular qualification or authorisation, or other formal recognition.
The majority of the professions that are regulated in Sweden can be found in this list. If you wish to work in any of the below professions you should contact the competent authority and apply for the right to practice that profession:
- Animal health care professions/Veterinary professions, contact the Swedish Board of Agriculture
- Veterinary nurse
- Veterinary care assistant
- Licenced physiotherapist/dentist approved for animal health care
- Approved farrier
- Veterinary - Authorised interpreter and translator, contact Kammarkollegiet
- Authorised patent attorney, contact the Swedish Patent Attorneys Board
- Blaster foreman, contact The Swedish Work Environment Authority
- Building site coordinator, contact National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
- Certified energy expert, contact National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
- Driving instructor and Education leader at driving schools, contact the Swedish Transport Agency
- Electrical contractor, contact the National Electrical Safety Board
- Fire prevention officer and technical equipment inspector- flammable and explosive goods, contact the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
- Head of actuarial function, contact Finansinspektionen
- Health care professions, contact the National Board of Health and Welfare
- Assistant nurse
- Audiologist
- Authority to perform certain duties in the social services
- Biomedical scientist
- Chiropractor
- Dental hygienist
- Dentist and Specialised dentist
- Dietician
- Doctor of medicine
- Medical social worker
- Medical physicist
- Midwife
- Naprapath
- Nurse and Specialised nurse
- Occupational therapist
- Optician
- Orthopaedic engineer/technologist
- Pharmacist
- Physiotherapist
- Prescriptionist
- Psychologist
- Psychotherapist
- Radiographer
- Specialised doctor of medicine
- Speech therapist - Lift contractor, contact National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
- Medical controls in the working life, contact The Swedish Work Environment Authority
- Mountain guide, contact UHR
- Pest control:
Crops, gravel, asphalt etc go, contact the Swedish Board of Agriculture
Pests and insects, contact The Public Health Agency of Sweden
Pests, contact The Swedish Work Environment Authority - Professional diver, contact The Swedish Work Environment Authority
- Rafting guide, contact Swedish Transport Agency
- Real estate agent, contact the Swedish Estate Agents Inspectorate
- Security guard, contact Stockholm’s County Administrative Board
- Teacher and pre-school teacher, contact the Swedish National Agency for Education
- Technical experts for fire prevention, ventilation equipment, quality of construction projects and accessibility, contact National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
- Taxi driver, contact the Swedish Transport Agency
- Vehicle inspector, contact the Swedish Transport Agency
Within the EU there are rules that make it easier for EU citizens to work within regulated professions. If you are an EU citizen, the competent authorities will process your application for registration or other authorisation in accordance with Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of vocational qualifications. Read more about regulated professions for EU/EEA citizens
Other regulated professions
There are also other professions that are regulated, but which are recognised in accordance with particular directives:
Lawyer
Contact The Swedish Bar Association.
Accountants
Read more about regulation for accountants on the Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors’s website.
Professions at sea and in the air
Read more about regulation for professions at sea and in the air on the Swedish Transport Agency’s website
There are also professions that require you to be a Swedish citizen, e.g. within the police force and the legal system.