Finding housing on your own
The Housing Office at the Estates Unit offers accommodation to most of our exchange students from our partner universities. If you do not come as an exchange student, or if you did not get housing through us, you will need to find housing on your own.
Looking for housing
When you are looking for housing it is important to start well in advance. It has proved quite difficult to find student housing in Stockholm, especially in the beginning of the semester when the Swedish students are also looking for accommodation.
The first thing you should do when you become a member of the Student Union is to sign up for student housing with SSSB. Their queue is quite long so you cannot expect to get housing during your first semester. They sometimes have apartments or rooms that they rent out on a first come first serve basis so you should check the webside every day. SSSB's website http://www.sssb.se/index.php?page=uthyrningspolicy_eng
Websites we recommend
Below are websites with advertisements that we recommend. You may have to pay a small fee to be able to access the information.
A website that was launched in August 2011 and will replace the Student Union's webpage that contains private housing advertisements. It is a joint effort from the Universities and Student Unions in Stockholm and the city of Stockholm to try to help both Swedish and International students with housing.
Campus Roslagen is located near Norrtälje and they rent out apartments to students and researchers. It take 50 minutes to go from Stockholm University to Campus Roslagen.
A real estate company that helps people find housing on the private market.
This is run by the city of Stockholm. They sometimes have apartments on a first come first serve basis so you should check the website daily.
Same as SSSB but it only applies to housing in the Kista region.
Other websites with housing advertisements
There are several websites with private advertisements. Please remember to be careful when you look for housing in Stockholm. Most of the advertisements are legitimate and serious. However there are some frauds who want to take advantage of people and sometimes people get scammed. NEVER PAY ANYTHING IN ADVANCE if the person does not have a Swedish bank account, they cannot show the apartment or room in person and they cannot provide you with written proof from the landlord that they are allowed to rent out their apartment or room. We recommend that you only pay in advance if you are using a real estate agency (they usually charge a service fee). Be careful if you use the websites listed below.
This is a Swedish website similar to Craig's list. When you visit the website you can translate to English by using Google. They have ads for rooms, single and shared apartments. Only in Swedish.
Housing for short and long term, usually have advertisements for people who need housing immediately. Only in Swedish.
Students who live in student housing at Lappis can post their own advertisements on this website.
Rooms and apartments to rent in different cities in Sweden. Only in Swedish.
Temporary housing
If you want to book a room at a hostel while you try to find housing you can use this website: www.hostels.com/sweden Staying at a hostel should only be considered a short term solution (since it is a pricy one) while trying to find long term accommodation.
If you prefer to stay in a private home you can try couchsurfing:
A few more tips when looking for housing
Contact your embassy in Stockholm to see if they have any contacts or information to offer, or if you can place an advertisement with them. Check the notice boards at the University for notes on subletting of apartments and rooms and check the Student Union's website: http://www.sus.su.se/en/housing-tips
You can also check the newspapers for available accommodation. There are a number of second hand letting agencies in Stockholm. Most of them have in common that they charge quite a steep fee for access to their registers of available flats and most of these flats have high rents and are for short term rental only.
Remember that finding private accommodation in Stockholm may be tedious and hard work but most students find somewhere to live after a while. It may also cost you some extra money if you stay at a hostel/hotel until you find accommodation.
Last updated:
July 24, 2013
Source: Housing Office
