What is the cost of living in Sweden as a family?

Last Updated: 16.06.2025 08:27

Maybe this is more relevant to someone asking from abroad: if you make less money than this, have a time-limited residency, and want to bring your family over to live with you, it is most likely going to be denied. You are not considered to make enough money to be able to support them.

Thanks for the A2A.

That… rather depends on the size of the family and the standard of living that you want.

How is it, in the USA, a country with 334 million people, the choice of President comes down to two aged men, one of whom is a liar as well as a criminal, one who appears to be on his way to dementia. Surely a democratic country can put up better?

But what’s known as the subsistence minimum (“existensminimum”) is SEK 10,061 per month for a couple living together, plus SEK 3,255 per month for each child up to 6 years of age, and SEK 3,906 per month for each child above years of age. If you make less money than this (after tax and, crucially, housing), you are officially in need of financial support of some kind.

What is the cost of living in Sweden as a family?

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