That would really save on rent, so sure.
But yeah, you should visit both Stockholm and Malmö. But don’t judge Malmö solely for Malmö, since it’s just a 30 min train-ride to central Copenhagen, with all that it has to offer.
Copenhagen Rocks, Stockholm Sucks*
Do you drink? Twice the price for everything in Sweden and Copenhagen has way more bars, and is a few degrees warmer so you can actually ride your bike home, Stockholm is cold whearas Copenhagen is just cold.
Plus Danish beer is far superior
*Ok Gamla Stan is pretty cool. And so are the ferrys. And the city centre. And Skanda…
I’m sure this would have been news to my Uncle Eric and his wife, my Aunt Eldine. And all my cousins who were their children. 
No I don’t, so the price and level of difficulty of purchasing alcohol doesn’t bother me in the least.
Any more for any more, or have I tapped out the Swedish doper pool of advice?
Well, nothing really pops into my head, but ask as much as you like.
You have a PM.
If you move to Sweden, who will be my culinary best friend and amazing tour guide the next time I’m in London?
It’s a five year plan, I’m not going to jumping ship that soon.
Although I don’t know how the whole EU thing changes matters, living in a country as an expatriate is usually much different than living there as a citizen. Since I have never lived in a developed nation as an expat, my personal experiences are probably largely irrelevant. But whenever we’ve thought about moving to another country, I’ve sought advice not just about the country itself, but about living there as a foreigner.
I googled “expatriate Sweden” and got these websites - they may or may not be crappy, but regardless, you should talk to others, preferably British, who live in Sweden. (The alloexpat site is good for at least some countries, if memory serves.)
I’m a Brit that moved to Stockholm in 1999. I still live there.
Feel free to direct any questions my way.
In Sweden the concept of a “council house” is far more socially acceptable and there are far more of them. As far as apartments go there are basically three variants:
Bostadsrätt where you bought the place. It isn’t quite the same as in the UK as you buy into a housing association rather than the bricks and mortar. Be sure to check the finances of the association before you buy.
Hyresrätt which is a council house. In Stockholm the wait times can be immense. It is quite common for parents to put their kids on the lists for the better areas at birth. These can be bought “black”, ie. under the table, but it can be risky.
Andrahand is second hand renting. The real owner has either a bostadsrätt or a hyresrätt. Many housing associations don’t allow second hand renting so it can be a bit messy and hence hard to find places.
www.bostaddirekt.se is the main andrahand website that people use. They have a website in English.
Basic rate income tax is around 30%. If you earn over a certain amount (I can’t remember exactly but I have a feeling it is around the equivalent of 30k GBP pa) then an additional 20% is put on the excess.
VAT in general is 25%. There are lower rates for things like food (12%) and books (6%).
In salaried jobs the wage is often quoted as a monthly amount rather than yearly.
Fantastic amanset - I will PM you later with some more detailed questions, one Brit to another. I’d definitely be interested in your experiences of moving there and any specific barriers you encountered.
It may not be German but it can be complex. IIRC there are seven different versions of the plural, depending on the type on noun, and due to the definite article being placed on the end of the word there are multitudes of different endings.
A car: en bil
The car: bilen
Two cars: två bilar
The two cars: två bilarna
Add to that the two different (in)definite articles with no rules as to whether a noun is one or the other and (IIRC) five different classes of verb that all conjugate in different ways it can get somewhat confusing for someone used to the relative simplicity of English grammar.
Sure. I’ll look forward to receiving your PM. I’m a big fan of anything that gets me away from working
You don’t have PMs activated - I don’t have the option to send you one currently.
Ah. I changed my email address (it was outdated and wanted to be sure I’d get notifications) but hadn’t verified it. I’ve done so now and so it should work.
Sorry about that.
Same as the others said. Bring on the questions and we’ll pile out the answers… or just send a PM
Well, there aren’t quite no rules, the rules just aren’t very good :), in that they don’t cover all words or are entirely without exceptions.
As a general comment on the difficulty of Swedish, it is of course quite difficult to learn any language to the point where you make no technical/grammatical mistakes, and extremely difficult to learn all the nuances of word usage and phrasing to achieve native level proficiency, but the most important part in participating in Swedish society is in understanding the language when spoken or written which is not nearly so difficult. Especially with Swedish and English being closely related, with a lot of the basic vocabulary being recognisable.