Apply for a licence

If you want to work as a healthcare practitioner, you may need to obtain a licence. The prerequisites for obtaining a licence vary according to where you were educated.

The National Board of Health and Welfare does not send out SMS with a link regarding your identification matter

We have been contacted by a number of people with information that they have received an SMS from the National Board of Health and Welfare with a request to click on a link. We would like to draw our applicants' attention to the fact that we do not send SMS regarding identification matters. If you receive an SMS with a link, do not click on the link.

Choose your profession

Is your profession not included in the list?

If this is the case, it may be one of the professions that do not require a licence in order to work in Sweden