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IMPORTANT REMINDERS
• Get involved with the Student Association (SASSE);
it can enrich your student life and help you get to
know your new home.
• Start your search for housing early!
• Bring clothing appropriate for the climate, for
instance a warm jacket and boots suitable for winter.
• Be sure to get a Swedish personal identity number.
• Always carry your ID card when you leave your
home, even when you go to school.
• Be sure to have valid insurance.
• Always keep your personal information, such as
banking codes, personal number and passwords, to
yourself.
• Be smart when you are out at night. If ANYTHING happens, always contact the police!
• Pay the fares on the public transportation system
(subway, trains etc.). It may be tempting to faredodge, but this is a crime and you will be held
responsible if caught.
• You must be at least 20 years old to buy alcoholic
drinks at Systembolaget. Drinking alcohol in public
places is forbidden.
• During the week it is considered disturbing to your
neighbors if you are noisy in your home after 10
pm. So be respectful and turn your music down
and, if you have company, lower your voices.
• Do not be afraid to ask for help when needed;
Swedes are generally happy to help.
• Always keep in mind that you represent SSE wherever you are!
TWO SWEDISH PHRASES THAT
ARE GOOD TO KNOW
Tack för maten!
Means “thank you for the food” and is always used after a
meal that has been prepared and served by someone else.
Ursäkta!
Means I’m sorry or Pardon and should be used when
you for example bump into someone or ask stranger a
question. Since politeness codes vary across cultures, it
is better to say this too often than too little. The same
goes for the phrase Tack, which means Thank you.
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