For international students in Sweden

Student housing in Sweden.
Know the moment it is published.

Bostadsögat watches the student housing companies (such as SGS Studentbostäder, AF Bostäder and SBS Studentbostäder) and the queue-free first-hand flats of 90+ landlords in Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö/Lund. When something matches your filter, you get an email within minutes with a link to the landlord’s own listing.

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The account, the alert emails and the iOS app are in Swedish today. Support answers in English.

Bostadsögat · New match

Just published, matches your filter

Bromstensvägen 150

Spånga

10 640 kr/month · 2 rooms · 35 m²

First come, first servedStudents onlyvia HomeQ
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A real listing from the feed, shown the way the alert presents it.

284 student-only listings open right now348 queue-free first-hand flats open right now

In Stockholm County, Greater Göteborg and the Malmö and Lund region, read from our database when this page was built (at most 30 minutes ago). Student-only: the landlord says only students may apply; short leases and known duplicates are left out. Queue-free: first come first served, lottery or landlord’s choice, apartments only.

Student housing, in the same feed

Housing that only students may apply for is hidden by default, because most of our users cannot apply for it. Tick “Visa studentbostäder” in your filter and it joins your emails and push notifications. Most of it is let through the landlord’s student queue.

2 rooms in SpångaFirst come, first served

2 rooms · Spånga

35 m² · 10 640 kr/month

Students only · HomeQ

1 room in RosengårdMunicipal queue

1 room · Rosengård

25 m² · 5 934 kr/month

Students only · Boplats Syd

2 rooms in KistaFirst come, first served

2 rooms · Kista

28 m² · 8 929 kr/month

Students only · ByggVesta

1 room in ÖrgryteLandlord's own queue

1 room · Örgryte

32 m² · 5 992 kr/month

Students only · SGS Studentbostäder

1 room in RosengårdMunicipal queue

1 room · Rosengård

21 m² · 4 814 kr/month

Students only · Boplats Syd

1 room in OxieMunicipal queue

1 room · Oxie

22 m² · 5 341 kr/month

Students only · Boplats Syd

Real listings from the feed. Listing pages are in Swedish, like the landlords’ own sites.

New to Sweden

How student housing works here

Four things international students usually learn the hard way.

01

Queue days decide, not speed

Most student rooms and flats go to the applicant with the most days in that landlord's student queue. A listing is often open for only a few days, and an alert within minutes does not move you up the queue. What it does is make sure you never miss a listing you could have won. Register in each student queue as early as the landlord allows: your days only start counting once you are in.

02

Membership and study rules

Many student landlords ask you to be a member of a student union (kår) or, in Lund and Uppsala, a nation, and to study at a minimum pace to apply or to keep your queue days. The rules differ per landlord and change between terms, so read the landlord's own rules before you count on a place.

03

Your university may house you first

Several universities offer rooms to some admitted international students, often exchange and fee-paying students, through their own housing office and application window. That housing is booked through the university and is not in our feed. If you are eligible, apply there first.

04

Personnummer and BankID

You do not need either to use Bostadsögat: an email address and a payment card are enough. Many landlords, however, ask for a Swedish personnummer or a samordningsnummer (coordination number) to accept an application or sign a contract, and some log-ins use BankID. Some student housing companies have their own process for international students. Check what each landlord needs before you rely on a listing.

No queue days needed

The alternative: first-hand flats without a queue

If you arrived this year, you have few or no queue days. Alongside the student queues there is a second route: ordinary first-hand flats let by first come first served, lottery or landlord’s choice. They need no queue days at all, and every filter gets them. They go fast, often within hours, which is where an alert within minutes helps. Right now 348 of them are open in our regions.

Be realistic: these are regular flats on regular terms. Landlords usually check income, often around three times the rent, or accept proof of funding such as a scholarship or a guarantor, and many run a Swedish credit check.

Queue-free, up to two rooms and 10 000 kr, just published

2 rooms in SödertäljeFirst come, first served

2 rooms · Södertälje

58 m² · 9 300 kr/month

HomeQ

2 rooms in EslövLandlord's choice

2 rooms · Eslöv

59 m² · 9 531 kr/month

Boplats Sverige

2 rooms in MöllevångenLandlord's choice

2 rooms · Möllevången

60 m² · 9 619 kr/month

Heimstaden

Set it up once, in a couple of minutes

  1. 1

    Make a filter

    City or municipality, rooms and maximum rent. The form is in Swedish; the one box you need is "Visa studentbostäder" (show student housing). Tick it and student housing joins your alerts, corridor rooms included unless you choose apartments only.

  2. 2

    We watch for you

    Student housing companies and 90+ landlords, checked around the clock, the time-critical ones every 3 minutes. Student queues, first come first served and lotteries in one feed.

  3. 3

    You apply at the landlord

    An email, and a push if you use the iOS app, with a direct link to the landlord's own listing. You apply there, on their terms. We never handle applications, money or contracts.

What is in English today

  • This page and email support (bostadsogat@gmail.com).
  • In Swedish: signup, the filter form, the alert emails and the iOS app. The filters are simple, and browser translation works on the dashboard.
  • Listings are shown as the landlord wrote them, usually in Swedish.

Rental scams target new students

Every term, fraudsters advertise flats that do not exist, or are not theirs, to people who cannot view them first. Walk away if you see any of these:

  • You are asked to pay a deposit or several months of rent before you have seen the flat or signed a contract.

  • The "landlord" is abroad and offers to send the keys once you have paid.

  • The rent is well below what similar flats in the area cost.

  • You are sent a link to log in with BankID or to "verify your credit" through someone else's site.

  • You are pushed to decide today, and questions go unanswered.

The Swedish Police describe how rental scams work on their page on advert fraud (in Swedish, see “Lägenhetsbedrägeri”). If you have been scammed, contact your bank first, then report it to the Police or call 114 14.

Bostadsögat links you to the landlords’ and platforms’ own listings and never handles money, deposits or contracts. We will never ask you to pay for a flat or to log in with BankID. That does not make every listing on every platform safe, so the rules above apply everywhere.

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Questions international students ask

Is Bostadsögat in English?
This page is. The account, the filter form, the alert emails and the iOS app are in Swedish today, and listings are shown the way the landlord wrote them, which is usually in Swedish. The filters are simple (place, rooms, rent, and the "Visa studentbostäder" box) and browser translation handles the rest. Support is by email at bostadsogat@gmail.com, in English.
Do I need a personnummer or BankID?
Not for Bostadsögat: you sign up with an email address and a payment card. To apply for a flat it depends on the landlord. Many ask for a personnummer or a samordningsnummer and run a credit check, and some log-ins use BankID. Some student housing companies have a separate process for international students. Read the requirements on the landlord's page before you apply.
Will Bostadsögat get me student housing faster?
Not in a student queue. Queue-based student housing goes to the applicant with the most queue days, and an alert does not change that. What we do is tell you the moment a listing is published, so you never miss one you could have won, and show you the queue-free flats where applying early does matter. Register in the student queues as early as the landlords allow.
Which student housing do you watch?
Right now we see student housing from, among others, SGS Studentbostäder, AF Bostäder, SBS Studentbostäder, SSSB, K2A, Boplats Syd, ByggVesta and Qasa, in Stockholm County, Greater Göteborg and the Malmö and Lund region. The list is built from the listings that are live, so it changes as landlords publish. University housing offices are not included: that housing is booked through the university.
Which cities do you cover?
Stockholm County, Greater Göteborg and the Malmö and Lund region. One account and one price cover all of them, and you choose the municipalities you want to watch. Other student cities, such as Uppsala, Linköping and Umeå, are not covered today.
What does it cost?
7 days at no cost, then 129 kr/month. A card is required to start; nothing is charged during the 7 days, and we email you (in Swedish) 3 days before the first charge. Cancel from your account settings whenever you like, with no notice period.
How do I spot a rental scam?
Never pay a deposit or rent before you have seen the flat and signed a contract. Be wary of landlords who are abroad, rents far below the area's level, BankID log-in links and pressure to decide today. The Swedish Police describe the common rental scams on their page on advert fraud (in Swedish), and you can report fraud by calling 114 14.
Can I start before I arrive in Sweden?
Yes. Register in the student queues and set up your filters from anywhere. Bear in mind that many landlords need a Swedish ID number or want to show the flat before you sign, so for the queue-free flats the practical window often opens once your paperwork is under way.

Stand in the queues. Let us watch the listings.

One filter with student housing ticked, and we email you the next time a student room or a queue-free flat matches.

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