> Second hand contracts and/or private landlords still work Barely. There is a black market for rental contracts in Sweden, which is as far as I'm aware unhear

> Second hand contracts and/or private landlords still work Barely. There is a black market for rental contracts in Sweden, which is as far as I'm aware unheard of everywhere else in the world. Renting "i andra hand" (subletting) is extremely difficult. Want to see how bad the market is? Put a fake apartment up for rent on Blocket to test the response rate. The last time I did this, I had over 300 responses in the first half hour. Subletting is also time-limited to a year, if I remember correctly (though perhaps some housing associations have different rules on this, and perhaps not). The people downvoting my original comment which is somewhat critical of Sweden is good reflection of the typical Swedish mentality — borta bra men hemma bäst. There's a reason Sweden is called "China of the North".