In our past experience, and in probably everyone’s assumed plan when moving internationally, the first thing you do is go to the currency exchange and exchange your money into the local currency. WELL, let me explain the surprising reason why we are three months into living here and still have all our money in US dollars and have zero SEK (Swedish krona).
And come with us as we show off how medicine is in Sweden (what does ABECE mean PLEASE someone tell me), explain why no one should trust Moneygram,
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00:00 Why we did not exchange our US currency to SEK (Swedish Krona)
03:55 Medicine in Sweden
05:54 Do not trust Moneygram
09:31 Mini Swedish lesson
10:27 Currency exchange
14:13 Swedish krona bank notes



It’s available in a can. But since there are more than 20, a prescription is needed. We got paid every 2 weeks when I started working. But they stopped doing that many years ago.
Evert Taube is a like a troubadour/singer songwriter from the 50ies that made alot swedish classics about for example boating and travels
If u need bottles with more inside, u need to get a prescription 🙂
Astrid Lindgren is a legend. Author of Pippi Longstockings and many many others. Childrens books
200 kr is with famous movie director Ingmar Bergmann.
You dont need cash in Sweden or Norway. We pay with cards everywhere.
10 krona coin van be gold coin if its 1991 but it must be 20.5 diameter and weingt 6.6 gram
Can ask you? Your straight or gay?
Sweden/EU have a strong legislation on money laundring, so one have to put up ones ID.card!
Minor sums one can put up a passport.. kinda tourists need to get SEK!
Its this, I often flyes to other european contryes, so I almoste everytime buy Euro at the airport.. I still find it funny that I have to put up my ID card, and on top of that answer the same question.. where did you get that money frome!
But in the same time.. im kind of proude that we have this strong legislation about money laundery!