Europe
Sweden
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In Sweden, education and criminal records checks are generally permissible for new candidates. However, due to the sensitive nature of this information, they are restricted in certain cases. Similarly, credit and financial checks can only be performed with certain restrictions in place. Lastly, address verification is also restricted in Sweden and can only be performed subject to certain limitations.
Background check summary
Education: permissible
Criminal: some restrictions
Credit/financial: some restrictions
Address: some restrictions
Zinc's background check turnaround times
Please note these background check turnaround times are averages for the country. Actual check times may vary and depend on a number of factors including the resident country's process time as well as the candidate's document submission speed.
Financial (mins)
20
Criminal (days)
10
Media (mins)
14
Reference (days)
2
identity (mins)
140
Education (days)
4.334541137
Address (days)
2
Sanctions (mins)
25
Right-to-work rules
Rules apply for citizens as well as non-citizens working in the country
National ID Accepted?
Passport
Other passport accepted?
Any other routes (any type of citizen)
Body name
Foreign Citizens
Natural citizens: Alternative routes
Country details
Birthrate
10.27
Population
10,099,265
capital
Stockholm
GDP ($/capita)
26800
TLD
.se
developed/developing
Developed
Currency
Swedish Krona
Net migration
1.67
Literacy(%)
99
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