Community Groups & Resources #

We strongly encourage you to branch out and get involved in the Stockholm community. Most students find it easier to break the ice with strangers while participating in a shared activity, so we have compiled a list of local groups and resources to help you get started. Use a search engine or ask around to find other options that match your specific interests, and make sure you also check out the The Student Association at SSE (SASSE). Please note that the Program does not endorse any particular group listed here.

Language Cafés (Språkcafé) #

• Stockholm Public Libraries
• Internationella Bekantskaper
• Language Exchange Stockholm

Fitness & Sports #

• Stockholm Sports Meetup
• Stockholm Badminton Meetup
• Touch Rugby Stockholm
• Stockholm Ultimate Frisbee Club
• SCBC Football Club
• Run With Me Stockholm
• Ssideline City Running Club
• Stockholm Climbing Club
• Skate and Parkour Parks

Arts & Culture #

• Literature
  • The Literary Agenda is SSE’s book club
  • The English Bookshop organizes five monthly reading groups in Stockholm (modern fiction, classics, science fiction, fantasy, and queer literature).
  • Short Story & Social Readers Meetup
  • Science Fiction Bookshop
• Dance classes
  • House of Shapes
  • Diambra
  • The Ballet Academy
  • Gravity
  • Stockholm Salsa Dance
• Art
  • Stockholm Photography Walks
  • The Slab pottery studio
  • WeBloom ceramics painting
• Film
  • Stockholm International Cinema Club
• Music
  • Stockholm Ensemble Jam Group
  • Borrow an instrument from Lava library at Kulturhuset
  • Rent a violin, viola, or cello from Joakim Amundin, violinbyggarmästare
• Gaming
  • Stockholm Boardgames meetup group
  • Dragon’s Lair gaming community and shop

Nature & Outdoors #

• STHLM Outdoor
• Stockholm Sports Meetup
• Touch Rugby Stockholm
• Stockholm Ultimate Frisbee Club
• SCBC Football Club
• Running and Walking Meetup
• Stockholm Climbing Club
• Friluftsfrämjandet (Swedish Outdoor Association)
• Skate and Parkour Parks
• Stockholms Fågelklubb
• Stockholms Fältbiologer

Pub Trivia in English #

• The Auld Dub
• Southside Pub
• Tudor Arms
• Hard Rock Cafe

News and Media #

• Radio Sweden
• The Local Sweden

Social and Political Organizations #

• Volontärbyrån lists volunteer opportunities in Sweden for English speakers
• RFSU, the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education

Networking #

• The American Club of Sweden hosts a networking mingle on the third Thursday of each month
• American Women’s Club in Stockholm
• American Chamber of Commerce
• InterNations is an expat networking group
• Job seeking in Sweden:
  • The Newbie Guide to Sweden – Find a job through networking
  • Sweden.se – Finding a job
  • Visit Stockholm – Good to know about networking in Stockholm
  • Yrkesdörren matches international job seekers with Swedes in the same field for a one-time meeting

Religious Communities & Services #

• Chabad Stockholm (Jewish)
• Church of S:t Peter and S:t Sigfrid (Anglican/Episcopal)
• Great Synagogue of Stockholm (Jewish)
• Immanuelskyrkan (Interdenominational Christian)
• International Church of Stockholm (Protestant)
• Islamiska Förbundet Stockholms Moské (Muslim)
• Katolska S:ta Eugenia Församling (Catholic)