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1 SSSB queue

Register at sssb.se. You collect one queue day per day, and listings go to whoever applies with the most queue days — that's the number this dashboard sorts by.

To actually sign a contract you need to be a member of an SSCO-affiliated student union (or if you aren't registered for classes, an admissions letter works as well) and meet their study-pace requirements — check their current rules on the site.

Do this first: registering is quick and days only start counting from when you register, so every week earlier is a week higher in every future queue. You can collect a maximum of 90 days before registering with a student union (class registration required).

2 Bostadsförmedlingen

This is Stockholm's city housing agency — Svenska Bostäder doesn't run its own student queue, their listings are advertised here. Register at bostad.stockholm.se; there's a yearly queue fee, and offers go by queue time.

Student listings here often have much shorter effective queues than regular apartments — and unlike SSSB there's no student-union requirement to register, though student listings require you to be studying when you sign.

Note: ads here show an application deadline ("sista ansökningsdag") rather than a required queue-days figure — you apply and the longest-queued applicant wins, so it costs nothing to try even with few days.

Strategy

Join both queues ASAP, long before moving — they're independent and both reward early registration. Use SSSB queue days for the areas closest to most university areas (Lappkärrsberget, Jerum, Kungshamra are the classic first-year picks), and treat Bostadsförmedlingen as a good backup plan, as on average those offers are more expensive.