23/06/2026
Vet Wanted:
Arctic skies, real medicine, unreal lifestyle. 40k-50k SEK per month.
Up here in Swedish Lapland, life runs at a different pace. The days are calmer, the work is meaningful, and when you finish your shift, the wilderness is literally on your doorstep.
The Role
Skogs Vets are looking for two full-time veterinarians to join their friendly, close-knit small animal clinic. Salary is 40,000–50,000 SEK per month + superannuation. This role isn’t sold on headline pay, it’s about quality of life, balance, and genuinely enjoying where you work and live.
You’ll need a few years’ experience and be comfortable working independently with internal medicine, diagnostics, and routine surgery. Fluent English is essential, and you’ll need to be open to learning some Swedish. The government run free language classes locally. The team already works in Swedish, English, and German.
The Clinic
They’re the only clinic across a large geographical area, so case variety is real. One day it’s routine vaccinations, the next it’s emergencies, working dogs, huskies, hunting dogs, and the occasional piece of local wildlife and yes, including reindeer. Orthopaedics and out-of-hours emergencies are referred to larger clinics a couple of hours away.
They work 8–5 Monday to Friday, half days Saturdays.
Life in Arvidsjaur
Arvidsjaur is a town of just over 6,000 people, small, welcoming, and beautifully well-served. There’s an airport, schools, healthcare, sports facilities, shops, cafés, and restaurants.
Then there’s the outdoors. Northern lights. Midnight sun. Snowmobiling, ice fishing, skiing, endless forests and lakes, and yes Father Christmas lives around the corner!
This is the real Arctic, With a 4-bed house and land costing less than £45k, what’s not to like!
So, what’s next?
Please send your CV to [email protected]. It doesn’t matter if it’s not up to date, we will come back to you.