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From which countries did many people come to Sweden to work in the years after the Second World War?

In the exam (Swedish)

Från vilka länder kom många människor till Sverige för att arbeta under åren efter andra världskriget?

  1. aBrazil, Argentina, Mexico and ColombiaBrasilien, Argentina, Mexiko och Colombia
  2. bThe USA, Canada, Australia and New ZealandUSA, Kanada, Australien och Nya Zeeland
  3. cFinland, Greece, Yugoslavia and TurkeyFinland, Grekland, Jugoslavien och TurkietCorrect answer
  4. dJapan, China, South Korea, Vietnam and LaosJapan, Kina, Sydkorea, Vietnam och Laos

Why?

Swedish industry needed workers, and many came from Finland, Greece, Yugoslavia and Turkey, among other countries. Sweden then went from being a country people moved away from to a country people moved to.

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Our own practice questions, written from the facts in UHR’s study material “Sverige i fokus” and the subjects of the ordinance (2026:451) on the citizenship test. They are not the real test questions, which are not published, and no text from the material is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Swedish. We are not affiliated with the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) or the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket).

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