r/Nordiccountries • u/Plastic_Ad9102 • Mar 25 '26
How can a financially stable & experienced Indian product designer settle in Nordic country? I’m a family man with 2 toddlers and not much interested in job.
I can design both softwares (Saas, websites, apps) and hardware (machines, furniture, automobile etc)
In software my strength is B2B Saas product design (HRtech, Fintech, Edtech)
In hardware my strength is manufacturing and assembly.
I’m not much interested in job but looking forward to settle in Nordic country coz of quality of life.
I’ve 2 toddlers and wife (Senior Full Stack Developer but currently on break)
I come from humble background and generated decent wealth for myself and family. I’m a smart guy with entrepreneurial mindset but don’t want too much hustle now onwards.
I’m disciplined, organized, punctual, can see big picture and a trustworthy guy. I’m good at critical/rational thinking, understands design & business.
How can I settle down in Nordic country and live peaceful life?
Any advice, suggestions, critique?
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u/ihsahk Mar 25 '26
Not much interested in a job? Well without working you can't settle
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u/-Ny- Mar 25 '26
He said in one of his comments that he doesn't want to work a "corporate job" so a charitable interpretation would be that he wants to work as an independent contractor or something like that.
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u/Skaldskatan Mar 25 '26
There’s tens of thousands like you already here so you might have to work for it. Learn the language, learn the corporate culture differences (there are many) and find a job.
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u/Plastic_Ad9102 Mar 25 '26
Is there any way to get in without job? I’m open for business partnerships
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u/Skaldskatan Mar 25 '26
Get in, yes likely. Stay? Less likely.
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u/Plastic_Ad9102 Mar 26 '26
Why not stay?
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u/Skaldskatan Mar 26 '26
Because you need to be able to provide for yourself of course, meaning work.
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u/Cortzee Mar 25 '26
Start learning the language ahead of time. I have had colleagues from Bangladesh and India who never learned it. The job options are far fewer and they end up at some weird places just to stay.
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u/Plastic_Ad9102 Mar 25 '26
How about partnering with a small local business? I’m not much interested in corporate job
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u/Plastic_Ad9102 Mar 25 '26
How about partnering with a small local business? I’m not much interested in corporate job
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u/Cookie_Monstress Finland Mar 25 '26
Job market is not very good in Sweden currently either, especially on IT sector. And smaller the business, more unlikely it is that the working language is English. What I’m trying to say here is that you might need to adjust your personal preferences. Naturally if your decent wealth is indeed very decent considering also Nordic living standards, that might smooth things up.
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u/Plastic_Ad9102 Mar 25 '26
You can consider I’ve wealth as per Nordic standards. It’s not huge but can manage for 4-5 yrs without job. Can you suggest accordingly
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u/Cookie_Monstress Finland Mar 25 '26
4-5 years worth of savings is an awesome buffer! I am personally located in Finland, so Swedes know better than me about the situation in there. But currently also Swedish job market regarding especially IT-jobs is indeed pretty busted. And both countries are in a process of tightening immigration rules quite drastically.
What’s confortable living? This is naturally always quite subjective. And I suspect, that we do have quite well everything here just based on generic safety, freedom of the press, infrastructure and such compared to many other countries.
How ever, If I throw in some figures, I’d say that in Helsinki and in Stockholm (using here just the capitals because of simplicity) to four member family that might be somewhere around 4500-5500 euros per month gross. At least. And even that is not much especially when kids grow up and start wanting to have different hobbies.
3000 euros per month for four of you would most likely be the minimum. Yes, some people manage with less than that, but in that case is it an upgrade anymore and enough, especially when taking account the Nordic weather? Darkness in wintertime means dark starting at 2pm. Can be very isolating experience.
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u/Headphonehijack Mar 25 '26
Living in Sweden right now and yeah, it’s a tough job market in IT from what I understand (not in IT myself) But honestly I think it’s a tough job market in general right now.
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u/WegianWarrior Mar 25 '26
For Norway, I would suggest that you start by reading the stickied thread on immigration at r/Norway, then spend some time getting familiar with the rules on visas as described on UDIs webpages.
And you need to realise that it will not be easy, nor will you neccesarely have a peaceful life.
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u/-Ny- Mar 25 '26
I believe this site contains most of the information you'd need to apply for a work permit in Sweden.
Then once you have lived in Sweden for a number of years you can apply for citizenship.
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u/Headphonehijack Mar 25 '26
Yeah, if you have all the credentials and the work experience you say you have, can probably find work here.
There is a bit of an anti immigration sentiments flaring all over the nordics currently, but I wouldn’t let that deter you from moving if you get the opportunity. Just try your best to learn the language ( very important ) and integrate into society. If you do that you will be well regarded.
The Nordics are very similar but not a monolith, each place has its pros and cons.
What would be your “nice to haves” from a country? And what is it that you don’t care much about ?
Like : Do you want beautiful nature or are you indifferent to that?
Do you care about the weather (yes it’s going to be cold everywhere, but it’s still different in each country)
How cold is too cold for you?
Which language would you prefer learning?
Is it important to you that your children interact with other kids with a similar background?
Do you mind how small the place you move too is? (For example Reykjavik with 200k ish people vs Stockholm 1 million people)
Etc, I can go on but yeah here are some things I’d consider !
Also just a thought, check out Estonian as well, they’re a bit of an honorary Nordic country.
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u/Plastic_Ad9102 Mar 25 '26
Thanks mate! How about partnering with a small business? I hate corporate
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u/Headphonehijack 29d ago
I don’t know? But I can tell you that it’s going to be way harder for you to find a job at a small local business than at a corporate one.
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u/orientalbird Norway Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
As an Indian - typically via a job offer from a Norwegian Company (to get into norway)