Western Europe
Making aliyah from Sweden
315 people moved from Sweden to Israel between 2015 and 2025, including 22 in 2025. Here is what the official record shows about them, and what the process looks like from Sweden specifically.
Olim in 2025
22
granted oleh status on arrival
Total since 2015
315
11 years of the record
Busiest year
2017
42 arrivals
Most chosen town
Tel Aviv-Yafo
87 people
Settlement concentration
Not ranked: Sweden has fewer than 1,000 olim on the detailed record, so its top three towns say more about one absorption programme than about a pattern.
The record
Aliyah from Sweden, in the ministry's own files
Every arrival counted once, in the year they landed and the town they registered in.
Arrivals from Sweden by year
Where they settled
Absorption town recorded on arrival.
- 1Tel Aviv-Yafo87
- 2Netanya31
- 3Jerusalem29
- 4Herzliya21
- 5Haifa13
- 6Ra'anana11
- 7Yeroham9
- 8Givatayim8
- 9Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut8
- 10Harish7
Age on arrival
14% arrived as children, 16% at 65 or over.
- 10-1743
- 218-2464
- 325-3474
- 435-4951
- 550-6433
- 665+50
What they did before moving
Occupation recorded at registration. "School pupil" and "student" reflect how many arrive as dependants.
- 1Not stated48
- 2Retired30
- 3Student26
- 4School pupil20
- 5Not specified14
- 6Primary school teacher9
- 7Economist9
- 8Unskilled7
Destination
More went to Tel Aviv-Yafo than anywhere else
87 of the 315 arrivals from Sweden registered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, ahead of Netanya, Jerusalem, Herzliya.
That is 28% of everyone arriving from Sweden, against 12.3% of olim from all countries.
The town is recorded once, on arrival, so the chart above shows where people registered rather than where they live now.
How it works
The process from Sweden
The Jewish Agency for Israel runs the process through its regional office and the Israeli consulate.
Commercial flights, with group flights organised around the summer and holiday periods in the larger communities.
Western European olim concentrate on the coastal centre: Netanya, Ashdod, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ra'anana.
Documents are the slow part everywhere: birth certificates, proof of Jewish descent, police clearance and, in most countries, apostilles. Start collecting before you open the file, not after. The full sequence is in the aliyah guide.
Before you go
Work out what your money is worth: the cost of living page has rent, groceries and salaries in real numbers, and the shekel converter gives today's rate.
A market stall in Jerusalem with prices marked in shekels.
Check the calendar you are moving into: holiday dates close the country for whole weeks in autumn and spring, and Shabbat times govern the week.
A sesame-topped challah loaf, freshly baked.
See how Sweden compares with everywhere else on the full statistics explorer.
An open-plan office floor of screens and desks.
Aliyah from elsewhere in Western Europe
Total arrivals 2015 to 2025, in brackets.
Start here
The move itself, in six steps
Eligibility, opening the file, the documents, the visa, landing day and the absorption benefits that follow. The guide is the same wherever you are starting from.
Frequently asked questions
How many people make aliyah from Sweden each year?+
22 in 2025, and 315 in total between 2015 and 2025. The strongest single year was 2017, with 42 arrivals.
Where do olim from Sweden settle?+
Tel Aviv-Yafo takes the largest share, followed by Netanya, Jerusalem, Herzliya. 28% of olim from Sweden settled in Tel Aviv-Yafo, against 12.3% of olim overall.
Who handles an aliyah application from Sweden?+
The Jewish Agency for Israel runs the process through its regional office and the Israeli consulate.
Is aliyah from Sweden mostly families or individuals?+
Of the 315 arrivals recorded, 14% were children under 18 and 16% were 65 or over. That skews towards adults moving without school-age children.
Source: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, published on data.gov.il. Figures count people granted oleh status on arrival. Rebuilt 2026-08-05.