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About Us Faculty Humanitarian Work Missionary Work Adventure Medicine Discussion Board Jobs Database CV Database Regulatory Bodies Indemnity/Insurance Updates Newsletters Books Useful Links Flights/Hotels DoH Toolkit for International Work Country Safety Tools: Translate ! Int Dialing Codes Currency Converter Organise my Elective ! Advertise with us Contact us The Medic's Guide Book	SWEDEN Population: 8.8 million Language: Swedish Capital: Stockholm Currency: Krona Int Code: +46 Useful Addresses: Ministry of Health: 26 Jakobsgt, Stockholm 103 33 Tel: +46 8 405 1000 Fax: 8 723 11 91 Swedish Medical Association Sveriges Läkarförbund Villagatan 5 P.O. Box 5610 11486 Stockholm Tel: +46 8 790 33 00 Fax: 8 20 57 18 www.slf.se Swedish Nurses Association: Östermalmsgatan 19 S-114 26 Stckholm Tel: +46 8 412 24 00 Fax: 8 412 24 24 www.swenurse.se NB There is a Swedish Association of Trauma Nurses: www.trauma.c.se Swedish Dental Association: Svierges Tandläkarförbund Box 5843, S 10248, Stckholm Tel: +46 8 666 1500 Fax: 8 662 5842 www.tandlakarforbundet.se Swedish Physiotherapy Association: Legitimerade Sjukgymnasters Riksförbund, PO Box 3196 S 10363, Stckholm Tel +46 8 696 97 45 Fax: +46 8 696 97 54 www.lsr.se Swedish Occupational Therapy Association: PO Box 760 S 13124 Nacka Medical Schools and Hospitals: Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 StockholmTel: +46 8 728 6400 Fax: 8 310 343 www.ki.se . Founded in 1810, the medical school of the capital has a good research reputation. The University only does medicine and uses Södersjukhuset Hospital, 118 83 Stockholm, Sweden. Lund University, Medicinska Fackulteten, Box 117, S-221 01 Lund Tel: +46 222 7219 Fax: 222 4170 www.medfak.lu.se. Founded in 1666, Lund uses Lund University Hospital, S-22100, Lund tel: 46 17 10 00 Fax: 46 14 68 72 Göteborg University, Medicinaregatan 16, SE-413 90 Göteborg Tel: +46 31 773 1000 Fax: 31 773 3866 www.medfak.gu.se Gothenburg University uses the massive Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Sahlgrenska Universtetssjukhuset S-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden Tel: 31 342 10 00). This is one of the biggest hospitals in Europe and has been created by the fusion of six hospitals. You will be very hard-pushed to find a speciality not catered for. Universitetet I Uppsala, Medicinska Fakulteten, Box 256, S-751 05, Uppsala Tel: +46 18 182 500 Fax: 18 181 85 www.medfak.uu.se Uppsala uses Uppsala University Hospital (S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden Tel: 18 663000 Fax: 18 508127 www.uas.se). This is a large 924-bed hospital with a vast array of specialities. Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, SE-901 87 Umeå Tel: +46 90 165 000 Fax: 90 167 660 www.umu.se Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hälsouniversitetet, Universitetssjukhuset SE-581 85 Linköping Tel: +46 13 222 000 www.hu.liu.se

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