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Veterinarian
Vet Wanted: Arctic skies, real medicine, unreal lifestyle. 40k-50k SEK per month.
What if the next step in your career was actually about balance, space, and quality of life?
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. If you’re an experienced small animal vet who wants proper clinical freedom, time to think, and a life that doesn’t revolve around traffic, targets, or burnout, keep reading.
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 (castrations, GDVs, foreign bodies, lump removals, amputations). Fluent English is essential, and you’ll need to be open to learning some Swedish. The government run free language classes locally. Thie 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.
The clinic itself is newly renovated (completion March) and exceptionally well equipped: two-table surgery, separate dental suite, digital and dental x-ray, ultrasound, in-house lab, three consult rooms, shop, offices, a luxurious staff kitchen, and an overnight room with beds, shower, and kitchen.
They work 8–5 Monday to Friday, half days Saturdays, with a genuinely low-stress pace. Team lunches are common. Pizza and wine nights happen. This place has a real ‘family feel’ about it, where everyone pulls together when there’s work, and relaxes when it’s time. Decisions can be made quickly, and ideas are encouraged.
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. Bigger coastal cities are within driving distance.
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, not a postcard, but your everyday. With a 4-bed house and land costing less than £45k, what’s not to like!
So, what’s next?
If you’re ready to trade pressure for space, burnout for balance, and for a life you’ll never stop talking about, this could be it.
Send your CV, don’t worry if it’s not up to date. We can’t get the whole story in a job ad, so ask any questions. I’ll answer honestly, no hard sell.
Work with purpose, live with space, and wake up surrounded by the magic of Lapland every day
£40000 – £48000/annum CPD, All fees paid for