Painter and decorator Jobs in Sweden for EU Citizens: No Work Permit Needed (2026)

Who this page is for. You are a citizen of an EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland - or you are from Ukraine and registered under temporary protection. In both cases you may take up work in Sweden without a work permit, and the employer files nothing for you. For EU, EEA and Swiss citizens that is free movement of workers; for Ukrainians under temporary protection it is immediate access to the labour market, currently until 4 March 2028. If you are from outside the EU and not under protection, this page is not about you - the page for foreign workers is.

Working as a painter and decorator here usually means prepping surfaces, filling cracks, hanging wallpaper, and applying clean coats of paint to residential and commercial interiors. Jobs typically come through local construction firms, renovation contractors, and property maintenance companies that handle everything from modern apartments to traditional wooden homes.

You will fit right in if you take pride in neat lines, smooth finishes, and reliable prep work. Communication on site is essential, and many workplaces use English while people pick up the local language over time, meaning your practical skills and steady hands matter most.

What is advertised right now

On 14 October 2026 our register holds 49 live painter and decorator vacancies in Sweden that carry the employer's own application address. These are public adverts collected from the national job services; they are not ours and we do not stand between you and the employer.

Employers advertising at the moment include DOER Bemanning AB, Winters Måleri & Entreprenad AB, JR Måleri i Osby AB, Aeternum Holding AB, mikael hansson färg o form AB, Miri Entreprenad & Uthyrning AB.

The work is in Partille, Stockholm, Osby, Österåker, Linköping, Haninge and elsewhere.

29 painter and decorators are already in the Workuro register. Create a free profile and we send you the live adverts in your trade, with the address to apply to, as they appear. You apply yourself; nothing about you goes anywhere unless you press a button next to one advert and ask us to send your CV.

What employers in Sweden tend to ask for

Registration. Register your address with the local authority once you arrive - that is the same step a national takes when moving house, and it is what unlocks a tax number and a bank account.

Pay

We do not print wages on this page. The adverts we collect do not carry them reliably, and a number we could not stand behind would be worse than none. Pay in Sweden is set by collective agreements in most of these trades; the employer's advert, or the union for the sector, is where the real figure is.

Nobody may charge you for this

You need no permit, so there is nothing for an agent to "arrange". If anyone asks you for money for a job in Sweden, for a contract, for a place in a queue or for paperwork that does not exist, walk away. Workuro is free for workers and always will be; an employer pays only if they want to open your contact details, and you can switch that off.