The key facts

  • On November 13, Stockholm hosted a forum on labor mobility between Uzbekistan and Sweden
  • The Swedish side noted a shortage of personnel in agriculture, medicine, construction, engineering and services
  • Latvian BRIGG signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Migration Agency of Uzbekistan

Forum in Stockholm: contacts between employers and job seekers

On November 13, Stockholm hosted the forum 'Uzbekistan — Sweden: Skills, Talents and Labor Mobility', organized with the participation of the Migration Agency and the Embassy of Uzbekistan. It was attended by representatives of government bodies of the two countries, Swedish employers, recruitment companies and the Uzbek diaspora. Participants discussed establishing contacts between employers and job seekers from Uzbekistan, professional and language training for migrants, as well as their legal employment abroad.

What specialists the Swedish market needs

The forum noted the Swedish economy's need for specialists in a number of sectors: agriculture, medicine, construction, engineering and services. Representatives of Sweden's northern regions expressed interest in hiring Uzbek citizens against the backdrop of a personnel shortage; the parties discussed opportunities for training medical personnel and their subsequent deployment to work.

Negotiations with companies and a memorandum with BRIGG

The delegation held a series of negotiations with employers and recruitment companies. With Norway's Viznor, employment in seasonal and permanent agricultural jobs was discussed; with Denmark's Spiras — the exchange of data on vacancies and qualification requirements. Latvian BRIGG signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Migration Agency: the parties plan to organize the selection of specialists in demand on the Swedish labor market, their professional training and language preparation. According to BRIGG itself, Swedish employers are primarily looking for industrial workers in the metallurgical sector, special equipment operators, and mechanics for buses and trucks.

Student internships and proposals from compatriots

According to the Dunyo agency, in 2025–2026 about 100 Uzbek students and graduates completed internships and received jobs at livestock farms and poultry plants in Scandinavian countries; cooperation in this area is planned to be expanded. Among the forum participants were also named the Swedish association of 'green' employers, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for Eurasia, the recruitment agencies Incluso and OnePartnerGroup, and Norway's QM Software, which expressed interest in attracting Uzbek workers. Before the forum, the director of the Migration Agency, Mukhsinkhoja Abdurakhmonov, held an online meeting with Uzbek students enrolled in the Swedish Global Professionals program: they proposed speeding up the provision of information on employment abroad, developing cooperation in robotics and automation, and exploring the possibility of employing agricultural machinery specialists in Sweden and Denmark.

Context

It was previously reported that Uzbekistan and Sweden would launch a pilot migration program for 1.5 years. The forum in Stockholm became a continuation of this line of organizing legal employment of compatriots in the kingdom. At the same time, the outcomes of the discussions so far remain at the level of declarations of intent: only one memorandum has been signed — with BRIGG, and no specific timelines or recruitment volumes were announced following the forum.