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Are you ready for a bigger challenge? We are now looking for Border Control Officers for the Border Police Unit in the Stockholm region, based at the Local Police Area Arlanda. With us, you will develop and gain life experiences alongside engaged and friendly colleagues, while your work contributes to increasing safety and reducing crime in Sweden.

The Border Police Unit is a regional unit in the Stockholm region that works with border controls, internal immigration checks, enforcement of decisions on deportation and expulsion, surveillance and investigation regarding human smuggling, violations of the Aliens Act, and cross-border international serious organized crime within Stockholm County and Gotland. The Border Police Unit has the regional responsibility for international contacts regarding, among other things, border police issues, intelligence, and alerts.

At the border police, you are Sweden's face to the outside world:

• You are the first person travelers meet upon arrival in Sweden.
• You work to protect Sweden's and Schengen states' borders.
• You work to prevent human trafficking, smuggling, and illegal labor in collaboration with other authorities.

Job Description

The Local Police Area Arlanda is responsible for border controls, immigration checks, and order and safety at the airport. As a border control officer, you work based on intelligence, and your work includes, among other things, profiling travelers and checking travel documents for arrivals and departures to and from the Schengen area. You will also participate in other initiatives within the framework of the Border Police Unit's work.

Qualifications

This is an opportunity for you who have:

• Swedish high school diploma with passing grades in Swedish, English, mathematics, and social studies. (alternatively, a corresponding foreign high school diploma where the grades are translated and validated by UHR).
• At least 1 year of documented work experience in full-time employment during the last five years (military service counts as work experience).
• Very good experience with computers as a working tool in your daily work.
• Very good language skills, both spoken and written, in Swedish and English.
• Ability to move freely, as the daily work can be physically demanding.
• Driver's license B.
• Swim competent, 200 meters breaststroke (certificate required).
• Normal color vision (certificate required).
• Swedish citizenship.

Applicants will undergo tests in Swedish, English, and geographical knowledge related to the Border Police Unit's operations. Drug tests may be conducted during the process.

It is advantageous if you also have:

• Experience in border control work within the EU/Schengen and have completed training in border control at the external border.
• Post-secondary education in, for example, criminology, political science, law, or equivalent as assessed relevant by the employer.
• Good geographical knowledge (will be tested).
• Completed Swedish military service or GMU.

Clearly describe in your application how you meet the above qualifications through the selection questions.

Personal Characteristics

We are looking for someone who takes responsibility for their tasks and is structured. You have an easy time driving your processes forward and ensuring that nothing has been left to chance or overlooked. Furthermore, you easily adapt to changing circumstances and can quickly change your perspective and approach. As a person, you are calm, stable, and controlled in stressful situations. You focus on the right things and maintain a realistic perspective. You find it easy to work with others, you are involved, and relate to them in a responsive and smooth manner. Finally, you value people's differences and understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect yourself and others.

We place great importance on personal characteristics.

Important Information

Swimming & Color Vision Certificates and High School Diploma

Please include these certificates with your application or submit them during the upcoming steps of the recruitment process. These certificates are mandatory to proceed in the process. Note! Only the police's forms regarding swimming & color vision certificates are valid in the recruitment process. You can find these via the advertisement on polisen.se

If you are one of those who proceed, you will be invited via email to a mandatory information meeting held on Saturday of week 7 or Sunday of week 8, where you will receive information about the role of border control officer and participate in group interviews and knowledge tests.

Applicants will undergo tests in Swedish, English, and geographical knowledge related to the Border Police Unit's operations. Drug tests may be conducted during the process.

Other Information

Employment type: Permanent employment with a six-month probationary period

Work location: Arlanda Airport

Working hours: Shift work, hours are scheduled for all hours of the day and year-round

Start date: Week 35, 2026

Function: Border Control Officer

In your CV, we wish you to describe how you meet the requested qualifications and merits related to the current recruitment. You can see the complete requirement profile in the job advertisement; please note that any requirements must be met at the time of application. The information you provide in connection with your application may be used to contact you, provide information and invitations, and any employment documents.

Apply by attaching your CV (we do not want a personal letter) and answering the selection questions in the email. The questions are based on the requirement profile for this recruitment, and your answers form the basis for the selection that takes place in the process. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete. Do not refer to your CV. The questions can be found in the advertisement on the police's web advertisement.

The Police Authority

The Police Authority offers you a workplace that stimulates diversity, creativity, and personal development. Please read about our benefits as an employee of the police at https://polisen.se/erbjudande

We conduct our operations according to the six principles of the state value system: democracy, legality, objectivity, freedom of opinion formation, respect, and efficiency and service. As an employee of the police, you are expected to act according to these and contribute to their maintenance. This is a prerequisite for legal certainty, legal security, and for the police's legitimacy in society. As a representative of the police, you respect everyone's equal value and create trust in the police.

Please read more about the police and our operations at www.polisen.se

Warm welcome to your application!

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