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I moved from Sweden to Australia back in '83.
Melbourne is pretty good. Contrary to what most non-Melbournians think, the weather's usually good, and it rains less here than in Sydney.
Also the Swedish Church is located here. You're probably not into church (and neither am I) but it's much more like a social club than a church thing. Since I moved here, I've never been to a (whatever they call it) mass, but I'm about to organise (for the second time) a christening there, and my brother got married there last year.
Only think is that real estate is a lot more expensive than (most of) Sweden and supermarket prices are more expensive. Petrol is a lot cheaper. On balance, it's only marginally cheaper here than in SWE.
Getting here can be tough. Took me 2 years to get the visa back then. As long as you have the "right" set of skills, you could be lucky.
And lastly... I'd NEVER go back to Sweden to live again instead of here. Despite the cooky John Howard with his tongue up GWB's arse and Australia being like an appended US state ruled by the queen of England. I think it's great!
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