International desk provides the departments with information about upcoming activities and seminars and about visas, residence and labour procedures, language courses, insurance as well as general information. Karolinska Institutet arranges courses in Swedish on different levels at the beginning of each semester. Evening courses in Swedish are available at e. In emergency situations, it is also possible to visit any hospital. The major national newspapers are Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Aftonbladet and Expressen.
Foreign newspapers are available in many libraries, and can be bought from certain newspaper kiosks.
See Health Insurance. Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and Midsummer Eve are not official holidays, but are generally non-working days. The funds are not liable to taxation. There are also some private international schools in Stockholm. These include the International School of Stockholm, the Tanto School, the British Primary School and the Lyc e Francais Saint-Louis.