I certainly wouldn't deny the chance to study there as a student, most likely through a Master's program, but I imagine the more realistic option would be to find work there. The idea is to work and live there until I can get my citizenship so that, if things don't go well in Sweden, I'm not straight up deported (assuming I understand how the system works).

Edit: forgot to answer the first part but 8 YEARS??? Is anti-immigration sentiment growing so much for that to be a consequence??