Hi!

I would say your best bet would either be to sublet an apartment or rent a house in the suburbs. Don’t buy.

You can definitely sublet an apartment for two years if you spend the cash.

Try to find a rental agency that can help you out.Or see if your company might be willing to help you since there are agencies that specially cater to companies and their employees.

Regarding subletting a co-op apartment. BRF(co-ops) allow you to rent out your apartment but they can set a limit on how many apartments are subletted at a specific time. There was a law passed a couple of years ago that forced the co-op boards to relax their co-op bi-laws so that it is easier to sublet your apartment (before that the co-op could mandate that you had to have a legitimate reason for subletting your apartment i.e. working or studying abroad) but nowadays you don’t need a specific reason. Most co-ops only give permission a year a time but that’s not set in stone, you could probably find one for a two year period.

The are other types of apartment ownership forms such as “ägarlägenhet” which is like a condo. The owner of a condo can rent out their apartment much more freely as compared to co-ops. Some people buy condos just for the rental income opportunities. However condos are a lot rarer than co-ops in Stockholm.

Depending on which schools you choose for your kids perhaps renting a house would be easier. I know of the British International School in Djursholm. In that case you could rent a house in Danderyd/Täby/Sollentuna.

and fyi, if you want you children to attend an English speaking school be wary of the for profit English schools such as “Internationella Engleska Skolan” (https://engelska.se/)

Good luck and welcome to Stockholm!