The number of Swedish students temporarily studying in another countryto receive a post-secondary education amounts annually to approximately 22,000students. The study aims to give some indications of where outbound Swedishstudents have spent their time and money studying abroad since the turn of themillennium. What are the popular study destinations? What are students looking for?Will their interest in studying abroad change post-COVID-19? The results show that

English-speaking countries are attractive to Swedish outbound students. Top desti-nations are the UK and US. Countries such as Poland, Canada, Switzerland, Japan,

the Netherlands, Latvia, South Korea and Singapore are growing in popularity. Itis noticeable that big cities attract Swedish outbound students. Large metropolescan offer many prestigious Higher Education Institutions (HEI). Popular cities forSwedish outbound students are London, Copenhagen, Riga, Singapore and Sydney.