As the surge in immigrants is not unique to Sweden, other countries offer examples on building teaching capacity, particularly Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States. In 2016, the total staffing needs amounted to 249 000 full time-positions, with 182 000 teachers and 67 000 educational staff, by 2031, the National Agency for Education forecasts 44 000 additional staff will be needed to accommodate Swedish pre-, primary and secondary school students as well as students in municipal adult education. Markedly, the number of applicants to teacher training programmes across Sweden has increased more than 70% since 2011 (Lofven and Knutsson, 2018[io7])- Retention can be a challenge, especially in the first two years in the profession (Statistics Sweden, 2016[i(»]). However, a new study shows that there has not been an increase over time in leaving the profession.