Updated on: November 20, 2025
Currency
Swedish Krona (SEK)
Employer Taxes
Employers pay around 31.42% of gross salaries in social contributions.
Payroll Frequency
Monthly
Employee Taxes
N/A
Language
Swedish
Date Format
DD/MM/YYYY
Sweden by the Numbers
Population
10.5 million
GDP
SEK 5 trillion
Weekly Working Hours
Regular working hours are limited to 40 hours per week. Including overtime, the average number of hours should not exceed 48 hours over a four month period. the maximum number of hours that an employee can work annually is 200 hours. Consent must be sought before an employer can exceed this limit. Individual agreements/CBAs should be checked for overtime rates, but hours exceding regular working time could be paid at 50-100% of the regular wage.
National Holidays
10
Hiring Difficulty Score
N/A
Weekly Working Hours
National Holidays
Leave
Employees are entitled to various types of leave, including holiday leave, sick leave, maternity leave, and paternity leave.
Employment Contracts
Types of Employment
Employees, temporary agency workers, and independent contractors are all distinct categories of employment.
Employment Costs
32-33% (inclusive of employer social security 31.42%, workers compensation insurance, and travel insurance).
IC Class Factors
A status assessment is multi-faceted and dependent upon a number factors and a totality approach is required in order to determine the outcome. Prevalent considerations include (but are not limited to) an analysis of the degree of control, subordination, exclusivity, economic risk of individual, integration into the organisation, subcontracting of work and the right to substitution.
Labor Leasing
Temporary worker placement does not require a labor leasing licensing.
Minimum Wage Requirements
There are no general minimum wage requirements.
Medical Benefits
Medical benefits provide that day 1 of sick leave is unpaid, while days 2 to 14 are paid by the employer at 80% of the employee’s salary. After day 14, sick leave is paid by the state.
Probationary Periods
The probationary period is up to 6 months.
Termination Notice
The termination notice period is as follows: for less than 2 years of employment, 1 month’s notice is required; for 2 to 4 years of employment, 2 months’ notice is required; and one additional month is added for every two years of employment, up to a maximum of six months.
Severance
There is no legal mandate for severence pay on a standard termination of employment. However, there may be specific situations where employees may become eligible for severence payments. If applicable and the employee becomes entitled to a severence payment this will be determined by a Collective Bargaining Agreement or a termination agreement with a negotiated severence between the parties.
Pre-hire Checks
Pre-hire checks include immigration and right-to-work checks, as well as background checks, which are conducted only if justified by the role and in compliance with GDPR regulations.
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