Family & parenting

Read about parental benefits and parental leave in Sweden

Shared parental leave in Denmark and Sweden

If you are a family where one parent works in Sweden and the other in Denmark, your parental leave can be divided in several ways. The countries use a system to settle the days.

Checklist: Parental benefit and temporary parental benefit-Living in Denmark and working in Sweden

This checklist is for people living in Denmark and working in Sweden who are entitled to parental benefit (föräldrapenning) or temporary parental benefit (VAB) from Sweden.

Parental leave in Sweden

When you work in Sweden, and are covered by the Swedish social insurance, you are entitled to Swedish parental leave.

When you work and are covered by social security in Sweden, you are entitled to leave with parental benefits (föräldrapenning) on the same conditions as Swedish citizens. It is Försäkringskassan (the Swedish Social Insurance Agency) that administers parental benefits.

Child benefit when working in Sweden

Whether child benefit is paid primarily in Sweden or Denmark depends on where both parents work and in which country the child lives. Here is a brief introduction about which authority to contact.

Your child is sick – and you work in Sweden

If you work in Sweden and have a child under the age of 12, you are entitled to stay home from work and receive benefits from Försäkringskassan when your child is sick.