Statutory notice period
The minimum notice an employer must give. Contracts and collective agreements can lengthen it and only rarely shorten it, and the tenure bands are where cross-border assumptions usually go wrong.
Employer side; a minimum of 1 month applies to both sides. The ladder is semi-dispositive, and collective agreements very commonly replace it.
| Service | Employer notice |
|---|---|
| Under 2 years | 1 month |
| At least 2 years | 2 months |
| At least 4 years | 3 months |
| At least 6 years | 4 months |
| At least 8 years | 5 months |
| At least 10 years | 6 months |
Dismissal itself requires objective grounds (sakliga skäl); the ladder only sets how long the notice runs.
Source: 11 § anställningsskyddslagen (lagtext), Sören Öman. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Minimum paid annual leave
The statutory floor for paid holiday. The counting basis matters as much as the number, since some laws count a six-day week and others count working days or calendar weeks.
25 days per year.
Per holiday year, with a right to 4 consecutive weeks between June and August. Those who join after 31 August get 5 days for that first holiday year.
Source: Semesterlagen – rätt till semester, Sveriges Ingenjörer. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Probation limit
The longest trial period the law allows an employer to agree, together with the notice that applies while it runs.
6 months at most, with notice of none by statute; either side may end it early, and collective agreements often add a short notice period during it.
A provanställning converts into permanent employment unless ended by the deadline.
Source: Provanställning och uppsägning, Azets. Checked on 2026-07-27.
Employer social contributions
What the employer pays on top of gross salary into statutory schemes. Some countries charge a percentage of pay, others charge flat amounts, and a single headline rate hides caps, regional rules and industry-rated items.
Figures apply for 2026.
| Scheme | Rate, per cent of pay | Charged on |
|---|---|---|
| Statutory employer contributions (arbetsgivaravgifter)One combined levy covering pension, survivors, sickness, parental and work-injury insurance, the labour-market contribution and a general payroll levy; the internal split shifts year to year. | 31.42 | the whole salary, with no ceiling |
Only the pension part (10.21) is due for people who turned 67 before the year began, and a temporary cut to 20.81 applies on pay up to SEK 25,000 a month for those aged 19 to 23 from April 2026 to September 2027. Occupational pension under collective agreements comes on top of the statutory levy.
Source: Arbetsgivaravgifter, Skatteverket. Checked on 2026-07-27.