Working hours & days in Sweden. (2024)

FAQs

How many hours a day do you work in Sweden? ›

To get the daily pay of a monthly salary you divide the total amount with 21 working days. The working day in Sweden is 8 hours. A shooting day has normal hours between 08.00 – 17.00 including a one-hour lunch break. The lunch break should be no later than 5 hours after start work.

In Sweden, the standard working week is set at 40 hours, with any additional hours classified as overtime.

4-Day Workweek in Sweden

Sweden made headlines in 2015 when it implemented a four-day workweek in Gothenburg. Instead of adhering to the traditional model of four eight-hour workdays, the working hours were reduced to six hours per day, totalling 30 hours per week.

Employees in Sweden work around 1,441 hours per year on average, which is about 18 per cent less than the OECD average. Meanwhile, the country's productivity compares well with that of the other countries in the EU. As for the 'life' part of the work–life balance, there's plenty on offer for families.

What's the minimum wage in Sweden? Sweden do not have government-regulated salaries. On a national level, Sweden have no minimum wages, so it it fully legal to pay 0 SEK. Instead, salaries and benefits are negotiated between the national union and employer organizations.

The average annual salary in Sweden is around SEK 481, 200. Average wages in Sweden decreased to 193 SEK/Hour (2832.482 USD/Month) in July 2023. The maximum rate of the average wage for employees was 184 SEK/Hour, and the minimum was 134 SEK/Hour.

The standard working week in Sweden runs from Monday to Friday.

Belgium became the first country in Europe to legislate for a four-day week. In February 2022, Belgian employees won the right to perform a full workweek in four days instead of the usual five without loss of salary.

Swedes eat their main meal of the day at lunchtime; do likewise and you'll save lots of cash. Bear in mind that Swedes eat early; lunch will be served from 11am, dinner from 6pm.

According to the Annual Leave Act, you are entitled to 25 full days of vacation every year regardless of your age or type of employment (information about the Annual Leave Act only available in Swedish). If you are working irregular hours or part-time, your annual vacation is recalculated to the equivalent of 25 days.

Does Sweden pay weekly? ›

In Sweden, the payroll frequency is typically monthly. Employers usually make the payment of salaries on the 25th of each month.

In Sweden it is the individual employer who administers the employees' holiday. In principle, all employees are entitled to 25 days holiday a year.

Sweden unemployment rate for 2022 was 7.39%, a 1.33% decline from 2021. Sweden unemployment rate for 2021 was 8.72%, a 0.43% increase from 2020. Sweden unemployment rate for 2020 was 8.29%, a 1.46% increase from 2019. Sweden unemployment rate for 2019 was 6.83%, a 0.47% increase from 2018.

The most common occupation in Sweden was “assistant nurses, personal care, home care and homes for the elderly”. The most common occupation in Sweden was “assistant nurses, personal care, home care and homes for the elderly”. There were 91 percent women and 9 percent men in this occupation.

Moving to Sweden is relatively easy once you secure a work permit and a job, as this allows you to gain a residence permit. Besides excellent working and living standards, Sweden offers some of the world's best national parks, with over 30 to explore. Here are some more things that Sweden offers: good work-life balance.

In the heart of summer, around June, cities like Stockholm enjoy up to about 18:40 hours of daylight. Conversely, December brings long nights, with Stockholm experiencing almost 18 hours of darkness.

Kiribati in the Pacific was the country with the lowest average weekly working hours per employee in 2022, with the most recent value showing that the population of Kiribati worked on average less than 28 hours per week. Second came Vanuatu at nearly 29 hours per week, with Micronesia following in third.