Countries with which Sweden has agreements on social security

After the expiry of the maximum posting time, posted personnel are no longer covered by the home country’s social insurance. After the expiry of the posting period, no fees are paid in Sweden. Certain conventions are structured so that posted personnel remain in the home country’s social insurance system for a time stated in each convention, and are then moved to the social insurance system in the working country. These conventions are usually referred to as not conventions of intent. Other conventions are designed so that posted personnel are covered by the legislation of the country of work from the first day of posting, if the intention at the time of posting is that the posting will continue for longer than the maximum period of posting stated in the convention. These conventions are usually referred to as conventions of intent, i.e., it is the intention at the time of posting that governs what legislation is applicable.

* Third-country nationals (i.e. persons residing in a member state but who are not nationals of any EU or EEA country or Switzerland) are covered by EU rules on social insurance membership. The rules on third-country nationals are directly applicable in all EU countries except Denmark and the UK. The three EEA countries of Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, as well as Switzerland, are not covered by the rules on third-country nationals. This means that the conventions only apply to persons not covered by EU rules on social insurance membership. In addition to Sweden, the following countries are members of the EU: Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Austria. The remaining EEA countries are Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

** EU Regulation 883/2004 on the application of social security systems is applicable between EU member states and Switzerland. This means that EU nationals posted in Switzerland must be treated in the same way as when they are posted in another EU member state. Swiss nationals posted to Sweden must be treated in the same way as other EU nationals posted here. The EU Regulation 883/2004 on social security has applied to Switzerland since 1 April 2012.

*** Conventions with Japan, India, Canada and South Korea only cover retirement pensions, survivor pensions and sickness and activity compensation. The convention with Quebec and Philippines also includes occupational injury insurance. The convention with the USA only includes survivor pensions and retirement pensions; from 1 January 2008 it has also included sickness and activity compensation. This means that internal legislation must apply to areas that are not governed by the current conventions.