If you live in one Nordic country and work in another, you are are insured the country where you work. This means that you may be eligible for a benefit from that country if, for example, you become ill.

If you work in Sweden and live in another Nordic country, you are insured in Sweden and can get benefits from Försäkringskassan. If you apply for a benefit related to your child, your child must have a Swedish coordination number from the Swedish Tax Agency. If you are in need of care, you must present your “Certificate on the right to healthcare benefits in Sweden”. You apply for the certificate in the e-service.

If you live in one country and work in another country within the EU/EEA, in Switzerland or in the United Kingdom, you are usually insured in the country where you work. This means that you may be eligible for benefits from that country, for example if you become ill.

If you live in another country within the EU/EEA, in Switzerland or in the United Kingdom and work in Sweden, you may be eligible for benefits from Försäkringskassan. You may also be eligible to a Swedish EHIC (EU-kort) and certificate E106 (S1), which entitles you to healthcare benefits in your country of residence.

To receive healthcare in Sweden, you need a certificate on the right to healthcare in Sweden. You apply for the EHIC (EU-kort) and the two certificates in the same service on My Pages.

If you live in another EU/EEA country or in Switzerland and are employed by a Swedish municipality, region or government agency, you need to claim parental benefit in a specific way in order to remain insured in Sweden. This applies to those who have children on or after 1 January 2026.

Contact us when you are planning steps to claim your parental benefit.

When you are posted to Sweden and work here for an employer from another country, you are usually covered by the social insurance legislation of the other country, but the rules differ depending on which country you are posted from.

If you are posted from an EU/EEA country, Switzerland or the United Kingdom

You or your employer must apply for certificate A1. Contact the equivalent of Försäkringskassan in the country where you are employed to obtain the certificate.

What is certificate A1?

You need to have certificate A1 when you work as an employee or self-employed person in more than one country within the EU/EEA, in Switzerland or in the United Kingdom. The certificate shows in which country's social insurance legislation you are to be covered by. It is that country that you can receive benefits from and to that country that social security contributions are paid for you. You will receive the certificate from the social insurance office in the country whose legislation you are covered by. In Sweden it is Försäkringskassan. The certificate is valid until the date on the certificate or until the authority withdraws it.

You or your employer may present the certificate to the relevant institutions of the countries in which you work to demonstrate that social security contributions are not to be paid for you there.

If you are posted from a country outside the EU/EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom

Sweden has social security agreements with a number of countries. The rules laid out in the agreement differ from country to country. The agreements may cover different things, like pension benefits, child allowance, parental benefit or sickness benefit. If an agreement applies to your situation, it may affect your right to the benefits included in the contract.

The rules for posting differ between the agreements. You apply for a certificate on which country's social insurance legislation you are to be covered at the equivalent of the Social Insurance Agency in the country that you are posted from. This applies to the following countries with which Försäkringskassan has an agreement:

• Bosnia Herzegovina
• Chile
• Republic of the Philippines
  
• India
• Israel
  
• Canada
  
• Cape Verde
  
• Morocco
  
• Quebec
  
• Serbia
  
• South Korea
  
• Turkey
  
• USA

If you are posted from a country that is not listed above, you do not need to present a certificate from the other country.

If you will be working in Sweden and other countries within the EU/EEA, in Switzerland or in the United Kingdom, you must report this to the equivalent of Försäkringskassan in your country of residence. That authority will then investigate which country's social insurance legislation you are to be covered by. This needs to be done in order for you to receive healthcare benefits and compensation from the right country and for you or your employer to know which country social security contributions should be paid to.

Work in several countries within the EU/EEA or Switzerland and United Kingdom

If you live in, work in or receive a pension from Sweden, you can apply for parental benefit even though your child is resident in another EU country.

Please note that when you apply for parental benefit for your child who is resident in an EU/EEA country, you must send in the child's birth certificate. You must also provide information about the child's name, address, citizenship and in some cases, proof that you are the guardian. In addition to this, you need to submit a certificate showing whether you or the other parent has received any compensation equivalent to parental benefit for the child from another EU/EEA country. If you have not received any compensation from the other country, this must be stated on the certificate.

You must apply for parental benefit within 90 days of the date you want to start receiving parental benefit. You can apply even if you have not yet received all the necessary certificates or are waiting for a decision to be insured in Sweden.

If your child does not have a personal identification number, you must call Försäkringskassan to order an application form.

How many days you are entitled to depends on how many days you or the other parent received from the other EU/EEA country and when the child becomes resident in Sweden. This may mean that you are not entitled to parental benefit from Sweden if the days already withdrawn exceed the maximum number of days to which you may be entitled from Sweden.