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.