SwedenArbetsmarknad och privatekonomi 14 · Labour market and personal finance
You are employed and fall ill. Who pays you sick pay during the first two weeks?
In the exam (Swedish)
Du är anställd och blir sjuk. Vem betalar sjuklön till dig under de första två veckorna?
- aThe municipality's social services (socialtjänsten)Kommunens socialtjänst
- bThe unemployment insurance fund (a-kassan)A-kassan
- cThe employer (arbetsgivaren)ArbetsgivarenCorrect answer
- dThe Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan)Försäkringskassan
Why?
During the first 14 days of a period of illness the employer pays sick pay, but first a qualifying deduction (karensavdrag) is taken from it. If you are ill for longer than that, you can instead get sickness benefit from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in Swedish, as shown above.
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Our own practice questions, written from the facts in UHR’s study material “Sverige i fokus” and the subjects of the ordinance (2026:451) on the citizenship test. They are not the real test questions, which are not published, and no text from the material is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Swedish. We are not affiliated with the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) or the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket).
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