SwedenArbetsmarknad och privatekonomi 15 · Labour market and personal finance
Among other things, what is required to get payments from the unemployment insurance fund (a-kassan) when you become unemployed?
In the exam (Swedish)
Vad krävs bland annat för att få ersättning från a-kassan när man blir arbetslös?
- aThat you have worked enough and are looking for a new jobAtt man har arbetat tillräckligt mycket och söker nytt arbeteCorrect answer
- bThat you have been a Swedish citizen for at least five yearsAtt man har varit svensk medborgare i minst fem år
- cThat you own your home or rent it in your own nameAtt man äger sin bostad eller hyr den i eget namn
- dThat you have lived in the same municipality for at least ten yearsAtt man har bott i samma kommun i minst tio år
Why?
The unemployment insurance fund can give an income to someone who becomes unemployed. To get payments, you must have had enough work and income before becoming unemployed and must actively look for a new job. A person who is a member of an unemployment insurance fund can get higher payments than someone who is not a member.
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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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