SwedenArbetsmarknad och privatekonomi 9 · Labour market and personal finance
What is the maximum number of hours per week of normal (regular) working time under the Working Hours Act (arbetstidslagen)?
In the exam (Swedish)
Hur många timmar i veckan får den vanliga (ordinarie) arbetstiden vara som mest enligt arbetstidslagen?
- a60 hours60 timmar
- b40 hours40 timmarCorrect answer
- c30 hours30 timmar
- d50 hours50 timmar
Why?
Under the Working Hours Act, regular working time may be at most 40 hours a week. Overtime is counted separately, and a collective agreement can have other rules.
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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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