SwedenVälfärdssamhället 11 · The welfare state
Which authority pays parental benefit when a parent stays at home with their child?
In the exam (Swedish)
Vilken myndighet betalar ut föräldrapenning när en förälder är hemma med sitt barn?
- aThe Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen)Arbetsförmedlingen
- bThe Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket)Skatteverket
- cThe Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan)FörsäkringskassanCorrect answer
- dThe Swedish Pensions Agency (Pensionsmyndigheten)Pensionsmyndigheten
Why?
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency handles several of the payments that are part of social insurance, for example parental benefit (föräldrapenning), child allowance (barnbidrag) and sickness benefit (sjukpenning).
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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