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After working abroad

Welcome to Sweden! If you have recently worked in another EU/EEA country or in Switzerland and are now unemployed or at risk of becoming unemployed, it’s important to quickly apply for membership in Akademikernas a-kassa and register with Arbetsförmedlingen your first day of unemployment. Feel free to contact us even before your employment abroad ends — we’ll help you request the certificates needed to verify your previous employment and insurance period according to EU coordination rules for compensation.

Start with membership and Arbetsförmedlingen

  1. Apply for membership in the unemployment fund as soon as you become unemployed — preferably even before returning to Sweden.

  2. Register with Arbetsförmedlingen on your first day of unemployment. This cannot be done retroactively.

Membership application
To Arbetsförmedlingen

Apply for compensation

  1. Fill in the forms Ansökan om ersättning and Fastställande av bosättningsstat in Mina sidor.

  2. Submit your information to us so we can contact your country of employment. Your income details will be confirmed in a coordination certificate for compensation purposes.

To Mina sidor

Conditions for unemployment compensation after work within the EU/EEA/Switzerland

There are two ways in which work in another EU/EEA country or Switzerland can establish the right to unemployment compensation in Sweden. The first is if your most recent employment was in Sweden, and the second is if you were residing in Sweden while working in the other member country (cross-border worker or infrequent returnee).

Most recently worked in Sweden

If your last job was in Sweden, work in another EU/EEA country or Switzerland can form the basis for unemployment compensation in Sweden.

Cross-border worker

If you live in Sweden and work in another member country and return to Sweden at least once a week, the work can form the basis for unemployment compensation in Sweden.

Infrequent returnee

If you have not returned to Sweden at least once a week but still maintained strong ties to Sweden such that you are considered resident here, then work within the EU/EEA/Switzerland may establish the right to compensation in Sweden. Examples of assessment criteria include type of employment, housing situation, and where your family has lived.

We help you apply for certificates

Below you’ll find information about which documents each country of employment requires in order to issue the coordination certificate. Compile the information and upload it in My Pages, and we will contact the country of employment. If you have worked in a country not listed below, call us at 08-412 33 00 and we’ll assist you. We’re open every weekday from 8:30 to 16:30

Select your country of employment

    • Your Danish CPR number (personal identification number)

    • Information about which Danish unemployment fund (a-kasse) you were/are a member of for compensation purposes.

    • Which Finnish unemployment fund (a-kassa) you have been a member of for compensation purposes

    • Your personal identification number

    • The name(s) and address(es) of your employer(s)

  3. Form NAV 04-02.03 Confirmation of Employment. You will receive this form from your employer. If you have had multiple employers during the past twelve-month period, we need one form from each employer for compensation purposes.

  4. The certificate “Arbeitsbescheinigung international” for all employments. You request this document at arbeitsagentur.de for compensation purposes.

    • Copy of your passport

    • Copy of the last three (preferably six) payslips (bulletin de paie)

    • Copy of the contract de travail, issued before the employment begins

    • Copy of the certificat de travail, issued when the employment ends

    • Copy of the attestation d’employeur destinĂ©e Ă  PĂ´le emploi for compensation purposes

    • Copy of your passport and passport number

    • Spanish Social Security Number (NĂşmero de la Seguridad Social Española)

    • Copy of your three most recent payslips

    • Employment contract from your most recent job (certificado de empresa) for compensation purposes

    • Certificate P45 and/or P60 (applies to employment before 31/12/2018)

    • Personal and Public Service (PPS) Number

    • Address in Ireland for compensation purposes

  8. Your BSN – Burger Service Nummer (formerly known as SOFI number) for compensation purposes.

    • We need the certificate “Arbeitgeberbescheinigung international” for all employments.

    • We also need to know which canton you worked in for compensation purposes.

    • Social insurance number (Sozialversicherungsnummer)

    • Form L-16 for compensation purposes

    • Copy of your passport

    • Form FS3, issued by your employer for compensation purposes

  12. Contact us and we’ll help you! Email us at utland@akademikernasakassa.se or call us Monday to Friday between 8:30 and 16:30 at +46 8 412 33 00 for compensation-related assistance.

How we calculate compensation after work within the EU/EEA

Your compensation is calculated based on the past twelve months. The income used to determine your compensation is based on your most recent salary.

Rules and terms