Monthly application

Days on which you have applied for sickness benefit, parental benefit, compensation for caring for a sick child, or any other benefit from Försäkringskassan must be entered as “Compensation from Försäkringskassan”. You must state how much of the day and which specific days the benefit covers. It is important to also include any days taken on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.

If you have received sick pay from an employer, you must report it as employment income in the month it is paid. Report the gross amount.

If you have been sick or cared for a child without receiving compensation, you must mark “Cannot accept work” in your monthly application.

If you have participated in a labour market programme, had an internship, work training, or other preparatory activities through Arbetsförmedlingen, you must select “Cannot accept work” in the monthly application.

If you have been unable to take work for personal reasons, you must select “Cannot accept work” in the monthly application. This applies to both weekdays and weekends.

If you have not been in Sweden, you must both indicate that you have been abroad and select “Cannot accept work” in the monthly application. This applies to both weekdays and weekends. State the period, the country, and the reason.

If you are unemployed and want to take a break from job seeking, you must select “Cannot accept work” in the monthly application.

You should always report your gross income (salary before tax and deductions) in the monthly application. You’ll find this amount on your payslip. It is always the gross salary on the payslip that applies — even if the employer makes adjustments that relate to earlier months.

When you fill in your monthly application, you must report the gross salary (salary before tax and deductions) that belongs to the month for which you are applying for compensation. The amount appears on the payslip you receive at the end of the following month.

Since the amount you will be paid is fixed, the income must be distributed evenly across the months during which the assignment takes place. This means you must report a portion of the compensation in each monthly application — regardless of when the money is actually paid out. It does not matter how many days you worked in each month.

In the monthly applications for the assignment period, you must therefore report the lump sum divided by the number of months, for each month.

When the compensation is not determined in advance, you must report the gross income (income before tax and deductions) in the monthly application for the month in which the payment is made.

Inform us if your payments change. It is also important that you check with us before taking on an assignment — so that you are not considered a business owner and risk having to repay compensation.

1. If you do work during part of the first application month, you must report the gross income in your monthly application.

2. If you have not worked at all during the first month of unemployment, you should not report any income even if you receive salary for work performed before becoming unemployed.

If you are a foster home parent, the gross income reported to the Swedish Tax Agency for the assignment should normally be included in the monthly application. Exceptions are made for an approved secondary employment.

If you are a family caregiver, the gross income reported to the Swedish Tax Agency for the assignment should normally be included in the monthly application. Exceptions are made for an approved secondary occupation.

If you are an elected politician, the gross income reported to the Swedish Tax Agency for the assignment should normally be included in the monthly application. Exceptions are made for an approved secondary occupation.

If you have a position of trust, the gross income reported to the Swedish Tax Agency for the assignment should normally be included in the monthly application. Exceptions are made for an approved secondary occupation.

If you invoice through a self‑employment company, such as Frilans Finans or Cool Company, the unemployment fund will assess whether the work most closely resembles employment or business activity. Read more about assignments here.

If the work can be considered employment, you must report the income. If the work is considered self‑employment, you cannot receive unemployment benefits, and you must therefore contact us before starting the assignment to find out what applies.

If you have a hobby activity such as crafts, artistic work, or another leisure pursuit, it normally does not affect your right to benefits.

However, if you produce and sell items, or if you claim deductions in your tax return for materials and expenses related to the activity, it is considered self‑employment, and you are then not entitled to unemployment benefits. The exception is if you have received a decision from the unemployment fund stating that the hobby is an approved secondary occupation.

Internship should normally be reported as Cannot accept work in the monthly application.

If the work is considered employment, you must report the income. If the income is a predetermined amount for an assignment that extends over several months, the income from the assignment must be distributed evenly across the months during which the assignment takes place (the total amount is divided by the number of calendar months in which the assignment is carried out).

If the work is considered self‑employment, you cannot receive unemployment benefits, and you must therefore contact us before starting the assignment to find out what applies.

Voluntary work in a non‑profit association does not prevent you from receiving unemployment benefits. If the commitment prevents you from accepting work, you must indicate “Cannot accept work” in the monthly application.

A monthly application is the form you submit each month to receive your payment when you apply for benefits from the unemployment fund.

Yes. In order for us to pay out benefits, you must submit a monthly application for every month you are applying for compensation – even if nothing has changed.

It is important that you enter the gross income (income before tax and other deductions) and in the correct month. Read more here

The main rule is that you are not allowed to study while receiving benefits, but there are exceptions.

• If you have received a decision from Akademikernas a‑kassa stating that you are allowed to study part‑time while receiving unemployment benefits, you do not need to indicate this in your monthly application. We have already registered this in your case.

• If you have not received a decision, it is important that you wait before submitting your monthly application.

You must indicate whether during the month you have:

• had income from work

• studied

• been sick

• been abroad

• been on vacation

• or if anything else has affected your ability to search for or accept work

You submit your monthly application after the month has ended. This means that the monthly application for April is submitted no earlier than May and no later than July. We cannot process or pay out benefits until the monthly application has been submitted.

If you do not submit the monthly application, we cannot pay out benefits. You can submit it afterwards, within 3 months, but the payment will be delayed.

To ensure everything is correct, you need to upload the pension decision in Mina sidor so that we can register the correct amount. Read more here or call us at 08‑412 33 00.

Gross income is the income before tax and other deductions. The gross income must be reported in the month the work was performed. If it is the February salary, it must therefore be reported in February.

It is important that the information in the monthly application is correct. If you are unsure whether you have reported the correct amount, you can always check the total on the Swedish Tax Agency’s website around the 15th of the month. If something is incorrect, you can change your monthly application up until the Monday before your benefit is paid out.