Swedish Social Insurance

Social Insurance is administered by Försäkringskassan. You can find out much more at the English section of their website at http://www.forsakringskassan.se/sprak/eng/.

Examples of residence-based benefits are child allowance (barnbidrag), large family supplement (flerbarnstillägg), parental benefit (föräldrapenning), and housing allowance (bostadsbidrag). If you work in Sweden, you are insured for employment-based benefits, which include sickness benefit (sjukpenning) and rehabilitation allowance (rehabiliteringsersättning). The social insurance is a source of security for most people.