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Payroll in Sweden
Payroll in Sweden runs in SEK on a monthly payroll cycle is standard. cycle, with statutory employer contributions and no statutory 13th-month bonus; compensation structures are set by individual or collective agreement.. Gracemark operates it end-to-end, humans, not tickets.
Currency
SEK, Swedish krona
Payroll cycle
Monthly payroll cycle is standard.
Working week
Standard workweek is 40 hours under the Working Hours Act, with overtime frameworks typically set by collective agreement.
Minimum wage
Sweden has no statutory minimum wage; pay floors are instead set through sector-level collective bargaining agreements [2](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/topic/minimum-wage/sweden)
13th-month
No statutory 13th-month bonus; compensation structures are set by individual or collective agreement.
Employer cost
Employer social security contributions (payroll tax) are approximately 31.42% of gross salary, funding pensions, health insurance, parental insurance and unemployment support.
Probation
Probation periods may be agreed for up to 6 months under the Employment Protection Act.
Notice period
Notice periods scale from 1 to 6 months based on tenure under the Employment Protection Act (LAS); dismissals generally require objective grounds, and redundancy follows last-in-first-out principles unless otherwise agreed.
Two ways to run payroll in Sweden
Own-entity payroll
For long-term presence in Sweden. Gracemark manages statutory filings, pay runs, and year-end reporting under your entity, with a named operator on Northern Europe time.
EOR-run payroll
No entity in Sweden? Employ and pay talent under Gracemark's local infrastructure via EOR, onboard in 1–2 weeks (eor), no local incorporation.
Compliance essentials in Sweden
- No statutory minimum wage, collective agreements set floors
- Famously generous 480-day shared parental leave
- High but predictable employer contribution (~31.4%)
- Strong union and collective-agreement culture
- Flat, autonomy-driven work culture
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