To be covered by or be eligible for a social insurance
benefit, you must, as a rule, either be resident in Sweden or work here. Examples of residence-based benefits are child allowance (barnbidrag) 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 Swedish Social Insurance Agency administers social insurance in Sweden.

Staying one year or more

When you register for a personal identity number at the service office you will also get a form from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency so you can register for social benefits in Sweden. That registration can be done when you have got your personal identity number.

 Information about social insurance in Sweden

Staying less than a year

If you have a coordinaton number instead of a personal identity number and are working in Sweden, you are also entitled to some social benefits. Please note that a coordination number does not entitle you to the healthcare benefits connected to the personal idenity number.