Trade unions and unemployment funds

Learn about Swedish trade unions and unemployment benefits

Trade union membership

The Swedish trade unions can provide support and assistance to its members in matters of pay and terms of employment.

Summary on Swedish trade unions

Trade unions safeguard the interests of employees and can help the member of the trade union with issues related to e.g. contracts or working conditions.

Summary on Swedish unemployment insurance funds

If you want to obtain the right to unemployment income based benefits, you have to become a member of an unemployment fund. Read about unemployment funds in the following.

Unemployment benefits - if you commute to/from Sweden

If you commute between Denmark and Sweden, there are special rules regarding unemployment insurance funds and unemployment benefits. The main rule is that if you want unemployment benefits, you must be a member of an unemployment insurance fund in your working country, as long as you are in work.