What to do when you stop working in Sweden

If you live in Denmark and have stopped working in Sweden, you should join a Danish unemployment insurance fund on your first day of unemployment or your first working day in Denmark.

Do not cancel your membership of your Swedish unemployment insurance fund until your membership of the Danish fund has been confirmed. There must be no gap between your Swedish and Danish memberships. Otherwise, you risk losing credit for the periods you were insured in Sweden, which may affect your entitlement to unemployment benefits.

Even if you were not a member of a Swedish unemployment insurance fund, you can still join a Danish fund.

See an overview of Danish unemployment insurance funds at akasse.nu (in Danish)

Change trade union

If you were a member of a Swedish trade union while working in Sweden, you can switch to a Danish trade union if you wish to remain unionised in Denmark.

Please note that membership of both unemployment insurance funds and trade unions is voluntary in Denmark and Sweden.

If you become unemployed after working in Sweden, you must register as unemployed with the job centre in your Danish municipality of residence on your first day of unemployment.

To be eligible for unemployment benefits in Denmark, you must be registered with the job centre.

Read more at Jobnet.dk (in Danish)

When you stop working in Sweden, you must inform the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, Försäkringskassan, that you are no longer working in Sweden.

You do this by submitting form 5459, which is available on Försäkringskassan's website.

Contact Försäkringskassan

You must also inform Denmark's public benefits administration, Udbetaling Danmark, that your employment in Sweden has ended.

Contact Udbetaling Danmark

When you stop working in Sweden and no longer need regular contact with Swedish authorities, you should inform the Swedish Tax Agency, Skatteverket.

If you have paid ordinary income tax in Sweden rather than Special Income Tax for Non-Residents, SINK (Särskild inkomstskatt för utomlands bosatta), remember to submit your final Swedish tax return in the year after you stop working in Sweden.

You keep your coordination number, samordningsnummer, even after you stop working in Sweden. You may need it in the future when dealing with Swedish authorities or applying for a Swedish pension.

If your samordningsnummer is not used or renewed, Skatteverket may eventually classify it as inactive. This normally happens after five years, although Skatteverket can make it inactive earlier in some cases.

An inactive samordningsnummer can be reactivated at a later date.

Contact the Swedish tax agency

Remember to notify the Swedish Tax Agency, Skatteverket, whenever you change address.

If you have a coordination number, samordningsnummer, you must use a specific form.

If you have a Swedish personal identity number, personnummer, you must use a different form.

Report a change of address with a samordningsnummer on skatteverket.se (in Swedish)

Report a change of address with a personnummer on skatteverket.se (in Swedish)

It is a good idea to keep your Swedish bank account after you stop working in Sweden. You may need it to receive payments from Skatteverket or other Swedish authorities in the future.

If you have outstanding holiday pay from a Swedish employer, it will normally be paid together with your final salary.

You can also agree with your employer to take any remaining holiday before your employment ends.