Sweden Parental Benefit Calculator 2026 (föräldrapenning)
Calculate Swedish parental benefit for 2026: 80% of your SGI up to 1,259 kr a day, the 250 kr minimum, days per week and the employer's parental pay.
Parental benefit is taxed as income. The amount assumes your SGI equals your current salary; Försäkringskassan sets the SGI from your income and may set it differently, for example if you have just started working.
What it does
Swedish parental benefit (föräldrapenning) gives 480 days per child. 390 of them are paid at the sickness benefit level: about 80% of your sickness benefit qualifying income (SGI × 0.97 × 0.80 ÷ 365), at most 1,259 kr a day in 2026 because the SGI is capped at 10 price base amounts, 592,000 kr a year. People with low or no income get 250 kr a day. The last 90 days are paid at 180 kr a day. You can take whole days or parts of days, and many employers add parental pay (föräldralön), often 10% of the salary, under collective agreements.
How to use it
- Type your monthly salary.
- Choose how many days a week and how many weeks you will take, and the parental pay if your employer gives it.
- Read the amount per day and per month and the days used.
The arithmetic runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere and nothing is stored, so you can use these with real numbers.
Frequently asked questions
How much parental benefit on 35,000 kr a month?
The SGI is 420,000 kr, so the benefit is 420,000 × 0.97 × 0.80 ÷ 365 = 893 kr a day, about 19,348 kr a month if you take 5 days a week.
What is the maximum?
1,259 kr a day in 2026, reached at a salary of about 49,333 kr a month (592,000 kr a year). Above that the benefit no longer grows.
How are the 480 days shared?
Each parent has 240 days, 195 at the sickness benefit level and 45 at 180 kr. 90 days of each parent are reserved and cannot be transferred; a single parent gets all 480.
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