Annual Leave Act (SFS 1977:480)
The right to annual leave, holiday pay and saved leave, and how the qualifying year is counted.
Register row
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Identifier | SFS 1977:480 |
| Jurisdiction | Sweden |
| Supervision | Labour Court decides disputes |
| Provisions | 3 |
| Read | 2026-08-20 |
| Register version | employment-register-v1.0.0 |
| Content hash | 2009a379833065eb |
| Official source | https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/semesterlag-1977480_sfs-1977-480/ |
Annual Leave Act (SFS 1977:480) (SFS 1977:480) är läst hos Labour Court decides disputes den 2026-08-20, och raden återges som den står hos utgivaren.
Provisions
- 4 §Length of annual leave
Twenty-five days of annual leave in each leave year.
- 12 §Continuous leave
Four consecutive weeks between June and August unless otherwise agreed.
- 18 §Saved leave
Days beyond twenty may be saved to a later leave year.
Topics
Corresponding rows in other systems
- Arbetstidsdirektivet Art. 7CELEX 32003L0088
The directive gives at least four weeks of paid annual leave, on which the Swedish act builds.
Revision log
employment-register-v1.0.0
The row was read against the official text and entered in the register.
In force from 2026-08-20
Leading rulings
- C-684/16 Max-PlanckCourt of Justice of the European Union · 2018-11-06
The right is not lost automatically where the employer has not enabled the worker to take the leave.
Official source
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