How many days of annual leave is an employee in Sweden entitled to?
Twenty-five days of annual leave per holiday year is the main rule, whether the employment is full-time or part-time. The holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March, and the preceding year is the qualifying year. Paid leave is earned during the qualifying year, while unpaid leave may be taken at once. A collective agreement may give more days, never fewer than the Act.
Source
- Reference
- Annual Leave Act (1977:480) sections 4 and 12
- Acts
- Semesterlagen
- Area
- Working life and health
- Read date
- 2026-09-09
Acts the answer rests on
- Semesterlagen · SFS 1977:480
- Courts of Sweden
Other acts in the same area
- Visselblåsarlagen · SFS 2021:890
- Diskrimineringslagen · SFS 2008:567
- AML · SFS 1977:1160
- LAS · SFS 1982:80
- Patientdatalagen · SFS 2008:355
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