On a 42 000 kr/month salary taking full-time sjukpenningnivå leave, net monthly income comes to roughly 21 978 kr, about 77% of your normal 28 400 kr net pay. Adjust the benefit level, leave days, and employer top-up below for your own numbers.
Sjukpenningnivå
~80% of SGI
390 of 480 days
Lägstanivå
180 kr/day
remaining 90 days
SGI ceiling
592 000 kr
10 x prisbasbelopp
Employer top-up
Not guaranteed
kollektivavtal-dependent
7 covers a standard full-time leave week (Försäkringskassan pays a calendar-day rate). Fewer days models part-time leave alongside part-time work.
Not universal, only applies if your employer's collective agreement provides it.
Net monthly income while on leave
21 978 kr
Your normal net pay
28 400 kr
Gross during leave
32 503 kr
Income replacement
77%
| Statutory föräldrapenning (Försäkringskassan) | 32 503 kr |
| Gross monthly income during leave | 32 503 kr |
| Tax withheld (national-average kommunalskatt) | -10 524 kr |
| Net monthly income during leave | 21 978 kr |
SGI is estimated as your monthly salary × 12, capped at the 2026 ceiling of 592 000 kr/year (10 × prisbasbelopp). The sjukpenningnivå daily rate uses Försäkringskassan's own formula (SGI × 0.97 × 80% ÷ 365); lägstanivå is a flat 180 kr/day and only becomes available after 180 sjukpenningnivå days are used. Tax uses the same national-average kommunalskatt (32.38%) and statlig inkomstskatt model as our other Sweden calculators, not your specific municipality. Employer top-up follows a common kollektivavtal pattern (10% below the SGI ceiling, 90% above it) but isn't universal and is often time-limited; this calculator doesn't model that time limit. This is a cash-flow estimate, not a Försäkringskassan benefit determination.
Sweden gives parents 480 days of paid leave per child, split into two tiers. The first 390 days pay at sjukpenningnivå, roughly 80% of your SGI (sjukpenninggrundande inkomst), Försäkringskassan's own income-basis figure. The exact formula is SGI × 0.97 (a calendar-day adjustment factor) × 80% ÷ 365, which produces the well-known 2026 maximum of 1,259 kr/day. The remaining 90 days pay lägstanivå, a flat 180 kr/day regardless of income, and only unlock once you've used at least 180 sjukpenningnivå days.
The detail that catches higher earners off guard: SGI itself is capped at 10 × prisbasbelopp, 592 000 kr for 2026. Earn more than that and your statutory benefit doesn't grow with your salary, so your real income replacement percentage drops the further above the ceiling you sit. That gap is exactly what employer föräldralön exists to close: many collective agreements top up parental pay with an extra 10% of salary below the SGI ceiling and 90% above it, often bringing total replacement close to 90%, but this isn't a legal requirement, it depends entirely on your employer's kollektivavtal.
Parental benefit is ordinary taxable income, withheld by Försäkringskassan the same way an employer withholds from a paycheck. This calculator reuses the same national-average kommunalskatt and statlig inkomstskatt model as our other Sweden calculators for that tax step, and shows the cash-flow comparison against your normal salary so you can see the real gap, not just the headline "80%" figure.
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For the first 390 of your 480 total days per child (sjukpenningnivå), you get roughly 80% of your SGI (sjukpenninggrundande inkomst), via the formula SGI × 0.97 × 80% ÷ 365 per day. On a 42 000 kr/month salary taking full-time leave, that's a net monthly income of about 21 978 kr, roughly 77% of your normal 28 400 kr net pay.
Your SGI is capped at 10 × prisbasbelopp, which is 592 000 kr/year for 2026. If your actual salary is higher, Försäkringskassan still only pays benefit based on that capped figure, so income replacement drops well below 80% the further your real salary sits above the ceiling.
Sjukpenningnivå is the income-based 80% rate, available for 390 of your 480 days per child. Lägstanivå is a flat SEK 180/day regardless of income, for the remaining 90 days, and only becomes available once you've used at least 180 sjukpenningnivå days.
No, there's no statutory requirement. Many employers do provide föräldralön (also called föräldrapenningtillägg) under a collective agreement (kollektivavtal), commonly an extra 10% of salary up to the SGI ceiling and 90% on any salary above it, often bringing total replacement close to 90%. But it's employer/CBA-dependent, not universal, and is frequently time-limited to a few months of the leave.
As ordinary income. Försäkringskassan withholds preliminary tax the same way an employer would, at your normal rate if it's your main income for the period, or at a flat 30% if you're also drawing income elsewhere and this counts as a secondary income (sidoinkomst).
No, it's built for the English-language relocation and expat audience: people evaluating or negotiating a Sweden move who search in English, the same audience this site's other Sweden calculators serve. Most domestic Swedish-language search volume for föräldrapenning isn't the focus here.
Net monthly income during leave comes to roughly 21 978 kr, against your normal net pay of 28 400 kr, an income replacement of about 77%. Add an employer top-up above, or adjust days per week for partial leave, to see how that changes.
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