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Pension question, Sweden

Do I get a Swedish pension after working in Sweden for a few years?

Pensionsmyndigheten states no minimum number of years for inkomstpension or premiepension, so a few Swedish years stand on their own. The one stated minimum, three years for garantipension, may be met by combining Swedish time with time lived or worked in another EU or EEA country or Switzerland.

  • Source: pensionsmyndigheten.se and skatteverket.se, read 4 October 2026

What to do next

  1. List each Swedish employer and the years you worked there, with your personnummer if you had one.
  2. List your insured years in other European countries as well.
  3. Run our free check to see which countries may hold a pension in your name.

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Questions people also ask

How is the pension right earned each year?

Sweden credits a fixed share of each year's pensionsgrundande inkomst to the allman pension, most of it to inkomstpension and the rest to premiepension, on income up to 7.5 inkomstbasbelopp.

  • Source: pensionsmyndigheten.se and skatteverket.se, read 4 October 2026

Do you give advice on what to do?

No. We identify where a pension is likely held and the official route to it, and we name each source with the date we read it. We do not give financial, tax or legal advice.