The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Swedish: Försäkringskassan, pronounced [fœˈsɛːkrɪŋsˌkasːan]) is a government agency that administers social insurance in Sweden.
Responsibilities
Among other the agency is responsible for administering the following benefits.[2]
- Immigrant support and allowances (etableringsersättning)
- Pensions and disability benefits and allowances (pension och förtidspensionering)
- Parental leave benefit (föräldrapenning)
- Maternity benefits (graviditetspenning)
- Child allowance (barnbidrag)
- Housing benefit and allowance (bostadsbidrag)
- Sickness benefit (sjukpenning)
- Rehabilitation allowance (rehabiliteringsersättning)
- Enforcement of domestic and international child support orders (underhållsbidrag)
See also
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