Compliance
Sweden HR compliance calendar 2026
Every statutory date and recurring deadline a Swedish SMB employer runs into in 2026 — arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) filing and payment due dates, and the fixed points on the annual-leave calendar — sourced directly from Riksdagen and Skatteverket.
Where this comes from
Every date below links to a primary source — Riksdagen or Skatteverket. Sources were last compiled 2026-08-26 and are pending founder verification against each primary source before this calendar is treated as final. Two figures are explicitly left out rather than guessed at, because they could not be confirmed for 2026: the arbetsgivaravgift percentage, and the "ersättning för höga sjuklönekostnader" scheme.
2026 calendar
What's due, and when?
Grouped by month. The recurring AGI/arbetsgivaravgifter deadline is expanded into each 2026 instance so nothing is hiding behind a "monthly" label.
January 2026
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 17th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
February 2026
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 12th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
March 2026
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 12th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
Intjänandeåret 2025–2026 ends
Annual leaveThe intjänandeår runs 1 April–31 March (3 §). This date fixes the number of betalda semesterdagar for the semesterår starting the following day — the reference point every downstream leave-accrual number depends on.
Semesterlag (1977:480), 3 § och 7 §. — primary source
Annual review: sparade semesterdagar approaching the five-year limit
Annual leaveA sparad semesterdag must be scheduled within five years of the end of the semesterår in which it was saved (18 § andra stycket); 20 § andra stycket allows a deferral into the sixth year by agreement where taking it in the fifth would cause betydande olägenhet. The end of the semesterår is the natural point to review which saved days are approaching the limit.
Semesterlag (1977:480), 18 § andra stycket och 20 § andra stycket. — primary source
April 2026
New semesterår and intjänandeår begin
Annual leaveThe semesterår and the next intjänandeår both run 1 April–31 March, not the calendar year (3 §). Getting this start date wrong is the single most common source of miscalculated betalda semesterdagar.
Semesterlag (1977:480), 3 §. — primary source
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 12th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
Practical last day to give besked om huvudsemester (derived)
Annual leaveSemesterlagen requires besked om semesterns förläggning at least two months before the leave starts (11 §). Measured against a huvudsemester beginning in July, that makes the end of April the last reasonable day to give notice — for a June start the equivalent date is the end of March. This entry is derived from the two-month rule, not a statutory date in its own right.
Semesterlag (1977:480), 11 § (datumet är härlett, inte statuerat). — primary source
May 2026
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 12th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
June 2026
Huvudsemesterperioden begins (June–August)
Annual leaveJune–AugustThe huvudsemester — a continuous period of at least four weeks — is scheduled during June–August unless otherwise agreed or särskilda skäl apply (12 §). The period runs through the end of August.
Semesterlag (1977:480), 12 §. — primary source
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 12th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
July 2026
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 12th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
August 2026
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 17th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
September 2026
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 12th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
October 2026
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 12th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
November 2026
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 12th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
December 2026
Arbetsgivardeklaration (AGI) och betalning av arbetsgivaravgifter
AGIMonthlyArbetsgivardeklaration på individnivå (AGI) is filed with Skatteverket, and the skatteavdrag and arbetsgivaravgifter on the previous month's payroll are paid, by the 12th — the 12th as a general rule, the 17th in January and August. If the date falls on a weekend or a public holiday it moves to the next banking day. Employers with turnover above 40 MSEK file on a different schedule; check your own redovisningsperiod with Skatteverket.
Skatteförfarandelagen (2011:1244); Skatteverkets föreskrifter om redovisningsperioder. — primary source
Operator angle & related
What actually bites at month-end?
The AGI deadline above repeats every month without fail, and it's the one most likely to slip when a due date moves around a public holiday or a founder is doing payroll manually alongside everything else. The annual-leave dates matter less as deadlines and more as the reference points your semester accrual depends on — get the intjänandeår start date wrong and every betalda-semesterdagar calculation downstream is wrong too.
Taito.ai keeps the leave and attendance records these deadlines depend on — accrual balances, absence history, and the underlying data — in one place, so the numbers behind these dates are ready when you need them.