Tag: pensioners
So Swedish pensioners want to withdraw their pension – how do you do it?
Reaching retirement age is for many people long-awaited. Others would rather continue working and become so-called job holders. Whether you choose to do so is influenced by several reasons, in…
560,000 pensioners will receive a higher pension in 2025 – are you one of them?
Many Swedish pensioners have a pension that comes from several different sources. Partly the general pension that everyone who has worked or lived in Sweden is entitled to. Part occupational…
Big change for all pensioners on 1 January
During the summer of 2024, the government proposed to make the occupational pension more flexible and raised the possibility of being able to change the rules around the payment. In…
Pensioners are volunteers at school – successful project in Örebro
The oldest and youngest meet at a school in Örebro. There, pensioners work on a voluntary basis as extra support for the students. PRO has now applied for money from…
271,000 pensioners could be forced to pay – if they miss this
In January 2024, there were 2.3 million people who received a general pension from The Pensions Authority. In July of the same year, this landed, before tax, at SEK 16,700…
Here are the pensioners who get SEK 2,712 more in their wallets
On September 19, the Minister of Finance presented Elisabeth Svantesson (M) the government’s budget bill for 2025. In total, it is about SEK 60 billion, which will be distributed within,…
Pensioners may have to pay SEK 575 more – PRO critical
On September 19, the government presented, with the Minister of Finance Elisabeth Svantesson (M) at the top, the budget bill for 2025 which is called “a budget for a richer…
Pensioners risk being left without a home
The housing shortage for Sweden’s elderly population is increasing at an alarming rate, even though the total housing shortage in the country seems to be decreasing. It reports Elderly in…
Here, pensioners are denied a glass of wine with their meal
In several parts of the country there are municipal meeting places intended for seniors. For example, in Jönköping there are three, in Gothenburg there are 33 and in Stockholm there…
Fraud against pensioners is increasing: “Fragile”
Fraud continues to increase in Sweden. In 2023 alone, over 238,000 frauds were reported to the police. The total profits from crime for the criminal fraudsters amounted to a whopping…