[SeaSeaRider]

“No one will bat an eyelid if you take a day off work.”

You forgot to mention that you WON’T get paid if you take a single day off work, something that makes Sweden unique in the modern world?

Sweden is a great place to work in many ways, but there are severe problems for people moving here to work if they are accustomed to other EU countries.

[cjg_]

That's only if you are taking sick-leave (and for the first day, then you get some part of your salary), also Sweden got 25 days of mandatory paid vacation days.

[C1sc0cat]

Would not that lead to people taking the minimum required to get sick pay even for minor ailments.

[mariefred]

off for sick leave, and this is somewhat changing now with the new karensavdrag system