Employment contracts in
Sweden.

There are only two types of employment contracts in Sweden: indefinite and fixed-term

1. Indefinite.

Indefinite contracts, as defined above, are permanent. While it is risky to hire a new employee on an indefinite contract, a fixed-term contract will be automatically transformed to a permanent contact after 2 years of continuous employment with the same employer.

2. Fixed-term.

There are four kinds of fixed-term contracts:

• general fixed term employment (Sw. allmän visstidsanställning);
• temporary substitute employment (Sw. vikariat);
  seasonal employment (Sw. säsongsanställning); and
• employment of an employee who has reached the age of 67.

The general fixed-term contract is by far the most common of the above contracts.