Sweden

Sweden – a pocket guide 113
Pension
insurance
gives you
more money
to live on when
you grow older.
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the guaranteed minimum in the event that anything should
happen.
Personal accident insurance, olycksfallsförsäkring, for example,
provides you with benefits if you should have an
accident that results in disability. It also compensates you
for certain expenses you would otherwise have to pay
yourself, such as patient fees at the hospital and treatment
by a physiotherapist.
Pension insurance, pensionsförsäkring, gives you more
money to live on when you grow old. Private health insurance,
sjukförsäkring, gives you more to live on if you fall ill,
and life insurance, livförsäkring, gives the rest of your family
money if you should die. There are also special children’s
insurance policies, barnförsäkringar, that provide extra
benefits for children who have long-term illnesses or accidents.
Money