The 7-step system international professionals use to benchmark, negotiate, and lock in a stronger Swedish compensation package — before they sign anything.
The offer looks... fine. But "fine" isn't the same as "informed" — especially when the rules for what's competitive are set by a kollektivavtal you've never read, in a system you didn't grow up in.
Separate base from total compensation, tjänstepension, semester, and friskvårdsbidrag.
SCB data, union salary surveys, and the kollektivavtal that actually applies to you.
Turn ITP1/ITP2/SAF-LO contributions into one comparable SEK number.
LAS, Semesterlagen, sjuklön, and föräldraledighet — know your floor.
Negotiate firmly while staying inside norms of consensus, lagom, and jantelagen.
What to ask for first, what to trade, and what to hold in reserve.
Timing, tone, and language for your lönesamtal — opening to close.
International software engineers, product managers, researchers, biotech specialists, and other skilled professionals currently holding a written or verbal offer in Sweden, preparing for a lönesamtal, or evaluating a promotion.
"Realizing my ITP1 contribution was worth over SEK 22,000/year changed how I compared two offers — I'd been looking at base salary alone."
"I didn't know I could ask which kollektivavtal applied to my role. That one question changed the whole conversation with HR."
Go through the Decoder. If you don't feel noticeably more prepared for your Swedish offer or lönesamtal, email us within 30 days for a full refund.
The Decoder tells you what to ask for. This adds the exact sentences to say it — in the moments that catch international professionals off guard.
12 ready-to-adapt scripts and emails: requesting a lönesamtal, presenting your benchmark, countering a first offer, negotiating tjänstepension and semesterdagar, asking about a föräldraledighet top-up, and closing in writing.
One-time add-on. Delivered instantly alongside your Decoder.
The Complete Negotiation Toolkit gives you everything you need to actually execute the negotiation, not just understand it.
Every credible free source for Swedish salary data, in one place.
Find and read the agreement that actually applies to your job.
ITP1/ITP2/SAF-LO explained, with worked SEK examples.
Negotiate firmly inside a jantelagen/lagom culture.
Walk into the annual salary-review cycle already prepared.
5 printable worksheets: offer comparator, semester value, pension value, contract checklist, counteroffer generator.
The 7-Day Offer Decision Sprint is for when you don't have weeks to prepare — just days.
Word-for-word annotated Swedish negotiation conversations, including a full lönesamtal simulation.
A day-by-day sequence from decoding the offer to closing in writing — plus a 90-minute emergency version.
Everything to confirm before you walk into the conversation.
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Start with Step 1 and Step 2 of the 7-Day Offer Decoder. They take about 20 minutes and will already put you ahead of most candidates walking into a Swedish negotiation.
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