The rules, which will come into effect from the autumn semester of 2027, will be different for different types of teachers.
For example, a primary school teacher for years 1–6 may spend a maximum of 550–650 hours per year teaching, which corresponds to 16–18 hours per week, according to the government's press release. Their time for planning and follow-up must "at least" match the teaching time.
The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKR) believes that the government is moving too fast to introduce the rules and warns that it could lead to more unqualified teachers being hired or to class sizes increasing.
But the union is jubilant. Anna Olskog, chairwoman of the Swedish Teachers' Union, tells the newspaper Vi Lärare that it is "a historic reform, the most important of the century."
