Information about the Corona virus
You will be able to keep your student finance even if your school only offer distance learning or is closed due to the coronavirus. If you have difficulties repaying your loan due to the Corona situation, it is possible to postpone or reduce the payment.
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If you become ill or need to care for your child
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If your study results are affected
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If you have income
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If the start of your studies is postponed
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If your school closes
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If you are having difficulty making repayments to CSN
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Trouble repaying your home equipment loan
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If you are a foreign national and you or your family member becomes unemployed
If you become ill or need to care for your child
Unable to study due to illness? Or due to having to care for a child that is ill or who cannot be at preschool or school? Then you are obligated to report this.
If your study results are affected
Next time you apply for student grants and loans, we will check how many credits you have accumulated. If you are short of credits because the school was unable to provide teaching during the coronavirus pandemic, we will take this into consideration. But you must have some form of documentation showing what has happened. This can be a certificate provided by the school, an e-mail from the school, or screenshots of the school’s website.
If you have income
The income limit has been temporarily removed during 2020 for students with grants and loans. This means that your income during this year will not affect the grant and loan amounts that you are entitled to. This includes income you receive from capital and business operations in 2020.
The Government want to extend this period until 30 June 2021. We will return with more information as soon as they have decided on this.
If the start of your studies is postponed
Has your school postponed the start of your studies due to the coronavirus? If you have received a decision from CSN from the original start date, you will still be entitled to student finance from that date, even if teaching at the school has not started by that date.
If you study with grants and loans or an education entry grant, you must submit a study assurance to CSN in order for the money to be paid out to you. You submit your study assurance once the studies were due to start. You can for example do this via Mina sidor (My Pages).
If your school closes
If you have applied for and received a decision on student finance and your school after that has closed completely or partially due to the coronavirus, you still get to keep your approved student finance from CSN. This also applies if the school can not offer any distance learning or if they only can offer part-time distance learning. You do not have to report such changes to CSN. We continue to pay your student finance as usual.
If you are having difficulty making repayments to CSN
Problems paying a repayment claim
Have you received a repayment claim which you can’t pay? If so, it is best to call us so that we can find a solution together.
Problems making repayments on your student loan
If your financial situation has changed and you have trouble making repayments on your student loan, there are some measures that you can take.
If your income has dropped causing you to struggle to make repayments, you can apply to pay less for a specified period. This is called a reduction. You can apply for a reduction on Mina sidor. You will be asked to fill in your estimated income during the year, and based on this information, CSN will determine if you are entitled to a reduction. If your income changes again during the year, it is important that you notify us.
Click on the button "Ansök om att betala mindre" to apply to pay less in Mina sidor (in Swedish).
If you lack income, you can apply to pay less due to special circumstances. If this is the case, write to us and explain your financial situation. The easiest way of doing this is via our e-mail form.
If you have a temporary difficulty paying, you can postpone a payment for one month. You can do this on Mina sidor. If you need to postpone a payment for more than one month, you can contact us. The easiest way to do this is by telephone. You can also switch to monthly instead of quarterly payments, if this is helpful.
Click on the button "Flytta fram en betalning" to postpone a payment in Mina sidor (in Swedish).
Click on the button "Ändra till månadsbetalning" to switch to monthly payments in Mina sidor (in Swedish).
Trouble repaying your home equipment loan
Has the coronavirus affected your income so that you are finding it difficult to repay your home equipment loan? Then you can apply to repay less or nothing at all (deferment) for up to a full calendar year. Contact us for more information about this.
If you are a foreign national and you or your family member becomes unemployed
If you have Swedish student grants and loans because you are an employee or entrepreneur in Sweden and you become unemployed, please inform CSN. The duty to notify us also applies to persons with Swedish student grants and loans who are a family member of such a person. If the person who becomes unemployed immediately registers as unemployed at Arbetsförmedlingen (the Swedish Public Employment Service), you may still be entitled to Swedish student finance.
Updated: 2020-12-22
