Sweden’s construction industry records 493 layoff notices in January, down 44% from January 2025, while economic conditions remain strained, based on figures released by the Swedish Construction Federation.
The number of openly unemployed construction workers rises in the same month. Nearly 16,200 skilled workers are unemployed or in labor-market programs, compared with just over 13,000 a year earlier. The federation says comparable open-unemployment levels were last seen in the winter of 2010, and it links part of the increase to a severe winter that affects some projects.
Construction-sector bankruptcies decline 12% in January but remain high, with 175 construction companies going bankrupt. The federation says construction has the highest number of bankruptcies across Swedish business sectors at the start of the year.
