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74 (i
v. social movements.
The Riksdag, however, threw out the Bill and called for a new inquiry and
new proposals.
A new Government Bill was accordingly introduced into the Riksdag in 1898.
The chief feature that distinguished it from the scheme of 1895 was that the
liability of employers for contribution had been eliminated and replaced by
equivalent State contributions, which were fixed at half the contributions of the
insured. The age limit had been lowered from 70 to 65 years, but, at
the same time, the right to a pension on the ground of invalidity had
been rendered conditional on the attainment of the age of 50. For those who
between the ages of 18 and 50 had duly paid the stipulated fees, the pensions
in the three classes, at the age of 65, should be 200, 150 and 100 kronor
respectively.
This Bill too, like the others, was thrown out by the Riksdag.
In 1907 the Government appointed a new committee, known as the Old
Age Insurance Committee, deputing to it the task of setting on foot an
all-round and exhaustive investigation into, and to submit proposals for,
"national old age and invalidity insurance".
The Old Age Insurance Committee submitted its report on the subject
at the close of 1912. After some modification, the Committee’s scheme
was laid before the Riksdag in 1913. The scheme, having undergone
further modification in sundry details, was eventually passed by the
Riksdag. Thus was issued the National Insurance Act of the 30th June 1913.
Legislation now in force. The National Insurance Act of the 30th June
1913 provides for combined invalidity and old age insurance for the
whole nation. It renders the bulk of the population between the ages of 16 and
66 liable to insurance fees — varying according to different scales of
income —■ and bases on the due payment thereof the title to pensions
corresponding to the value of the fees, and payable in the case of invalidity
(permanent incapacity for work), or on the attainment of the age of 67.
As regards disabled pensioners who are either impecunious or in receipt of
merely a small income falling below a specified amount, the pension is
eked out by contributions from public means. Furthermore, provisions is
made for voluntary insurance with the aid of State subvention. The
administration of the national insurance is vested in a central authority for
the whole of Sweden, designated Vensionsstyrelsen, or the Royal Pensions
Board, and in special local organs called pensionsnämnder, or local
pensions committees.
Extent of liability for the payment of pension fees. With respect to
liabality for the payment of pension fees, the following special regulations are in
force. Pension fees shall not be paid by anyone previous to the year in which
he attains the age of sixteen, or subsequent to the year in which he attains the
age of sixty-six, or for any year in which he has not been registered as residing
in Sweden. Nor shall pension fees be paid by any person who is permanently
incapacitated for work.
Persons, however, coming under the following categories are dispensed from
the payment of fees, namely: Persons holding permanent posts in the State
service, members of the Telegraph Service Pension Fund and the Elementary
School Teachers Pension Fund, members of the Army or Navy Pension Funds,
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