Share of the enterprises with home office in Sweden 2009-2019
Home office in Sweden was established well before COVID-19, as the share of enterprises with home office grew by more than 20 percentage points between 2017 and 2019. The industry within which home office was most commonwas the Information and communication sector, with over 90 percent of the organizations implementing home office. They were followed by the real estate and the energy and waste disposal companies in 2019. Regarding the companies’ size , it seemed like the bigger the company, the more likely it was to provide remote working options in Sweden.
A major factor that influenced companies all over the world to start promoting home office at the beginning of 2020 was the coronavirus. The first case of the coronavirus in Sweden was reported in February 4, 2020. The cumulative number of cases has been increasing since then, hitting over 85 thousand in the second half of August, 2020.
Looking up remote working on search engines has boomed during the pandemic in 2020, peaking in mid-March. The search interest has decreased afterwards, but still remains significantly higher than pre-corona. 1105696 A survey conducted in another Scandinavian country, Norway, shows that over 40 percent of Norwegians considered themselves to be slightly less efficient when working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to before. However, nearly half of the survey respondents stated to be more or equally efficient in the new work setup.
COVID-19 in Sweden
A major factor that influenced companies all over the world to start promoting home office at the beginning of 2020 was the coronavirus. The first case of the coronavirus in Sweden was reported in February 4, 2020. The cumulative number of cases has been increasing since then, hitting over 85 thousand in the second half of August, 2020.
Remote working
Looking up remote working on search engines has boomed during the pandemic in 2020, peaking in mid-March. The search interest has decreased afterwards, but still remains significantly higher than pre-corona. 1105696 A survey conducted in another Scandinavian country, Norway, shows that over 40 percent of Norwegians considered themselves to be slightly less efficient when working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to before. However, nearly half of the survey respondents stated to be more or equally efficient in the new work setup.
