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So how does this work for entrepreneurs? Do they also get a free allowance for their first year?

• alan_cx 14y ago
  No, of course not. When you chose to be an entrepreneur, you chose a different life style and set of rules. You do so because you see a benefit to you, over and above, or different, from an employed person. Think it though, do you really want perfect equality between entrepreneurs and employees? For example, the entrepreneur is entitled to the profits from the venture. Should employees be entitled to the same? The entrepreneur can decide not to go in to work when (s)he feels like it. Should employees have that right? The entrepreneur gets to decide his or her salary. Should employees get that right too? Still envious of the employed? Edited: Well, just read the other reply, and wow. Impressive. But I stand by the above in a general sense.
  • return0 14y ago
    It's not about envy, there are many indie small scale entrepreneurs, hopefully their social insurance can cover such costs.
• dagw 14y ago
  I don't know about Norway, but in Sweden it depends on how new your company is. If your company is less than 2 years old you'll get a compensation based on what the average industry salary of whatever you are doing is. The idea being to compensate for the fact that it's common to take out less than normal levels of salary during the start up phase of company. If it's more than 2 years old it's based on how much salary you reported paying yourself over the past year.
• gizzlon 14y ago
  No, I don't think so. Generally speaking you'd have to get some sort of insurance or hire yourself as an employee.