About the Leisure Activity Card (Fritidskortet)

The Leisure Activity Card – an investment in children and youths

The Leisure Activity Card (Fritidskortet) is intended to give more children and youths the opportunity to pursue meaningful leisure activities. The Leisure Activity Card can be used to pay for certain leisure activities organised by sports clubs, arts schools, outdoor recreation organisations and other associations for children and youths.

According to the Government’s bill, associations and organisations will be able to register for the scheme in August and the Leisure Activity Card itself will be launched in the autumn. Once the Leisure Activity Card is launched, parents/guardians will be able to use it to pay for their child’s leisure activities.

The Swedish eHealth Agency is currently developing a new e-service through which parents/guardians can use the Leisure Activity Card.

Focused on children’s varying circumstances and needs

The purpose of the Leisure Activity Card is to ensure that all children can participate in leisure activities regardless of the family’s financial situation. To this end, children living in households that received housing allowance in the previous year will be entitled to a higher amount.

It is vital that children with disabilities or who are in need of other special support have equal access to leisure activities. The Government has therefore awarded capacity-building grants to associations and organisations in the run-up to the launch of the Leisure Activity Card. Among other things, these grants have been used to fund adaptions to improve the accessibility of premises used for leisure activities, to buy equipment and aids, and to train more leaders to run activities for these children in a satisfactory manner.