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Virtual Workplace

There is a wealth of experience in Sweden in the use of different types of teleworking.   Despite the large geographical distances involved, the country has a well-developed telecommunications infrastructure. 32% of employees use e-mail, for example. Mobile phones are widely used and the concept of teleworking is widespread.

One recent study suggests that approaching 25% (or about half a million) of Swedish white-collar workers are teleworking either from their homes or from offices away from the main workplace. Half are teleworking for more than eight hours a day. Making allowances for overtime working at home, this reduces to about 7% of the white-collar workers, or about 4% of the whole labor force. 

A number of large companies have formally adopted teleworking programs. These include Siemens-Nixdorf, Bull, Telia, Skandia, Digital, and Ericsson.

Siemens-Nixdorf is one of a number of companies with an interest in telework who are members of DistansForum (In Swedish), which seeks to develop good practice in flexible and remote forms of working.

There is also a large network of Telecottages (In Swedish) in Sweden that provide virtual offices to many people.