Maria Andersson wins against Försäkringskassan in the administrative court

Maria Andersson has won the battle in the administrative court against Försäkringskassan. The verdict came on Wednesday last week.

- It has taken a few days to digest this. Throughout the process, there has been a lot of stress, pressure and frustration, she says.

The payment demand of over one million kroner came in the mail in November 2024 when the authority considered that Maria Andersson, who has a CP injury and disability, had received more personal assistance than she was entitled to over 10 years, something Dagens Nyheter previously reported on.

The decision on the repayment claim was based on the fact that in 2014 Maria Andersson worked part-time in a sports hall while she had assistance around the clock. However, Maria Andersson decided that she could not cope with the job due to her disability and the employment was terminated.

Nine years later, Försäkringskassan considered that Maria Andersson should have announced that she stopped working and the authority began to investigate whether the employment affected the compensation for assistance. In November 2024, the demand letter arrived.

- I was mostly shocked - and despaired, says Maria Andersson to Dagens Nyheter in January last year.

Maria Andersson appealed the decision on the payment requirement and now the administrative court, something which Sveriges radio was the first to tell, has decided that she is not obliged to pay back the compensation she received.

- There was resounding applause among the friends when we told them about the verdict and it was only then that it landed on Maria, says Mona Andersson, Maria Andersson's mother.

Försäkringskassan has the opportunity to appeal the verdict to the Court of Appeal within two months of the announcement of the verdict, but it is still unclear whether they will do so.

- It has been a long, difficult process and it is not over, but we want to believe that it is, says Mona Andersson.