Wellness allowance
Last changed: 12 June 2025
As an SLU employee, you can receive a wellness allowance of up to SEK 2,000 per year for any activity that complies with the Swedish Tax Agency's guidelines for tax-exempt wellness activities.
Approved wellness activities include exercise activities, massage treatments or gym cards. See more information about which activities and fitness benefits that can be reimbursed at Epassi's website.
The wellness allowance can not be used to buy equipment or pay personal membership fees in associations or other associations.
The wellness allowance for the whole year is SEK 2,000, but the amount depends on the period of employment and the employment rate. The grant is available to staff who receive sickness or parental benefit.
The allowance will be reduced if you are on leave of absence. It is always the year of purchase that entitles to compensation, unless the maximum amount of SEK 2,000 has already been received. The grant needs to be used during ongoing employment.
Use your wellness allowance with Epassi
- More information on using Epassi
- If you are a scholarship holder, please read more here about using your wellness allowance, under the headline "Benifits".
Blodomloppet 2025
Welcome to participate in Blodomloppet 2025! All employees can participate in the charity run free of charge. Find out more here.
Hittaut 2025
See more information and under the expandable menu below, "Alnarp" and "Uppsala".
Pausit – for your wellbeing
All employees have access to the break program Pausit. More information about using the program.
Activities organised by SLU
Staff can attend activities such as wellness lectures or lunch yoga during working hours, work permitting and provided they have agreed this in advance with their line manager.
As an SLU employee, you can participate in activities at and also get a discount at some training facilities, see below.
Alnarp
Activities
Hittaut 2025
SLU is running a fitness challenge in which all departments and units are invited to participate as teams. With the help of a map or GPS, participants look for checkpoints that are located in beautiful and interesting places around Alnarp. Information about SLUs fitness challenge ang how it works. The fitness challange ends November 30.
More information about Hittaut.
Welcome to participate!
Digital activities
- See the expandable menu "All of Sweden".
Discounts
To get the discounts, you have to bring your access card or your salary specification as verification of employment. This only applies at the time of purchase.
Actic
20% on a full-year membership at all Actic facilities in Lund, see pdf.
Fitness24Seven
One year of training for SEK 3495, see more information here
Umeå
Naturpasset 2025
Employees can now get Naturpasset as a wellness activity. Naturpasset is a set with different orienteering maps. With the maps you get to explore new areas and have a wonderful nature experience while you get a challenge to find the various controls. There are both easier and slightly more difficult controls to find. You find your way by using a map, paper or digital, while running, walking or cycling. A compass can also be useful for the Dra-åt skogen maps. You normally have from May to October to find all the controls.
The Nature Pass is available in three different map packages:
- Dra åt skogen - forest orienteering
- Skoj på hoj - bicycle orienteering
- Gång på gång - walking orienteering
SLU pays the fee for Naturpasset.
You register your interest by filling in this form (Obs. the form is now closed). You then get an email when it's available to pick-up at the Service Centre.
Activities
Digital activities
- See the expandable menu "All of Sweden".
Campus gym
- The gym is located at level 1 (Skogishuset). The gym is free for all staff and students in Umeå. To access the gym, please use your keycard.
Discounts
To get the discounts, you have to bring your salary specification as verification of employment. This only applies at the time of purchase.
Fitness24Seven
One year of training for SEK 3495, see more information here.
Uppsala
Hittaut 2025
SLU is running a fitness challenge in which all departments and units are invited to participate as teams. With the help of a map or GPS, participants look for checkpoints that are located in beautiful and interesting places around Uppsala. Information about SLUs fitness challenge ang how it works. The fitness challange ends November 30.
More information about Hittaut.
Welcome to participate!
Activities
Ultunapersonalens Idrottsförening, UPIF
In Syltahallen, a number of scheduled activities are conducted, see schedule in TimeEdit. If you want to take part in an activity, contact the person whose name and telephone number/email address is in the activity.
It is also possible for SLU staff to book times for individual games or other sports, this is done via TimeEdit. There are, among other things, tennis nets, floorball goals, volleyball nets, basketball hoops, badminton nets and two table tennis tables.
Access to the hall is given after a fee of SEK 100/year has been resolved at ULS IF. You do this during semester time at 12.15-13.00 on site in the IF room at Ultuna Student Union's house Duhrevägen 6. Read more about Ultunapersonalens Idrottsförening, UPIH.
Digital activities
- See the expandable menu "All of Sweden".
Discounts
To get the discounts below, you have to bring your salary specification as verification of employment. This only applies at the time of purchase.
Actic
20% on the full year membership at all Actic facilities in Uppsala, see pdf.
Fitness24Seven
One year of training for SEK 3495, see more information here.
Friskis och svettis
Student price for a one-year membership.
All of Sweden
Activities
Discounts
To get the discounts, you have to bring your salary specification as verification of employment. This only applies at the time of purchase.
Fitness24Seven
One year of training for SEK 3495, see more information here.