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In Sweden, you need to tell the employer about the plans to take time off for starting a company 3 months before.

That's on par with parental leave, where it's not uncommon to tell the employer 3 months before the delivery.

You don't need to tell your employer that you need parental leave on the date of conception.

similarly, you can't just take this business leave by saying "I'm not coming in next week!". The notice period is actually longer than for parental leave.

We only need to tell the employer 3 months before the planned parental leave though.