Timesheets for construction and the trades

Klokka keeps construction timesheets for small building firms and tradespeople: you plan the jobs per person and site, the hours go in day by day, and the crew sees the same month on their phones. Klokka is free to use, has no limit on employees, and runs on the web and as an Android app, in Swedish and English.

Klokka does not replace a personalliggare, the electronic staff register on Swedish building sites. According to Skatteverket (the Swedish Tax Agency), anyone carrying out construction work must keep one, listing who is on site and when each shift starts and ends. It is kept alongside the timesheet. More in our guide to personalliggare in Sweden and at Skatteverket (in Swedish).

Holm Building and JoineryWeek 46, 9 to 15 November
EmployeeMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Johan8888offoffoff
Ali88108offoffoff
Erik8888offoffoff
Emmaoffoffoffoff8offoff
An invented firm with invented numbers. A bathroom, a kitchen and an urgent leak.
The Schedule in Klokka for week 46: Friday 13 November with Storgatan 12, where Emma Ek and Erik Nyberg work 07:00 to 15:00, and Björkvägen 4, where Johan Lind works 07:00 to 13:00.The Schedule in Klokka for week 46: Friday 13 November with Storgatan 12, where Emma Ek and Erik Nyberg work 07:00 to 15:00, and Björkvägen 4, where Johan Lind works 07:00 to 13:00.The Schedule in Klokka for week 46: Friday 13 November with Storgatan 12, where Emma Ek and Erik Nyberg work 07:00 to 15:00, and Björkvägen 4, where Johan Lind works 07:00 to 13:00.

Who is on which site

Put the jobs on the site's address and you see the week by place, while each person sees their own jobs on their phone.

The hours in Klokka per person and day, Monday to Thursday of week 46: Ali Demir 8, 8, 10 and 8 hours, Erik Nyberg 8 hours a day with an open flag on Thursday, and Johan Lind 8 hours a day.The hours in Klokka per person and day, Monday to Thursday of week 46: Ali Demir 8, 8, 10 and 8 hours, Erik Nyberg 8 hours a day with an open flag on Thursday, and Johan Lind 8 hours a day.

Hours per person and day

The week in one grid: Ali's ten hours on Wednesday stand out, and Erik's flag on Thursday is waiting for your answer.

A week at a small firm

Holm is four people. Johan and Ali are rebuilding a bathroom at Björkvägen 4, Monday to Thursday from 07:00, with Erik, the apprentice. Emma is fitting a kitchen at Storgatan 12 on Friday. On Wednesday a customer rings about a leak, and Ali goes over for two hours in the afternoon.

Every shift is a job with a place and a start time. The bathroom becomes a repeating job for each of the three, Monday to Thursday for four weeks. The leak is a second job for Ali on Wednesday. Everyone sees their jobs on their phone, with directions. More on staff scheduling in Klokka.

The hours become the month

A job's hours are the day's hours, and the month shows them to both of you: what has been worked so far and what is planned. If Erik sees Thursday on 8 hours when he stayed until 17:00, he flags the day and says why. You fix it or reply, and the history keeps who changed what.

On to payroll

When the month is right you close it and download a PDF or Excel report with hours per person and day for whoever runs payroll. Unsocial-hours pay, overtime and allowances are worked out in the payroll system.

The personalliggare is a separate thing

The personalliggare is kept every day. It does not apply to smaller jobs, or when the client is a private person not building as part of a business, Skatteverket writes. From 1 January 2027 it must hold more details, and they must be transferable electronically to Skatteverket (the Riksdag decided this on 11 November 2026, in Swedish). Klokka keeps the hours for payroll and stores no personal identity numbers, so you need both.

What Klokka does not do

Klokka does no project costing, has no GPS tracking, reads no ID06 cards and sends no invoices.

Questions

Which free time tracking system can I use?

Klokka is free to use for the whole crew, with no limit on employees. You still need the personalliggare in a system that meets Skatteverket's requirements.

Do I have to report hours every week?

No law asks for a weekly timesheet. General overtime and additional hours must be recorded within 14 days of the calculation period (AFS 2023:2, chapter 9, section 9, in Swedish), and the personalliggare is kept daily. The easiest is to log the day that evening.

Can apprentices and hired-in workers be included?

Yes. Invite apprentices like any other employee. You can invite hired-in staff too if you want to see their hours, but the staffing agency works out their pay.

Put next week's jobs in.

Invite the crew, plan the jobs per site and watch the month add up. Free to use.