Start your company Sweden
Formation, registered office and bookkeeping — ready to operate from day one.
- 1Filing
- 2Banking
- 3Operational
Why Sweden?
Climate, hardware, and deep tech founders
Sweden is the densest climate and deep tech ecosystem per capita in Europe (Northvolt, Einride, Climeon, H2 Green Steel). Vinnova and the Swedish Energy Agency fund R&D grants, and the Swedish R&D credit reduces employer social charges by 20% on qualifying staff. Standard CIT is 20.6% with no surtaxes.
B2B SaaS selling to Nordic and EU enterprise
Aktiebolag (AB) sits on the standard counterparty whitelist for Nordic and DACH procurement. Minimum capital is SEK 25,000, Bolagsverket handles registration in roughly 14 days, and 80 double tax treaties plus EU Parent Subsidiary Directive give clean repatriation paths.
Holding companies routing EU and global subs
Sweden's participation exemption removes tax on dividends and capital gains from qualifying business related shareholdings (typically unlisted holdings or listed at 10% or more). Combined with no CFC tax on EU and DTA states satisfying the LOB test, an AB is a credible alternative to Dutch and Luxembourg holdings.
Considerations
If you want to minimise headline tax
Swedish CIT at 20.6% is competitive for the EU but still well above Estonian deferral, Cypriot 12.5%, or Irish 12.5%. There is no IP Box. For lower headline regimes inside the EU and EEA:
If your team is fully outside Sweden
Bolagsverket and Skatteverket interactions are bilingual but core filings (annual report, statutes, board minutes) are easier in Swedish. Resident representative is needed if no board member is EEA resident, and payroll integrates with Skatteverket monthly returns. For lighter Nordic admin:
Everything you need to run a company Sweden
Filing, compliance, accounting, handled by certified local partners
Start your company Sweden
From formation to compliance, we handle every filing Sweden.