Sweden · Business Banking
Opening business and personal bank accounts, remote options, required documents, and fees.
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Banks are supervised by Finansinspektionen and deposits are covered by the state deposit guarantee. What actually decides how easy an account is to open is identity rather than nationality: a Swedish personal identity number, or a coordination number for those without one, plus accepted identity documents. Electronic identification is the practical key to the rest of Swedish life — payments, authority services and signing — so ask the bank at account opening whether you can be issued one.
- Identity documents and a personal or coordination number decide account access, not nationality.
- Electronic identification is what unlocks payments, authority services and signing.
- Deposits are covered by the state guarantee; Finansinspektionen supervises the banks.
Official authorities
- Finansinspektionen
Banking supervision and the deposit guarantee framework.
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