Accounting and bookkeeping in Sweden

Bookkeeping for a Swedish company whose owners live abroad serves two readers: the Swedish authorities, who expect the books to follow national rules, and the head office, which wants figures it can act on. A sound engagement covers both. The firm records sales, purchases and bank transactions, keeps the supporting vouchers, reconciles the accounts each month and prepares the annual accounts that a limited company (aktiebolag) files with the companies registry, Bolagsverket. Bolagsverket’s annual report page sets the deadline: a limited company files its annual report, written in Swedish, within seven months of its financial year end, and late filing draws a penalty. The same page notes that the accounting currency may be SEK or EUR. Ask for a written calendar at the start.

Firms offering accounting in Sweden

Greenstep

Accounting firm · Medium-sized firm

Stockholm

  • Accounting and bookkeeping
  • Tax compliance
  • Payroll

Languages: English · Swedish · Finnish · Norwegian …

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Wint

Accounting firm · Boutique firm

Gothenburg

  • Company formation
  • Accounting and bookkeeping
  • Tax compliance
  • +3 more
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BTR Group

Accounting firm · Boutique firm

Stockholm

  • Company formation
  • Accounting and bookkeeping
  • Tax compliance
  • +3 more

Languages: English · Swedish

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62 more firms offering accounting in Sweden

What to ask an accounting firm in Sweden

Ask who keeps your books day to day and who reviews them, how invoices and receipts reach the firm, and whether its software can export reports in English and in your group’s currency. Ask how it records invoices from the parent company and how many working days it needs to close a month. If the company will also have an auditor, ask how the two firms share year-end schedules so the work is not done twice.

Firms on Accountanty

Eighty-six firms on Accountanty keep accounts in Sweden: 79 accounting firms, six corporate service providers and one law firm. Sixty are small, 17 medium-sized and nine part of large networks, and 35 say they focus on foreign clients. Forty-five are in Stockholm, 28 in Gothenburg and three in Mölndal. For the formation step itself, see company formation in Sweden.

Frequently asked questions

Can my accountant in Sweden report to me in English?

Thirty-six of the firms that keep accounts in Sweden work in English. The statutory accounts follow Swedish rules, so agree at the outset which management reports you receive in English and which documents stay in Swedish.

Do Swedish accounting firms publish their fees?

Twenty-six of the 86 firms that keep accounts in Sweden publish prices. The others quote once they know your monthly volume of invoices, whether you have staff and which company type you run, so have those figures ready.

Which company types do Swedish accounting firms handle?

Limited companies are named most often, followed by sole proprietorships, trading partnerships, branches and economic associations. Construction, real estate and e-commerce are the industries these firms mention most.

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General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules, rates and fees change: check them with the official sources linked on this page or with a qualified adviser before you act.