Corporate secretarial in Sweden

Corporate secretarial work keeps a Swedish company’s legal records in order after it has been registered. For an aktiebolag that means holding the share register, preparing the minutes of board meetings and of the annual general meeting, reporting changes of board members, auditors or registered address to Bolagsverket, and keeping the register of beneficial owners up to date. None of it is complicated on its own, but owners abroad tend to miss deadlines because the paperwork arrives in Swedish and needs signatures from people in several countries.

A corporate secretarial provider tracks those dates, drafts the documents, collects digital or wet-ink signatures and files the changes. Some also handle share issues, changes to the articles of association, a voluntary liquidation or the purchase of a shelf company (lagerbolag).

Ask a firm which filings its fee covers each year, how it collects signatures from directors who have no Swedish electronic ID, in which language it drafts minutes, and who keeps the original share register.

Twenty firms on Accountanty provide corporate secretarial services in Sweden: 15 accounting firms and five corporate service providers. Twelve are small, six medium-sized and two belong to large networks, and nine focus on foreign clients. Thirteen are in Stockholm, six in Gothenburg and one in Täby. For setting the company up in the first place, see company formation in Sweden.

Firms offering corporate secretarial services in Sweden

Scandicorp AB

Corporate services provider · Medium-sized firm

Stockholm

  • Company formation
  • Accounting and bookkeeping
  • Tax compliance
  • +5 more

Languages: English · Swedish · Finnish · Norwegian

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Frequently asked questions

What does a corporate secretarial provider do for a Swedish aktiebolag?

It keeps the share register and the beneficial owner records, drafts board and general meeting minutes, collects signatures and files changes such as new board members with Bolagsverket. Ask for the list of filings the annual fee covers.

Can a Swedish company secretary work with directors abroad?

Yes. Nine of the 20 firms on Accountanty that offer corporate secretarial services in Sweden focus on foreign clients. Ask how they collect signatures from directors without a Swedish electronic ID and how long that adds to a filing.

Do Swedish firms sell shelf companies?

Some do. Shelf companies (lagerbolag) appear among the structures named by firms that offer corporate secretarial work in Sweden. Ask what the company has done since registration and what changes the firm files for you after the purchase.

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