Payroll in Sweden

Payroll in Sweden involves more than paying salaries. The employer registers with Skatteverket, withholds income tax from each salary, pays employer social contributions on top and files an employer’s contributions and PAYE tax return every month. Holiday pay, sick pay and any collective agreement the company has signed add their own calculations. For a company owned from abroad, the hard part is often the first hire: the registration has to be in place, each employee’s tax details collected and the payment routine agreed before the first payday.

Firms offering payroll 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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57 more firms offering payroll in Sweden

Questions for a payroll provider

Ask whether the provider registers the company as an employer, who calculates holiday pay and benefits, and how payslips reach staff. Ask how it handles an employee who also works for the group in another country, and who answers questions from staff about their pay. Check whether pension and insurance reporting is part of the monthly fee or quoted separately.

Payroll firms on Accountanty

Eighty-one firms on Accountanty run payroll in Sweden: 74 accounting firms, six corporate service providers and one law firm. Fifty-six are small, 17 medium-sized and eight belong to large networks, and 35 focus on foreign clients. Forty-two are in Stockholm, 26 in Gothenburg and three in Mölndal. For permits for staff coming from outside the EU, see residency and visas in Sweden.

Frequently asked questions

Can I outsource payroll in Sweden while the owners live abroad?

Yes. Eighty-one firms on Accountanty run payroll in Sweden and 35 of them focus on foreign clients. Agree who approves each pay run and who releases the salary payments from the company's bank account.

What does a Swedish payroll provider need before the first payday?

Usually the signed employment contracts, salary and benefit details, each employee's personal identity number and bank account, and confirmation that the company is registered as an employer. Ask for the provider's onboarding checklist.

Do Swedish payroll firms work in English?

Thirty-six of the firms that run payroll in Sweden work in English, and several also offer Finnish or Polish. Ask whether payslips and staff queries can be handled in English as well.

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