Sweden
13 regulators · 20 laws & regulations · 11 obligations · 40 enforcement actions
| Obligation | Timing | Regulator | Arises from | Source | Detail |
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| Beneficial ownership information held and filed with Bolagsverket | Deadline At registration or within four weeks; changes without delay | Bolagsverket | Lag (2017:631) om registrering av verkliga huvudmän (Act on registration of beneficial owners) | source | |
Ch. 2 s. 1 requires legal persons to keep reliable, up-to-date beneficial-owner information and document its basis, with earlier records kept for at least five years after a change. Ch. 2 s. 3 requires filing with Bolagsverket at company registration, or within four weeks of registration by another authority, and changes without delay; associations and foundations have four weeks after giving the information to an obliged entity (ss. 4-6). |
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| Cyber incident reporting by essential and important entities | Deadline Early warning within 24 hours; notification within 24 hours (trust services) or 72 hours (others); final report within one month | FRA | Cybersäkerhetslag (2025:1506) (Cybersecurity Act) | source | |
Ch. 2 ss. 5-8 require an early warning of a significant incident as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours after becoming aware. The incident notification follows within 24 hours for trust service providers and 72 hours for other operators; a final report is due within one month of the notification. Under the Cybersecurity Ordinance (2025:1507) ss. 6 and 31, incident reports go to the CSIRT unit, which is Försvarets radioanstalt; the CSIRT passes the information to the supervisory authority (s. 33). |
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| Internal reporting channels for employers with 50 or more employees | Ongoing | — | Lag (2021:890) om skydd för personer som rapporterar om missförhållanden (Act on protection for persons who report wrongdoing) | source | |
Ch. 5 s. 2 requires employers with 50 or more employees at the start of the calendar year to have internal reporting channels and procedures; s. 5 requires independent persons or units to receive and follow up reports. Private employers with 50-249 employees may share channels (s. 3). |
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| Lawful grounds, information to individuals and data subject rights | Ongoing | IMY | — | official | |
IMY states that organisations must have a lawful ground for processing and must tell data subjects how their data is handled. Data subjects have rights of information, access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection, and a right not to be subject to solely automated decisions with significant effects. |
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| Personal data breach notification to IMY | Deadline Within 72 hours of becoming aware | IMY | — | official | |
IMY states that a personal data breach must be notified to it within 72 hours of the controller becoming aware, unless the breach is unlikely to risk individuals' rights and freedoms. Where the risk is high, affected individuals must also be informed without undue delay. A processor must notify the controller without undue delay. |
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| AML internal controls, compliance officer and independent review | Ongoing | FI | Lag (2017:630) om åtgärder mot penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism (Act on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) | source | |
Ch. 6 s. 1 requires internal control routines and guidelines, with model risk routines where risk-assessment or monitoring models are used. Ch. 6 s. 2 requires, where justified by size and nature, a senior manager responsible for compliance, a centrally responsible compliance officer and an independent review function. |
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| AML record retention | Retention period 5 years (extendable to a maximum of 10 years) | FI | Lag (2017:630) om åtgärder mot penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism (Act on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) | source | |
Ch. 5 s. 3 requires records to be kept for five years from when the measures or transactions were carried out or the business relationship ended. Ch. 5 s. 4 allows extension where needed to prevent, detect or investigate money laundering or terrorist financing, up to a total of ten years. |
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| Customer due diligence (KYC/CDD) | At onboarding + ongoing | FI | Lag (2017:630) om åtgärder mot penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism (Act on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) | source | |
Ch. 3 s. 1 bars establishing or maintaining a relationship without sufficient customer knowledge. Ch. 3 s. 4 applies due diligence when establishing a relationship and for occasional transactions of EUR 15,000 or more; ss. 7-8 cover identification and beneficial owner verification, s. 10 PEP checks and s. 13 ongoing monitoring. |
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| Suspicious activity reporting to the Police Authority (FIU) | Deadline Without delay (Swedish: utan dröjsmål) | Polismyndigheten – Finanspolisen (Swedish Police Authority – Financial Intelligence Unit) | Lag (2017:630) om åtgärder mot penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism (Act on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) | source | |
Ch. 4 s. 3 requires a report to Polismyndigheten where there are reasonable grounds for suspicion, even if the transaction is not carried out. Ch. 4 s. 5 names the Police Authority as the financial intelligence unit; ch. 4 s. 9 prohibits tipping-off. The Finanspolisen page says reports are made without delay through goAML. |
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| Whistleblowing channels for AML staff | Ongoing | FI | Lag (2017:630) om åtgärder mot penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism (Act on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) | source | |
Ch. 6 ss. 4-5 require firms to provide reporting channels for whistleblowers, protect reporters from reprisals (s. 4 a) and protect the whistleblower's identity. |
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| Authorisation or registration for crypto-asset activity under MiCA | Before offering crypto-asset services | FI | Lag (2024:1159) med kompletterande bestämmelser till EU:s förordning om marknader för kryptotillgångar (Act with supplementary provisions to the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) | source | |
Ch. 3 s. 1 requires FI to intervene against anyone conducting MiCA-regulated activity without authorisation or registration. Firms operating before 30 December 2024 that needed authorisation under MiCA art. 63 could continue until 30 September 2025, or until a final decision if they applied by 1 October 2025. |
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