Setting Up a Business in Sweden

An in-depth guide for foreign entrepreneurs and companies looking to enter the Swedish market — Europe’s tech unicorn factory, having produced Spotify, Skype, Klarna, King, and Mojang, with Stockholm ranked the world’s second-densest unicorn hub after Silicon Valley.
This guide covers legal structures (AB, minimum share capital, and the specific 3:12 rules for owner-managers), business taxation — including a genuinely competitive 20.6% corporate rate, lower than France or Germany, and no wealth tax since 2007 — company formation, the cost of labor (no statutory minimum wage, with collective agreements covering 90% of the workforce), and immigration routes for executives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Includes a dedicated chapter on Sweden’s venture capital ecosystem and its four leading verticals — deeptech, fintech, gaming, and cleantech — an operational checklist, and useful contacts.
Available in English.