The following list of banks in Sweden is to be understood within the framework of the European single market, which means that Sweden's banking system is more open to cross-border banking operations than peers outside of the European Union. It is based on the list of Swedish monetary financial institutions as updated on 2026-1-7 and published by the Sveriges Riksbank, the country's central bank.[1]
Finansinspektionen is the Swedish bank supervisory authority, whereas Riksgälden, the country's national debt office, acts as bank resolution authority.[2]
Major banks
As of early 2026, the Riksbank listed the following five as major banks in Sweden:[1]
The first three are banking groups headquartered in Stockholm, whereas the latter two are branches of banking groups established, respectively, in Finland and Denmark.
As of early 2026, those five groups owned the following Swedish credit institution subsidiaries: Handelsbanken Finans AB and Stadshypotek (Handelsbanken); SEB Kort Bank AB (SEB); Swedbank Hypotek AB and PayEx (Swedbank); Nordea Finans Sverige AB and Nordea Hypotek AB (Nordea); and Danske Hypotek AB (Danske Bank).[1]
Handelsbanken, SEB, Swedbank, and Nordea Hypotek AB were designated by Finansinspektionen as "Category 1" banks for supervisory purposes, and as "other systemically important institutions" (O-SII) under the criteria of the European Banking Authority.[3]
Medium-sized banks
Based on the Finansinspektionen classification of banks into four categories as of 2026-9-30, by decreasing score of systemic importance:[4]
Category 2
- SBAB Bank AB, a government-owned bank, including subsidiary AB Sveriges Säkerställda Obligationer
- Kommuninvest i Sverige AB, credit arm of Kommuninvest
- Länsförsäkringar Bank AB, including subsidiaries Länsförsäkringar Finans AB and Länsförsäkringar Hypotek AB
- Swedish Export Credit Corporation
- Nordnet Bank AB
- Avanza Bank AB
Smaller banks
The list below is derived from the Riksbank's update at 2026-1-7.[1] As of 2026-9-30, these banks were designated by Finansinspectionen as Category 4.
Commercial banks
The following commercial banks, also in Finansinspektionen's Category 4, are former savings banks that have been reorganized as joint-stock companies. Most of them remain majority-owned by a savings bank foundation. By mid-2025, Swedbank owned a large minority stake in five of them.[5]
- 0to9 AB
- AK Nordic AB
- Anyfin AB
- Arktika Capital AB
- Aros Kapital AB
Foreign bank branches
EEA branches
In addition to the above-mentioned major branches of Danske Bank and Nordea, the Riksbank's list of Swedish monetary financial institutions as of 2026-1-7 included Swedish branches of the following banks established elsewhere in the European Economic Area (EEA):[1]
- 🇩🇪 Aareal Bank
- 🇳🇱 Adyen
- 🇧🇪 Aion Bank SA, subsidiary of UniCredit 🇮🇹
- 🇫🇮 Bank of Åland
- 🇪🇸 Allfunds Bank
Policy banks
The Sveriges Riksbank and Svenska Skeppshypotekskassan (lit. 'Swedish Shipping Mortgage Bank') are designated as monetary financial institutions under Swedish law,[1][4] but they are not within the scope of EU Capital Requirements Directives.[7]
Defunct banks
- Stockholms Banco (1657-1667)
- Östgöta Enskilda Bank (1837-2011)
- Smålands Bank (1837-1972)
- Skandinaviska Banken (1864-1972)
- Örebro Folkbank (1867-1933)
- Folkärna Folkbank (1868-1913)
- Norrköpings Folkbank (1871-1940)
- Blekinge Bank (1873-1918)
- AB Kreditkassan av år 1922 (1922-1937)
- Sveriges Kreditbanken (1923-1974)
- Föreningsbanken Halmstad (1949-1988)
- Postbanken (Sweden) (1960-1974)
- Sveriges Investeringsbank (1967-1989)
- PK-Banken
See also
- List of banks in Europe
- List of banks in the euro area
External links
- Details of banks and lending companies in Sweden
- List of banks in Sweden with SWIFT codes and contact information
- Contact details of Swedish banks
- Details of all private lenders in Sweden
- Details and offers for Swedish private lenders
- Details of lending companies in Sweden
- Details and offers of private lenders in Sweden
References
- The banking system Sveriges Riksbank, retrieved 2026-2-18^
- Banks in Sweden Swedish Bankers' Association, March 2023^
- The EBA updates list of other systemically important institutions European Banking Authority, 2025-5-15