Swedish banking sector has a very developed structure and consists of 114 banks of various size and specialization, which can be divided into four categories: Joint-stock banks, Foreign banks, Savings banks and Cooperative banks.
SEB is a North European financial group headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. It is a so-called universal bank in Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, with significant local presence in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Germany.
Swedbank AB is a Swedish banking company and financial group with operations in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The bank was established as Föreningssparbanken in 1997.
Svenska Handelsbanken AB is one of the major banks in the country with over 460 branches, and also one of the largest banks in the Nordic region with operations in Norway, Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK.
Avanza is a Swedish niche savings bank with more than than 250,000 customers and 400,000 accounts, that represents about 2% of the Swedish savings market.
Sparbanken Öresund is an independent bank with operations in southwestern part of the country, headquartered in Malmö and focusing on the Öresund Region.
Nordea Bank AB is a part of Nordic banking and financial services group, established in 2000 as a result the merger of Merita Plc, Unibank and Kreditkas.
Ikano Bank AB is a consumer finance bank established in 1995 by Ingvar Kamprad (the founder of IKEA), owned by the Kamprad family through IKANO, a group of businesses which also include insurance, retail and real estate companies in many countries.
Founded in 1996, the bank operates a wholly owned subsidiary of Länsförsäkringar Group, which is owned jointly by the group independent regional insurance companies.
Resurs Bank is a local bank focused on providing financial services for corporate (sales financing, factoring and leasing) and retail market (savings accounts, credit cards and personal loans).
ICA Banken is a full-service bank established in February 2002, offering customers various services including cards, checking accounts, mortgage loans, unsecured loans, savings, mutual funds and stocks, IPS and insurance.
Skandiabanken is a Swedish bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Skandia – largest financial group in the country.