For Swedish companies, the following applies: Following approval at the annual general meeting, an annual report must be submitted to Bolagsverket. Bolagsverket is the government agency that registers and maintains annual reports for Swedish companies. An annual report, thereby, becomes a public document that anyone may access. For listed companies, an annual report must also be published on a company’s website and distributed in accordance with stock exchange requirements.
Submission to Bolagsverket
An annual report is submitted digitally to Bolagsverket via their e-service which requires BankID for login. The annual report is uploaded as a PDF file together with supplementary information. Bolagsverket verifies that the annual report contains mandatory components such as the income statement, balance sheet, notes and a directors’ report. After approved registration, an annual report becomes public and can be searched in Bolagsverket’s database.
Distribution for listed companies
Companies listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm must publish an annual report via an approved news distribution system such as Cision or GlobeNewswire that supplies the financial media and analysts. An annual report must simultaneously be published on a company’s IR website, so that it is accessible to investors globally. International investors expect an English-language version of the report, which means that translation and publication must occur simultaneously in both languages. A language partner such as Fluid Translation supports companies with annual report translation through ISO-certified system support and offers IFRS experts for accurate translation, copywriting for optimal presentation, the four-eyes principle for quality assurance and support with formatting for both Bolagsverket and IR publication. After translation, our clients can also validate the text in an ICR (In-Country Review) tool before publication. Fluid Translation helps Swedish listed companies with translation, linguistic review, copy-editing and validation of annual reports, quarterly reports and other IR materials. With over 20 years’ experience and expertise in financial translation, we are well-equipped to build a quality-assured, efficient and smooth process together with our clients. Read more about Fluid’s working process.