Register an association

Economic association

Forming an economic association is an option if you are at least three people who want to run a business together.

How to start and register an economic association

Non-profit association

A non-profit association has a non-profit purpose or conducts non-profit activities. A non-profit association must not have the purpose of promoting the financial interests of its members by running commercial activities.

How to start and register a non-profit association

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Tenant-owner association

A tenant-owner association is an economic association. You can report changes to the board in the services here on verksamt.se.

How to start and register a tenant-owner association

Community association

A community is an area of land or water that is shared by several properties. It can also be a communal facility, for example roads, playgrounds, boat piers or stairwells. To manage the community, the property owners form a community association.

How to start and register a community association

Frequently asked questions about associations

How do I register a tenant-owner association?add

A tenant-owner association must be registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office. You can to that in the service here at verksamt.se. If you're not able to use that, there is a paper form available.

Start and register tenant-owner association

Who represents the tenant-owner association and signs contracts for example?add

The tenant-owner association is always represented by the board. The board can also, for practical reasons, appoint special signatories who have the right to represent the association. These may, but do not have to, be members of the board.

How do I register an economic association?add

You register an economic association with the Swedish Companies Registration Office. Bear in mind that you must have the regulations and protocol of the association done before you can register your economic association through the service here at verksamt.se. If you are not able to use the service, there is a paper form available.

When the association is registered and has received its registration number, you can apply for F-tax, VAT and as a employer with the Swedish Tax Agency. That service is also available here.

Start and register economic association

Who represents the association and signs agreements?add

The board always represents the association. If there is a managing director, he represents the association in matters concerning the day-to-day operation. For practical reasons, the board may also appoint special signatories who are entitled to represent the association. These may, but do not have to be, members of the board.

What is a community association?add

A community association is a legal entity, whose members own the properties that share a community or a community facility. Property owners with property that holds a share in a community, for example a jetty, are automatically members of the association.

A community association is formed to manage communities, for example community facilities. The majority of the association can decide on the administration. If a community association isn't formed, the community (facility) is managed by so called co-owner management, where all the decisions must be made unanimously by the co-owners.

How is a community association formed?add

A community association is formed at a meeting where the members enact statutes and appoint a board. The meeting shall, if one of the members demands so, be held by the land surveying authority or by someone that the authority has appointed.

Get more information on forming a community association and the paper form at Lantmäteriet (in Swedish)