There are three different ways start up your business to Sweden:

1. Migrate to Sweden and start up your own company. We can help you all the way.
2. Start up a company in Sweden and let us do the marketing and sales provided. If you feel like moving to Sweden when business has settled and doing great ¨C You can do it.
3. Enter into cooperation with us. No company needed. We will handle all marketing and sales of your products from our showrooms and Internet sites.

We can help you all the way, whatever alternative you choose!

Sweden is a country full of opportunities, member of the EEC and with a population of only 9 million people on an area of 450.000 square km. Only 3 % of this area is colonized. There are room for plenty more people and companies. Sweden has a welfare system for all its citizens known throughout the world as the best of its kind. Sweden is a very rich country in natural assets like woods and minerals. The industry is world leading in a number of fields. Swedish technology and design is a brand for quality. There are many more positive things to say about Sweden, like Sweden is now a multi cultural society consisting of hundreds of nationalities. This is a way for Sweden to achieve even more.

Sweden welcomes anyone who can contribute to our nation¡¯s welfare!

If you have children the Swedish welfare system has a lot to offer. They will get free schooling, free medical and dental care, and you will get a child benefit for 12.600 SEK (about the same as Yuan) per year from the government for each child until they are 16 years of age. If they chose to study further they will get more benefits during the whole time that they study.

Company taxes are very low in comparison with other nations. Sweden is a democracy, one of the oldest and most solid in the world. Our constitution gives every member of our society the supreme right to vote in elections, the right of private ownership to capital and estates of all sorts, banking security and extensive legal and social rights.

As an entrepreneur and businessman you must measure up to the standards that Sweden need and demand if you want to migrate to Sweden..

Requirements:

You must have a business plan to proof that your plans are realistic. Your business must have a focus on exactly what it is you are going to do. I.e. are you going to open a shop, a school or a restaurant, are you going to import goods from China and establish a wholesale market, are you going to open a travel bureau or whatever. We must know your exact focus. As long as we know this, we can help you to bring the business plan to reality.

We have the staff that can write the business plan and make all the mandatory budgets, forecasts, profit and liquidity budgets and balance sheets needed. We will also do a commercial evaluation prior to the actual business plan for your approval, if we shall go ahead, make changes or end plans.

Let us know your plans, we will evaluate them and get back to you for further information.

Please fill in the form below if you wish to take a first step to INVEST IN SWEDEN.

If you stay in Sweden for more than three months in order to start a company or enter into a company partnership in Sweden you must have a residence permit. As a self-employed person, however, you do not require a work permit.

Your permit must have been entered in your passport before your arrival in Sweden.

Important! Click here for the regulations concerning citizens of EU/EEA member states.

What are the requirements?

• A commercial evaluation is needed in order to establish that your business plans are realistic. In addition, we must determine whether your business can be expected to achieve satisfactory profitability.
• There must be documentary evidence that you have access to the capital needed to establish or purchase a company.
• You must be able to support yourself and your family for at least a year in Sweden.
• You must supply detailed documentation of your business plans. You must submit a market forecast, a profit and liquidity budget, and a properly budgeted balance sheet. You must also give details of your customer references, banking connections, experience in the field concerned, and any training or education you may have received. If you have purchased an existing company, you must enclose the two most recent annual reports with your application.
• If you enclose a report/statement of opinion from an approved/authorized accountant in Sweden concerning your company plans, your may come through sooner. This document should make clear whether the plans are realistic and whether the company can be expected to make a reasonable profit. You have to pay the accountant¡¯s costs in this respect yourself.

Where do I apply?

The first time you apply for a residence permit, you do so at a Swedish embassy or consulate in your country of origin or your country of domicile.

List of addresses to the Swedish embassies and consulates

If you want to renew your permit, you apply for an extension to the Migration Board: Migrationsverket, Tillståndsenheten, 601 70 Norrköping. Alternatively, you can apply at any of the Migration Board offices in Sweden and the application will be forwarded to Norrköping. The office addresses are listed here.

What does it cost to apply?

You may be required to pay an application fee. If your application is denied, the fee will not be refunded. You can read about the fees In a special information sheet.

Who decides my case?

The embassy or consulate sends your application to the Migration Board in Sweden, which takes the decision on your permit.

You will be notified of the decision by the embassy or consulate to which you applied.

How long will I have to wait for a decision?

To be sure of obtaining your permit in time, you should present your application five months prior to your departure for Sweden.

How long is a permit valid?

If you are granted a residence permit, it is valid for 12 months (in some cases six months) at a time for a trial period of two years.

When you submit your first application for an extension, the Migration Board will check to see whether you have been able to support yourself, whether you have started a business and whether it has been registered with the Swedish Patent and Registration Office, PRV.

When you apply for subsequent extensions, the Migration Board will check to see whether you can still support yourself, whether you are running your company in accordance with the plans you submitted, and whether you have whatever other permits may be required to operate your business.

At the end of the two-year trial period, you may be granted a permanent residence permit (PUT) on condition that you are able to support yourself through the business.

May my family come with me?

Your spouse/cohabitant and unmarried children under 18 are eligible for residence permits if they can show that their upkeep is assured. They are granted permits for the same length of time as you.

Your spouse/cohabitant cannot obtain a work permit, however.

Can I appeal if the Migration Board turns down my application?

If the Migration Board decides not to grant you a residence permit you can appeal against the decision within three weeks of the date on which you received the decision. You send the appeal to the Migration Board, which will go through your case once again. If the Board stands by its rejection decision, your appeal will pass to the Migration Court at one of the three county administrative courts in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malm?. Which court will hear your appeal depends on which permit unit rejected your application.

If you have granted a person in Sweden a power of attorney and thus the right to represent you, he or she can prepare the appeal and send it in.

The Schengen Agreement

The rules in the Schengen Agreement on travel within the Schengen zone now apply in Sweden as well. One result is that people with Swedish residence permits can travel freely throughout the zone for a period of three months without first applying for a visa. All travellers must have a valid passport and be able to prove their identities.

The countries that have signed the Schengen Agreement are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

Further information

For further information about residence permits for the self-employed, please contact the nearest Swedish embassy/consulate orthe Swedish Migration Board's Public Contact Unit.