Swedish Bankers’ Association

The Swedish Bankers’ Association (Bankföreningen) is a Swedish trade association. Its website publishes newsletters, consultation responses, statistics and press releases, and it comments on banking policy issues such as a proposed bank tax. Its CEO is Hans Lindberg, who has publicly debated the proposed bank tax and its expected effect on customers and mortgage rates. The association also publishes reports on the Swedish mortgage market and cites external analysis such as a Copenhagen Economics report on competition in the Swedish banking market.

The available evidence identifies the Swedish Bankers’ Association (Bankföreningen) as a Swedish trade association. Its website publishes newsletters, consultation responses, statistics and press releases. The association engages in public debate on banking policy: its CEO Hans Lindberg debated the proposed bank tax with LO chief economist Torbjörn Hållö on P1 Morgon on 2 September, arguing that bank profits are in line with other listed companies and that competition in the Swedish banking market is good, and that if the proposed bank tax is introduced, customers would ultimately bear the cost, with an estimated impact on mortgage rates of 0.2–0.3 percentage points. The association also published a report on the Swedish mortgage market dated 28 August 2026, noting that total lending to small houses, tenant-owner apartments and multi-dwelling buildings amounted to SEK 5,562 billion at the end of June 2026, and cited a Copenhagen Economics report dated 24 August 2026 on continued strong competition in the Swedish banking market.

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