Swedish Krona (SEK)

Overview

Payment type	Priority	Regular
Cutoff time (UK Time)	10:30 am	10:30 am
Delivery time frame	0 days	0 days
Maximum payment size	No limit	No limit
Payment Scheme	SWIFT	Internal Transfers RIX*
Destination countries	Any(excluding sanctioned)	Sweden
Traces	Yes	No
Recalls	Yes	No
Ultimate payer displayed?	Yes	No

Required details

Regular Payment

Please note that payments to the Swedish Government Agencies are not supported via ‘regular’ payment types. Payments to the Swedish Government Agencies require an OCR reference number that cannot be sent to the Government Agency bank accounts on the payment rails used for ‘regular’ SEK payment types.

Field	Individual	Company	Permitted Data	Notes
Beneficiary Entity Type	Yes	Yes	‘individual’ or ‘company’ only
Beneficiary First Name	Yes	No	1-255 characters*
Beneficiary Last Name	Yes	No	1-255 characters*
Beneficiary Company Name	No	Yes	1-255 characters*
Beneficiary Bank Code	Yes	Yes	4-5 digits	See below
Beneficiary Bank Account Number	Yes	Yes	1-15 digits	See below
Payment Currency	Yes	Yes	3 letter ISO currency code
Payment Amount	Yes	Yes	Numeric amount
Payment Reference	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*	Different local Nordic banks truncate to fewer characters on the statement.
Payment Reason	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*
Payer Entity Type	Yes	Yes	‘individual’ or ‘company’ only
Payer First Name	Yes	No	1-255 characters*
Payer Last Name	Yes	No	1-255 characters*
Payer Company Name	No	Yes	1-255 characters*
Payer Address	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*
Payer City	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*
Payer Country	Yes	Yes	2 letter ISO country code
Payer Date of Birth	Yes	No	ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).

Bank And Account Numbers For Local Sek Payments

Bank	Bank number series	Max number of digits in account number (excluding bank number)
Full Avanza Bank	9550-9569	7
Bluestep Finance	9680-9689	7
BNP Paribas Fortis	9470-9479	7
Citibank International Plc, Sweden Branch7	9040-9049	7
Danske Bank A / S, Sweden Branch	1200-1399 2400-2499	7
Danske Bolån	1200-1399	7
DNB Bank ASA, Branch Sweden	9190-9199	7
Forex Bank AB	9400-9449	7
Commercial banks	6000-6999	9
ICA Banks	9270-9279	7
IKANO Banks	9170-9179	7
Länsförsäkringar Bank	9020-9029 3400-3409 9060-9069	7
Lånog Spar Bank Sverige	9630-9639	7
Marginalen Bank	9230-9239	7
Nordax Bank AB	9640-9649	7
Nordea	1100-1199 1401-2099 3000-3399 3410-4999	7
Nordea - Personkonto (Personal account number = social security number)	3300	10 *
Nordea - PlusGirot	9500-9549 9960-9969	10
Nordnet Bank	9100-9109	7
Resurs Bank AB	9280-9289	7
Royal Bank of Scotland	9090-9099	7
Santander Consumer Bank AS	9460-9469	7
SBAB	9250-9259	7
SEB	5000-5999 9120-9124 9130-9149	7
Skandiabanken AB	9150-9169	7
Sparbanken Syd	9570-9579	10 **
SparbankenÖresund	9300-9349	10 **
Swedbank When you make transfers or send a salary to Swedbank's accounts starting with 7 - you can choose to enter the whole account number (eleven digits) or to enter three zeros between the bank number (the first four digits) and the account number.	7000-7999	7
Swedbank and independent Sparbanker For example, LeksandsSparbank and Roslagsbanken. Swedbank has a fifth figure in bank numbers starting at 8, eg 8327-9. Please include the full 5 digits.	8000-8999	10
Svea Bank	9660-9669	7
Bank of Åland plc (Finland), Swedish branch	2300-2399	7

* If you have an 11-digit account number in Nordea, the clearing number is always the first four digits of the account number. If your account number consists of your social security number (10 digits), use 3300 as the clearing number.

** For account numbers with fewer than 10 digits, Hembanken automatically adds zeros between the clearing number and the account number so that the entire account number is always 10 digits long.

Priority payment

Field	Individual	Company	Permitted Data	Notes
Beneficiary Entity Type	Yes	Yes	‘individual’ or ‘company’ only
Beneficiary First Name	Yes	No	1-255 characters*
Beneficiary Last Name	Yes	No	1-255 characters*
Beneficiary Company Name	No	Yes	1-255 characters*
Beneficiary Address	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*
Beneficiary City	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*
Beneficiary	Yes	Yes	1-12 characters*	Only required when sending payments to Canada, Mexico and the USA.
Postcode				Only required when sending payments to Canada, Mexico and the USA.
Beneficiary State or Province	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*	Only required when sending payments to Canada, Mexico and the USA.
Beneficiary Country	Yes	Yes	2 letter ISO country code
IBAN	Yes	Yes	15-34 alphanumeric characters; spaces permitted	IBAN must be used when sending payments to all IBAN countries. When sending to non-IBAN countries, account number must be used.
Account Number	Yes	Yes	1-17 digits	When sending payments to non-IBAN countries, account number must be used. IBAN must be used when sending to all IBAN countries.
CLABE	Yes	Yes	18 digits	CLABE must be used instead of account number or IBAN when sending payments in any currency to Mexico. CLABE is the banking standard for the numbering of bank accounts in Mexico (equivalent to the Account Number in other jurisdictions).
ABA	Yes	Yes	9 digits	American banks are identified by a 9 digit ABA number, also known as ‘Routing Number’. The ABA should be valid for FedWIRE payments. Some ABA values are only valid for FedACH payments. Payments to FedACH-only ABAs will fail. The ABA is required for all USD payments to the USA.
BIC SWIFT	Yes	Yes	Valid ISO 9362 SWIFT BIC code; 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters	BIC SWIFT is used for USD payments to any other supported country outside the USA.
ABA	Yes	Yes	9 digits	American banks are identified by a 9 digit ABA number, also known as ‘Routing Number’. The ABA should be valid for FedWIRE payments. Some ABA values are only valid for FedACH payments. Payments to FedACH-only ABAs will fail. The ABA is required for all payments to the USA
Payment Currency	Yes	Yes	3 letter ISO currency code
Payment Amount	Yes	Yes	Numeric amount
Payment Reference	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*	The scheme only supports 140 alphanumeric characters. The reference field will be truncated to fit this limit.
Payment Reason	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*	The scheme only supports 140 alphanumeric characters. The reference field will be truncated to fit this limit.
Payer Entity type	Yes	Yes	‘individual’ or ‘company’ only
Payer First Name	Yes	No	1-255 characters*
Payer Last Name	Yes	No	1-255 characters*
Payer Company Name	No	Yes	1-255 characters*
Payer Address	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*
Payer City	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*
Payer Postcode	Yes	Yes	1-12 characters*	Only required when sending payments to Canada, Mexico and the USA.
Payer State or Province	Yes	Yes	1-255 characters*	Only required when sending payments to Canada, Mexico and the USA.
Payer Country	Yes	Yes	2 letter ISO country code
Payer Date of Birth	Yes	No	ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).
Payer Identification Type	No	Yes	‘incorporation_number’ only
Payer Identification Value	No	Yes	1-255 characters*