16 documents
Inheritance, gifts & the future
Wills, powers of attorney, gifts and what happens to an estate in Sweden. Each document below is written and reviewed by Swedish lawyers, has one fixed price, and comes with an English explanation of the rules behind it.
How to choose in inheritance, gifts & the future
Separate planning during a person's lifetime from the administration of an estate after death. The document you need depends on whether you are expressing a future wish, making a transfer now or giving someone authority to handle practical matters.
Questions to answer before you start
- Is the document for planning now, acting on someone's behalf or administering an estate?
- Which people and assets must be identified before you start?
- Are there existing wills, gifts, powers of attorney or estate documents that the new document must be read together with?
When a standard document may not be enough: International estates, disagreement between beneficiaries and uncertain ownership usually require a review of the full facts, not only a template.
Will
Swedish: TestamenteDecides who inherits from you. Without one, the Swedish statutory order applies, and a cohabiting partner inherits nothing at all. A will must be written, signed in front of two independent witnesses present at the same time.
1 695 krRead more In-depth guideLasting power of attorney
Swedish: FramtidsfullmaktNames the person who may handle your finances and personal affairs if illness or injury means you no longer can. It is the Swedish alternative to having a court appoint a god man, and you choose who it is while you still can.
1 195 krRead more In-depth guideDeed of gift
Swedish: GåvobrevDocuments a gift and the conditions attached to it: whether it is an advance on inheritance, whether it becomes the recipient's private property, and whether the giver keeps any right of use. Gifts and inheritance are untaxed in Sweden.
1 195 krRead moreMutual will
Swedish: Gemensamt testamenteOne will made by two people together, deciding how you inherit from each other and who receives what is left when you have both died. The standard choice for couples, and the only way cohabiting partners can inherit from each other.
1 695 krRead moreDeed of gift for a home
Swedish: Gåvobrev bostadTransfers a house, a plot or a tenant-owner apartment as a gift. Property gifts have stricter form requirements than ordinary gifts, and the deed is what Lantmäteriet or the housing association needs before ownership can be registered.
1 195 krRead moreDigital legacy instructions
Swedish: Digital kvarlåtenskap, instruktion till anhörigaA list of your online accounts, subscriptions and digital assets, and what your family should do with each of them. Not a will, and it deliberately holds no passwords — it tells the people you leave behind where to look.
395 krRead morePower of attorney
Swedish: FullmaktAuthorises someone to act for you in a defined matter: a bank errand, a sale, an authority, a signature. Written scope, clear limits and an end date, so the person you authorise can prove what they may do.
495 krRead moreEstate inventory
Swedish: BouppteckningThe statutory inventory of everything a deceased person owned and owed, filed with the Swedish Tax Agency within four months of death. Nothing in the estate can be distributed, and no bank account released, until it is registered.
1 995 krRead moreEstate distribution deed
Swedish: ArvskifteThe document that actually divides an estate between the heirs once the inventory is registered. It is signed by every heir and is what a bank, Lantmäteriet or a housing association needs before transferring anything.
1 995 krRead morePower of attorney for an estate
Swedish: Fullmakt för dödsboLets one person act for all the heirs of an estate: dealing with the bank, cancelling subscriptions, emptying a home, handling the sale. Without it, every heir has to sign every single errand.
495 krRead moreSimplified estate report, supporting document
Swedish: Dödsboanmälan – underlagWhere the estate's assets barely cover the funeral, the municipality can file a simplified report instead of a full inventory. This is the supporting document that gives the social services office what they need to assess it.
495 krRead moreDeed of gift for money
Swedish: Gåvobrev pengarDocuments a cash gift and its conditions. Important when the amount is large enough to matter to the rest of the family: whether it is an advance on inheritance, and whether it stays the recipient's private property.
895 krRead moreRenunciation of inheritance
Swedish: ArvsavsägelseA written renunciation given to a living relative, giving up your future right to inherit from them. Note the distinction: this is made before death. Giving up a share after someone dies is handled in the estate inventory instead.
995 krRead moreBusiness succession agreement
Swedish: GenerationsskifteHands a family company or farm to the next generation while the owner is alive. The decisive clause is inheritance, not ownership: under Swedish law a gift to your own child counts against their inheritance automatically unless the document says otherwise.
1 795 krRead morePower of attorney for banking
Swedish: BankfullmaktLets a named person deal with your Swedish bank while you can still decide for yourself: paying bills, cash withdrawals, an amount limit per transaction and an end date. Property, gifts and guarantees are excluded in writing, and each bank decides whether it accepts an outside document.
595 krRead moreLiving will
Swedish: LivstestamenteSets out how you want to be cared for at the end of life if you can no longer say so yourself. No Swedish statute governs advance directives, so it binds no one. Its weight comes from being dated, signed and entered in your medical record.
595 krRead moreWhat to do next
- Open the document page and compare its purpose and situations with your own facts.
- If an in-depth English guide is available, read it before opening the Swedish builder.
- Check which information and supporting documents you need from every party.
- If the standard route does not fit, ask us in English before you continue.
You can also browse all English guides, read how the document process works or return to all Swedish agreements explained in English.