Temporary registration for foreign estate agents

The temporary registration remains valid for one year. The registration can then be renewed upon the estate agent’s request. A renewal will only be granted if the business activities are still found to be temporary.

Registering to work in Sweden temporarily as an estate agent is free of charge.

Requirements for temporary registration

One of the following two requirements need to be met.

• If the estate agent profession is regulated in your member state, you need to be a legally established estate agent in that state.

• If the estate agent profession is not regulated in your member state, you must have worked as an estate agent for at least one year of the last ten years.

You must also have liability insurance should you be asked to pay damages as a result of neglecting your duties as stipulated in the Estate Agents Act.

How to apply

If you wish to register for temporary work as an estate agent in Sweden, you must submit a written notification to FMI.

The notification should contain:

• Information about your name, personal identity number or date of birth, residential address, email address and phone number.

• When applicable, the name and organization number of the company you intend to operate under. If the company has several offices we need to know which of them you intend to be working at.

• Whether you intend to mediate all forms of property (full registration) or just rental accommodation (registration for letting agents). If you intend to mediate rental accommodation that may have a monthly rent of 10 000 euro or more, you must apply for special registration for letting agents.

• The time during which you intend to work as an estate agent in Sweden.

The following documents should be submitted along with you notification:

• Proof of your nationality (passport or equivalent identification). 

• Proof that you have liability insurance. 

• If the profession is regulated in your memberstate- certification that you meet the requirements for becoming a legally established estate agent in your member state.

• If the estate agent profession is not regulated in your member state, you must submit a certification proving that you have worked as an estate agent for at least one year of the last 10 years.

Registering to work in Sweden temporarily as an estate agent is free of charge.

Language used in your notification and documents

The certifications and other forms of proof must be written in or translated into Swedish. Documents in English will also be accepted.

Customer information

If you are registered to work temporarily as an estate agent in Sweden, you should provide the following information to your employer and prospective purchasers.

• Clear, written information that you are allowed to work temporarily in Sweden as an estate agent

• Information regarding which member state you belong to.

• Information regarding the time period during which your registration in Sweden is valid.