[dijit]

> But you need a UK bank account,

Sure, I assumed this because you need that in any country you operate a legal entity.

> which requires a officer with a registered address in the UK.

This is the same in Sweden too

> Then you need to argue HMRC valuation discounts if you want to issue EMI options, which are only valid for 3 months, so you need to do it repeatedly. And then EMI option schemes are 15+ pages long contracts. Sweden has an equivalent stock option scheme that's ~2 pages, in comparison.

You have more experience than me there, I never had this as a problem to solve so you could be right.

[eandre]

AFAIK in Sweden you need a managing directory who is resident in the European Economic Area (EEA), not necessarily in Sweden.

[dijit]

You must have at least one legal representative, usually a director, in Sweden.

You can apply for temporary exemptions, but they are temporary and you are supposed to have good reason.

There’s no explicit requirements that any particular position must be held in Sweden, you can be a VD in the EEA for example, but you still need at least one legal responsible person to be domiciled.

[pazx]

No you don’t, it is very clear. Within EEA, not in Sweden. I work in accounting and we just solved this for a Spanish client without any initial employees in Sweden.