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.
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.
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.